the things you read

[dou44]

i was looking at a Izhevsk on a auction and the dealer was telling about how it was made in france because it had the french eagle on the reciever.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Oh boy....

[desdem12]

Sounds good to me.

[etprescottazusa91]

Those breadbaking French

[racerguy00]

Never ceases to amaze me. I saw a NEW m91 once that had a lot of the US inspectors' eagle and number stamps on the shank. The dealer was saying they were Nazi stamps and wanted double price. I didn't know much then but knew it was baloney. Now though if I saw the rifle for that same asking price I would jump on it. That was back in '96 or so I'm guessing.

[jonnyboy091373]

made in france? hey, at least you would know it wouldn't have been used. Lol. something to do with the french not fighting...

[tjtM38]

I had a gun dealer at a local gunshow try to tell me that all the SKS rifles were made in China. I told him he was feeding me BS.

[WeldonHunter]

i was looking at a Izhevsk on a auction and the dealer was telling about how it was made in france because it had the french eagle on the reciever.

Yep that sounds about right. Amazing how many people can't seem to find google.

[TopperT]

There is a dealer who offers a M39 for sale.......he notes that the rifle is stamped 3600 on the receiver "which is the unit number it was assigned to"........ah ya........

[Junk Yard Dog]

Some of these people sell used cars for a living.

[zeebill]

Nah really? Some of your old salesmen? Hope you had your coffee! Ulp! Bill

[Junk Yard Dog]

It's usually me who sells the cars when we get something worth selling. As they are sold as fixer uppers ( engines, trans, or some other thing is bad) I don't have to fabricate much.

[entropy]

Listening to dealers at gunshows is always humorous. Sometimes a dealer's lack of knowledge works in your favor though. I stopped into a gun shop that had never had a Mosin in it before, and there were two there, both labeled as M44's. (Both in ATI stocks also.) Thankfully from the knowledge learned from this forum, (And the fact I can read Russian a bit) I realized the longer of the two was a 1915 Sestroryetsk, with both Imperial eagles still on it, and no 'SA' markings. They wanted $140 for it. I popped on that! The other one was a 1944 Izhevsk M44, also priced at $140. That one sat around there for a while. I put a proper M91 stock on the Sestroryetsk when I found one.

[racerguy00]

I can't tell you how many times I've seen 'Russian mousers' for sale. Not mausers, mousers like as in a cat. And they were mosins anyways.

[Wriz]

after being a part of this site and learning all that I can I have myself not really believing much of what I read from some gun sellers of Mosins. I find it funny sometimes to read what private sellers say about them and try to put a high price tag on them.

[SA1911a1]

I can't tell you how many times I've seen 'Russian mousers' for sale. Not mausers, mousers like as in a cat. And they were mosins anyways.

Well, if you use a Mosin for a mouser, you won't have much mouse to clean up.

[Junk Yard Dog]

But you will have some rather large holes in the floors, walls, and whoever is on the other side of the wall.

[finloq]

[clayshooter2]

[Junk Yard Dog]

What is that, a reenactment of the French against the Mexicans during the 2nd Empire?