Châtellerault M91 #1

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Châtellerault M91 #1

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OK, time to pull out some of my Finns.
1st up.....

1894 Châtellerault, Finnish SA marked

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:shock:

One of my gotta haves. That is a beauty. 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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Finn front and Russian rear. ;)


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8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) More stripes I see :D
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Nice investment rifle. As good as gold.
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It seems like it would take gold to buy one of those. Every time I see one for sale I suffer a real bad case of sticker shock!! :shock:
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Rongoman wrote:It seems like it would take gold to buy one of those. Every time I see one for sale I suffer a real bad case of sticker shock!! :shock:
What would make you suffer is if I told you how much I paid for them....back then! ;)


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dolk wrote:What would make you suffer is if I told you how much I paid for them....back then! ;)


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Very nice D, as usual.
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I wish I could find one like this someday. :Drool1: :Drool1:
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You lucky #$@$^&&&&***. I would love to find one of those. :Drool1: :Drool1: :Drool1:
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Sweet. :vcool: :vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
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Excellence in Mosin Nagant collecting! Great museum piece! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :vcool: :vcool: :vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
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How do you do it??
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:Drool1: :Drool1: :Drool1:
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A real beauty :Drool1: :Drool1: :vcool: :vcool:
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Fantastic! All I need to finish my i :pointup: mperial era mosin collection is s Chatellerault. Someday...
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Whenever I'm showing someone examples of mosins on my phone, Dolks pictures are on the playlist.
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As Jed Clampett would say, Weeeee Dogies!

I have yet to get one that the barrel date begins with 18....I am going to try to fix that.
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