Fun with Mosin-Nagant

[Matttt]

We have a very nice day today, great weather, sunshine and a day off the job. Perfect time to hit the range with my friend and my 1943 Mosin-Nagant 91/30.

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Video of me enjoying the Mosin

Any ideas on where to get a cheap on in Alberta?

 

[Dosing]

Just cuz its a necro thread, try ####### and Townpost. Or watch the auctions like wards.

 

[Vewdu]

Any ideas on where to get a cheap on in Alberta?

10 years ago.

 

[call2arms]

Any ideas on where to get a cheap on in Alberta?

Could try a Canadian tire

 

[Claven2]

Could try a Canadian tire

Your average matching refurb 91/30 is now a $600 gun, give or take. If you find one cheaper that isn’t broken or dinked with, you’re doing well now.

I remember buying them for $90 from lever arms over 20 years ago, but those days are long gone, and new imports have dried up.

 

[Beater]

in 2011 i was buying them by the 20 in a sealed case for 90$ ea

 

[Kegcaissy]

I bet 10$ that i'm that friend, sadly there's no pics....

 

[bearhunter]

in 2011 i was buying them by the 20 in a sealed case for 90$ ea

You should have started earlier. Early 1992, if you bought 20 cases, they would be delivered out of Montreal for less than $1K. That included bayonets, cleaning and parts kits, slings. If they came in crates, they were usually factory fresh FTRs. The odd time you could luck out and all the rifles would be new unissued but late 1944-45 dated, with matching numbers.

They also sold the ammo, 50 crates on a pallet, but the minimum order was 5 pallets. Shipping that ammo cost as much as the ammo back then.

You couldn't give them away back then, other than to a few collectors, most of whom wanted to rip apart every crate.

I got tired of those boys quickly and just started taking the rifles to gun shows a crate at a time. Same money, less hassle.

 

[Beater]

You should have started earlier. Early 1992, if you bought 20 cases, they would be delivered out of Montreal for less than $1K. That included bayonets, cleaning and parts kits, slings. If they came in crates, they were usually factory fresh FTRs. The odd time you could luck out and all the rifles would be new unissued but late 1944-45 dated, with matching numbers.

They also sold the ammo, 50 crates on a pallet, but the minimum order was 5 pallets. Shipping that ammo cost as much as the ammo back then.

You couldn't give them away back then, other than to a few collectors, most of whom wanted to rip apart every crate.

I got tired of those boys quickly and just started taking the rifles to gun shows a crate at a time. Same money, less hassle.

oh yes i was around for those days to. SIR out of winterpeg used to sell them for 29$ they also sold sweed M96 rifles for 49$
bought M1 carbines for 144$

bunch of us here went together and bought a truck load of pallets of 54 ammo to. ah those were the days