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http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt283/huffmaster/photobucket-12527-1376178034701_zps4f7a08d2.jpg The bolt on the right doesn't have the checkered pattern all the way around. Is this just a variation? Early bolt part? Late? I couldn't find the answer anywhere else online and I knew you guys would...

Posted this on another forum as well. $135 plus only $6 shipping. Notice how I didn't say "cheap".

http://grabagun.com/cent-arms-mosin-nag ... 2x54r.html

At that price, it might be a worth a roll of the dice.

I've only seen two LGS with spam cans. One wanted $160 for a Type 53 or a 440 round can of ammo. Take your pick. The other had it at $125.

I travel for work. There's one town I go to that has a Gander Mountain. I'm there. So I go into Gander and find this: http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt283/huffmaster/photobucket-4945-1375760278092_zps2088eade.jpg Brand new crate. Got it in today. All rifles present and accounted for. I had to se...

Still in the box covered with goop. I won't be able to break it down, examine and clean it until next weekend. I'll have pics, questions and all that jazz then.


I peeked and saw it was a '42 Izhevsk w/ round receiver. Anything special I should look for on this wartime rifle?

I'm 100% sure the PB stands for Pabst. That was a popular beer at the Izhevsk factory for about two years. Due to it's popularity and Soviet enthusiasm, it's legacy was added to serial numbers on Friday's, and Tuesday's only. The end of the Pabst era began when one of the night shift supervisor's da...

Nice! Get that one from Bud's?

That's why I joined the forum. I have a problem. Mosin Nagants. They have become a problem. New to the forum, not to guns. Every time I get interested in something, I read exhaustively on the subject. I attempt to learn as much as I can as fast as I can. Mosin Nagants were the perfect internet candy...

Buy every and all you can afford! But let it speak to you first. Unless it's cheap. Then buy it anyway.

Hey, look at me! Posting, even!