The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

We always tell our wives we could double or triple our money. What we don't tell her is that that only applies IF we were to ever actually sell one of these

Without a doubt, get both. SKS are really fun to shoot, kind of PITA to break down to clean, although not too bad. M48 is such a bargain.

I think this means that Mosins, in a few years, especially the more rare variants, may end up being worth a lot of money. The guy definitely overpaid but in a few years, he may discover that he has made a good investment.

Perhaps he means an M38 with an M38 stock and not an M44 stock?

Is this the Pat Burns rifle that she had up about two weeks ago? If so, I was this close to ordering it, but I ended up buying the 1968 No Maker instead. It is a beautiful rifle, you did well.

Nice. I like worn rifles as much as new ones, they all have a story to tell.

Thanks Bill! Wow, 40 M39s, you are hard core. It looks to be a great shooter, I just need some free time to break her down, remove cosmo, see what date is on the tang, check the headpsace and FP protrusion. Someday I will have the time to do that.

Is that what that import mark is? I couldn't quite figure out what that said? All I could make out was "Hurley, NY 8mm" Thanks for the education.

Thanks for the links and education guys, very helpful. I will research it.

My safe is full and I mean full. I have lots of other C&R bolt actions stashed all over the house but the bolts are in the safe. So what that means is no more rifles unless I sell some of them. It has already gotten out of control. But had to have an M39 to round out the collection.

Thanks desdem12. I am curious. The M48As were produced from something like '52 to '65?

Thanks Topper and CJO. Yes, I can already see a wartime Sako in my future but I am fascinated by the history of the sneaks. I almost bought a '42 Puolustuslaitos instead of this one but it hardly had any bluing, was quite a bit rougher than this one and I figured for a shooter, a rifle assembled in ...

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Just picked this up from a local shooter. Have not had a chance to tear it down yet, it has a decent amount of cosmo seeping out. Is there a way to date this rifle, I think the M48As were made for a pretty good span of years. Looking at the bore, I agree with the seller, I don't think this rifle has...

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It finally arrived and so far, I am very happy with it. The build, trigger feel, sights and even the feel of the bolt is very different than any of my Russians. It looks nice and I hope it will be a good shooter. I like that it is a 1968 "Sneak" M39, interesting history there. Can anyone i...

For $120.00, you got an amazing deal. I paid nearly double that for my Hungarian but mine was basically like new metal but semi-Bubba'd (who the hell spray paints the barrel bands and magazine gloss black, installs sling studs in a stock that already has perfectly functional sling escutcheons, then ...

All it takes is money Bill. I know a guy in Arizona who has amassed a collection that any of us would be astounded by, he spent the past 25 years and collectively millions of dollars on. His examples are all pristine, look like new and are the rarest of the rare. I guess the challenge is can we come...