Milsurps were fun 10-15yrs ago. Now, unless you have the bucks backing you up, not so much. God bless all those than can still participate but I am out. I was luck enough to find the first my first rifle on the EE last year and was able to buy it back but thats pretty much it for collecting anymore. Fun while it lasted though. Best deal I got was a m-28/30 for $150 ten years ago. Best shooter was a Aussie SMLE with a rough bore for $150 that was a laser. Owned by another cgn'er now. Enjoy it while it last folks!
Insane price for Mosins rifles
- Thread starter cornelunc
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Probably not, but who knows?...After all, no one predicted the incredibly rapid rise in the price of Mosin-Nagants.
(Ruger No. 1s have nearly doubled in value in just the last few years. For no apparent reason. The lower the quality, the more they seem to cost.)
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The price of literally everything has gone "up" in recent years. Some due to demand, others due to inflation, hence my "up" in quotation marks.
I'm glad I bought everything while I could and while it was cheap. I remember coming of age and regretting missing the boat to the cool stuff that was banned long before I was born or turned 18. Getting my license in 2005 turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as I got to partake in a lot: cheap Norinco M-14S's, cheap SKS's, cheap Enfields, cheap Mosins, Swedes, Swiss stuff, Garand parts, etc, etc.
At least now I can sell at a premium and grab something nice if I wanted, as everything I bought has more than doubled in cost since. Doubt I will though.
As for hunting guns: lot's of cheap Huskies out there still as well. Fads come and go.
I'm glad I bought everything while I could and while it was cheap. I remember coming of age and regretting missing the boat to the cool stuff that was banned long before I was born or turned 18. Getting my license in 2005 turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as I got to partake in a lot: cheap Norinco M-14S's, cheap SKS's, cheap Enfields, cheap Mosins, Swedes, Swiss stuff, Garand parts, etc, etc.
At least now I can sell at a premium and grab something nice if I wanted, as everything I bought has more than doubled in cost since. Doubt I will though.
As for hunting guns: lot's of cheap Huskies out there still as well. Fads come and go.
The flood of Husqvarna and other Scandinavian sporting rifles into Canada will continue for sometime...apparently until they are mostly all gone from Scandi. The flood has seriously depressed the value of Husqvarna rifles. For instance, you can still pick up up a high quality lightweight HVA sporter for not much more than you would have paid in the 1980's. Most of the guns coming in do need some TLC, but its the sort of mild gunsmithing that many people actually enjoy doing. The seemingly endless supply is because of Sweden's gun laws that limit the number of firearms one can own and therefore forces one to trade in old guns in order to qualify for new ones. Used guns pile up in the gunstores and are sold overseas in bulk. So its likely that at least a trickle of guns from Sweden will always continue. At least until Canadians are forced to submit to similar laws.
This is an approximate summary:
Current Swedish Gun Limits (from Anders).
6 guns on a hunting licence.
10 handguns and 8 rifles/shotguns on a target shooting license.
No limit on how many guns on a collectors license.
When you reach a certain amount (?) of guns a sheet metal gun cabinet is not enough. You need an actual safe.
Pre-1890 muzzle loading guns are not licenced.
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Tradeex brings in plenty of 30-06 and 6.5 as well...they just sell out fast and don't linger on the website for very long.
That said, someone still needs to import a pile of 9.3x57 ammunition.
I had one once. Shot some deer and a bear with it. Open sights. Worked fine.
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