Alright so I'm going to pull the trigger on a m39 mosin. I have been looking for quality milsurps for some time now and the m39 seems like a nice unit to get and shoot. Fairly expensive escpecially compared to the forums I find written by our neighbours to the south. But with the milsurps drying up I feel it's still a good buy. So the search came down to two units both with very good bores. The first is 1941 vkt with a war time stock. Has a few dings and is very dark with age. The other is 1944. Vkt with a post war stock it's looks great and is light with some nice grain. My question is what are the pro and cons on these? is it just preference or collectibility. Perhaps quality in production? Any info would be great. I have searched the inter web but haven't found any info that really answers that.
M39 post vs war time stocks
- Thread starter mctrigger
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Guns with wartime stocks, generally, will sell for more $ in the future - the exceptions being B barrel guns and late-date "sneak" rifles - which are uncommon and "correct" in post-war stocks.
That being said, you are limiting your choices. Weimajack has 2 listed on the EE and P&S Militaria has a couple dozen examples listed on their site. Maybe shop around a little more. Either of Jacque's guns would be nice and you can get Jean at P&S to hand select a nice rifle for no extra charge.
Prioritize a nice bore, matching bolt, and a solid wartime stock with no cracks. Virtually all the guns on the market currently are going to be VKT's dated between 1941 and 1944.
That's great info. The two I'm looking at are hand selects. The post war one just looks so great compared to the wartime stock. Like I said I'm going to be shooting and using this rifle. I just was curious if a post war would be a cheaper or better stock vs the wartime.
Neither is "better" from a shooting standpoint. A post war stock is usually less expensive.
