Well, I think I am now screwed...

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DAR 701

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It all started about 15 months ago when I thought it would be a good idea to buy a new 1953 Mosin Nagant M44 carbine made in Poland. Got to like it, stocked up on a crap pile of surplus ammo and started reloading for it. Then about a year later I bought another brand new 1953 Polish M44 Carbine and gave it to my father. Today I took delivery of a brand new 1951 Polish Mosin M44. Started inspecting it and noticed some differances between it and the 1953 models. I called my fiance at WORK to tell her about the 1951 model having a unpolished blued buttplate and a letter stamped on the stock near the buttplate and that the 1953 models have the fully polished blued butt with no letter stamped on the top of the stock and that the 1951 only has one letter in the serial number and the stock is darker than the 1953's, and the trigger pull is better on the 1951 compared to my 1953 and what I remember the pull being on my father's 1953 and maybe I should see if he would give me his 1953 and blah blah blah.... felt just like a kid with a new bike. Sigh. Now I am totally pooched because I NEED a 1952 Polish M44 carbine... I wonder if they still made them in 1954?
 
Oh dear... is this the first time the milsurp bug has bitten you? Beware, it has a habit of causing milsurp flashbacks, in which case it is a good idea to quietly remove a mosin from the safe, insert your wallet into the safe, and take some deeeep breathes. Then realise your mosin seems a bit lonely all alone and buy the next one anyways.
 
Welcome to the c-c-c-c-c-club. Its like a bad stutter...always hits when you least expect it or want it. :runaway:

People are so against diseases...but this is by far the best of the bunch.
 
H Wally said:
Oh dear... is this the first time the milsurp bug has bitten you? Beware, it has a habit of causing milsurp flashbacks, in which case it is a good idea to quietly remove a mosin from the safe, insert your wallet into the safe, and take some deeeep breathes. Then realise your mosin seems a bit lonely all alone and buy the next one anyways.
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Yep, first time the milsurp bug has bitten. I found on the internet that they were made until 1962 :runaway: that is going to be expensive to get one of each year... For Christmas I would like to buy myself a 1952 and perhaps a 1954... maybe if I only get 4 per year spaced out just right it will not seem so bad...:rolleyes: As I told the fiance, it could be a lot worse, I could be a Johnson 1941 collector or a pre-invasion Radom VIS35 collector or a G43 collector... at least the mosins are within my financial reach!
 
DAR 701 said:
As I told the fiance, it could be a lot worse, I could be a Johnson 1941 collector
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*cough* Ahem, no kidding, don't go there, lest the wifey be listening to the draining sound.

Stick to Mosins, don't graduate to anything else (he says, knowing full well nothing can stop the steamroller of milsurp reality from eventually taking DAR) :evil:
 
Bittermansbro said:
*cough* Ahem, no kidding, don't go there, lest the wifey be listening to the draining sound.

Stick to Mosins, don't graduate to anything else (he says, knowing full well nothing can stop the steamroller of milsurp reality from eventually taking DAR) :evil:
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I am pretty sure I can stick to Mosins as Enfields never did anything for me and my 1935 7x57 Brazillian Mauser is nice, but no desire to get any more Mausers. I think I may be safe...
 
mmmmm...... a nice Finn M91/24 Nagant :)

I know there are at least 5 in Canada, and there are 3 distinct variations of M24


I think Nagants had more varients then Enfields, and a lot of them were reworked several times, in several different countries.


oh your boned now that you started.
 
If I were just beginning to collect milsurps, I'd say to get at least one RC Mauser 98, Swiss K31, and try to at least get an M44, M91/30 and M38. Before they become too expensive, I'd try to get at least one or two Enfields as well, and grab a Swedish Mauser (which with a bit of luck might still be had for under $300).

Though not as common, I've gotten deals on more unusual milsurps (like an M-95 rifle and carbine for $210 a few years back, and a really nice Swiss 96/11 for $225 this last summer. I wish that the M96 Swede that I got three summers ago for $200 could be replicated, but that seems alot less likely now.

Good Luck,

Frank
 
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