91/30 a fool or a good find?
91/30 a fool or a good find?
Just bought this from a local shop and I think wow is this too good to be true or was I taken?? Tula 1930 laminated stock and hex.....looks like its never been used/fired ....how can that be?? Forgive me if pics didn't work totaly a newbee here....
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
That is a 30 Tula. Nice rifle. You only got taken if you paid too much. It looks new because it has been refurbished. It has been used. Welcome to the forum.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Looks ok to me...
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Fully disassemble the rifle and show us all the cool and neat markings please We lab pics here!
Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Nice rifle! You did fine.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Thx Mill, I know its refurb because of the lam stock , I own 2 Izzys 42 and 43 but you can tell those have been thru the mill, this one is so prestine however I'm like wow ....they did a great job with the refirb and keeping all the parts together..as for price ya i paid too much im sure $160 but i couldn't pass it up its one of the cleanest ive seen. My other 2 both have etched parts...btw love this forum..Good to see im not the only one addicted to these> hi all .....SA those are Polish/German toes...lol love a sense of humor =)
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Looks perfectly good to me
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
That one could be an ex-dragoon too.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Post a few clear pics of the rear sight base were it meets the barrel just in front of the barrel markings, and we can see if it was an ex dragoon or not.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Silk, I can sense your excitement for finding this one. I laughed because you called yourself a newbie, but you have a pretty good idea what you got there after already having 2 others. I have a 1930 Tula also, but not quite this nice, and mine is not in a laminate stock. At 160.00 that is a fair retail price. Just look at what you got! Welcome to the forum
Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Ty you all and thank you "Boss" <a term I use daily from watching NCIS too much> I do feel i am still new to the game but thanks to the web and great sites such as this one you can get all the info you need...am working out how to post picks correctly and photograph better lol. I do think this may be a Dragoon as stated...again sorry for the bad photos but will get better i'm sure..
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
A nice refurbished, more than likley remarked, and with improved and replaced parts rifle. Some of them are done nicely better than others. I guess it all depends on the skill and mood of the person doing the refurbishment, repair, and replacement of the parts on the rifle. Most make excellent shooters if their bores are not used up in the previous service life. Many people like and collect them so if you do I guess that is a find. Prices vary from $89 on sale to whatever people are willing to pay. Enjoy your new rifle and shoot it that is what is important I guess. Congrats! Bill
Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
From the pic, it is still difficult to tell if there is a gap under the outer frame of the rear sight base. But the "eye" that I have to use, tells me that it is a straight M91/30, and not an ex-dragoon. Which, if that be the case, makes this one even more uncommon. Not as many of the upgraded Panshin-style guns as others.
Laminate stock refurbs command a few more bucks than a solid stock. Price is right in line with value. Nice gun, and it won't be your last - sorry to break that news to you.
Laminate stock refurbs command a few more bucks than a solid stock. Price is right in line with value. Nice gun, and it won't be your last - sorry to break that news to you.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Ty martin...you are so right on that ...I am a collector at heart i.e. I work for Coke and have many collectables also autographs, sports memb trading cards ect ect...so I am putting this rifle into that category and will not be cleaning it or shooting it for now I am sure some ppl will not be happy with that but on that note I get to go out today and get one I can shoot ...hope this pic is a little better..
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
NCIS is a good show, and nice rifle < that is a Century import mark.
There is nothing wrong with not shooting your rifles, many collec tors do not shoot what they collect, there are many items in my own colelction that I do not shoot. I do most of my shooting these days with shotguns, and .22's.
There is nothing wrong with not shooting your rifles, many collec tors do not shoot what they collect, there are many items in my own colelction that I do not shoot. I do most of my shooting these days with shotguns, and .22's.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
You DO have an ex-dragoon there, nice find!
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Re: 91/30 a fool or a good find?
Yes, the space under the rear sight base is evident in the last pic. Ex-Dragoon, it is.
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