The Mosin You Wish You Still Had

[Tula44]

I'm sure all of us here have at least one rifle we wish we never sold or traded. What is one Mosin that you wish you kept? Looking back myself, I had a nice Type 53 Mosin that I wish I still had today. Not having it leaves a small hole in my collection.

[Darryl]

Usually this happens to everyone.

But, I have every firearm I have ever bought still. I have never sold anything .... ever. One of the reasons I have so many but, when you do this, you fight with yourself about selling one. You just can't bring yourself to do it for the first time!. I think they call it "hoarding".

However, I am not facing being "older" and thinking I can't leave these behind or she will be selling them for $50 each or as many as you can carry for $100!

Coming time to do something soon.

Darryl

[Tula44]

Usually this happens to everyone.

But, I have every firearm I have ever bought still. I have never sold anything .... ever. One of the reasons I have so many but, when you do this, you fight with yourself about selling one. You just can't bring yourself to do it for the first time!. I think they call it "hoarding".

However, I am not facing being "older" and thinking I can't leave these behind or she will be selling them for $50 each or as many as you can carry for $100!

Coming time to do something soon.

Darryl

That is pretty impressive

Others may see it as hoarding but not selling even one, that's an investment with the way the value of guns have gone up.

[millman]

I traded off an M39 years ago, but got something about as cool, so it doesn't burn too much. I'm with Darryll thinking I need to liquidate them on my terms.

[Junk Yard Dog]

I still have every one I ever bought or was given, every Mosin, or other milsurp.

[jlaw87]

2017, my then boyfriend and I were out checking out some area yardsales. We're poking around when I see a big plastic trashcan up against a wall in the garage with rifles in it. I walk over and pick up the crustiest one in it, look it over and ask the old man what he wants for it. About then my bf walks up and asks what in the world I'm doing with that crusty old gun. I had no idea what it was other than really f'in cool. He tries convincing me it's nothing but I convinced him it was something. The old man wanted $100 but took $75 due to my "impressive and relentless negotiation" with my other half. We later identified the rifle as a Russian MN early 1930's if memory serves correctly. He did a great deal of research on it and we began to gently clean it up, preserving as much patina as we could while still removing as much rust as possible. Unfortunately, his substance abuse led to the end of our relationship within the next 6 months. That man had some kind of nerve taking the gun he didn't even want when we broke up

[Junk Yard Dog]

2017, my then boyfriend and I were out checking out some area yardsales. We're poking around when I see a big plastic trashcan up against a wall in the garage with rifles in it. I walk over and pick up the crustiest one in it, look it over and ask the old man what he wants for it. About then my bf walks up and asks what in the world I'm doing with that crusty old gun. I had no idea what it was other than really f'in cool. He tries convincing me it's nothing but I convinced him it was something. The old man wanted $100 but took $75 due to my "impressive and relentless negotiation" with my other half. We later identified the rifle as a Russian MN early 1930's if memory serves correctly. He did a great deal of research on it and we began to gently clean it up, preserving as much patina as we could while still removing as much rust as possible. Unfortunately, his substance abuse led to the end of our relationship within the next 6 months. That man had some kind of nerve taking the gun he didn't even want when we broke up

Lovely story, and people wonder why I trust nobody, and absolutely hate druggies. Were you able to hunt this person down and exact revenge while recovering your weapon? No details, nobody here wants to be an accessory after the fact to whatever unfortunate accident that person met with. Next time, if there is a next time, do a more careful background check before trusting someone with access to your weapons, better yet, don't ever trust anyone with your weapons again except yourself.

[SA1911a1]

I am not so attached to anything that I own that it doesn't have a price. I have sold about 20 rifles over the past year and I don't miss any of them.

I have come to the conclusion, in my old age, that you don't own "stuff" as much as it owns you.

[entropy]

Well, I'd say the Polish Mosin I sold to the LGS some years ago......but Rongo doesn't mind, he bought it. And I know it has a good home.

[RazorBurn]

I sold an M28 SY in a Ski Trooper stock back in 2018 that I really should have kept. I'd found it in a pawn shop, and picked it up on the cheap. It paid for something more expensive that I wanted more. Probably another Garand or 1911, but I really should have kept it...

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[Junk Yard Dog]

I still have them all, but like Steve said, everything has a not for sale price.

[ffuries]

For me so far none, as I'm a greedy SOB, as I still have every Mosin Nagant I've bought, none of which are really rare.

1894 Izhevsk M1891 with a 1927 Tikkakoski stepped barrel
1915-17 Remington M1891/24 with a 1924-27 Böhler Stahl barrel
1917 Tula M1891
1932 Izhevsk M1891/30
1939 Tula M1891/30
1942 Izhevsk M1891/30
1943 Izhevsk M1891/30
1947 Izhevsk M1944
1954 Romanian M1944
1955 Chongquing Arsenal Type 53