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I almost forgot how to buy a mosin there have been so few opportunities locally. My mosin budget is busting at the seams. And you know how it is with a budget, you dont spend it this year you wont get it next! JK, I saw this '34 with a mark I havent seen many of so I just plain old paid the man. Sometimes you just need another toy...
Ten years from now I'll sell it for what I paid for it. No matter. Still worth more in the end than all those lottery tickets the missus has bought all those years....
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People live together.
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or a fair fight. I've come here to give you either one.
Or get either one from you.
Nice find. Ive only seen that star a couple times over the years, not sure what it means.
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NLMosin wrote:I almost forgot how to buy a mosin there have been so few opportunities locally. My mosin budget is busting at the seams. And you know how it is with a budget, you dont spend it this year you wont get it next! JK, I saw this '34 with a mark I havent seen many of so I just plain old paid the man. Sometimes you just need another toy...
Ten years from now I'll sell it for what I paid for it. No matter. Still worth more in the end than all those lottery tickets the missus has bought all those years....
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You got that lottery ticket thing right. You are more likely to find Stalin's personal M-38 than hit that big jackpot.
A plumber I worked with in the 90s hit the lottery for a cool half-million two weeks after hitting a bingo game for 50K. Less than a year later, he lost all of the toys he bought (on credit!) had his new house foreclosed, and was borrowing money from the boss during the week to make it to payday. It must have been a hell of a party year.
Give me a half million and the rest of the world could kiss my cute little ass! (but I mean that in the kindest way ) Not likely since I haven't bought a ticket in probably 20 years.
NLMosin wrote:I almost forgot how to buy a mosin there have been so few opportunities locally. My mosin budget is busting at the seams. And you know how it is with a budget, you dont spend it this year you wont get it next! JK, I saw this '34 with a mark I havent seen many of so I just plain old paid the man. Sometimes you just need another toy...
Ten years from now I'll sell it for what I paid for it. No matter. Still worth more in the end than all those lottery tickets the missus has bought all those years....
20170902_144404.jpg
You got that lottery ticket thing right. You are more likely to find Stalin's personal M-38 than hit that big jackpot.
A plumber I worked with in the 90s hit the lottery for a cool half-million two weeks after hitting a bingo game for 50K. Less than a year later, he lost all of the toys he bought (on credit!) had his new house foreclosed, and was borrowing money from the boss during the week to make it to payday. It must have been a hell of a party year.
Give me a half million and the rest of the world could kiss my cute little ass! Not likely since I haven't bought a ticket in probably 20 years. I don't believe in Santy Clause, the Easter Bunny or lottery tickets.
steelbuttplate wrote:Isn't that a Chinese/ North Korean mark, the star?
Stars are popular around the world. The North Korean star is enclosed in a circle, and certainly not likely to contain an "A."
On 7.62x54r.net they question whether its Russian. I would post more pics but I already packed it away with the others as we are moving soon. Its really just a garden variety refurb otherwise, matching numbers right down to the spike. I could swear I've seen the star with A on a Chinese SKS. I guess someday we'll never know...
...if I won a half million after taxes I'd stop working and just make furniture. We dont need much me and the misses. She's the one with the 'chance' bug. We are in the process of downsizing into our golden years. Moving to the country. 1890's house, 1824 stone building that will be the shop. I'm getting out of town!
Governments don't live together.
People live together.
Governments don't give you a fair word
or a fair fight. I've come here to give you either one.
Or get either one from you.
Very unusual to have the star on the barrel and the receiver. Like the other guys, I have no idea where the stampings came from. The "A"..., this almost looks like a mis-stamped Ukrainian refurb stamp - 2nd GRAU, Kiev?? I think, if the price were right, I'd be all over this gun... This is just the kind of oddball that attracts me... Very cool...
qz2026 wrote:This is just the kind of oddball that attracts me... Very cool...
Me too. Guess it takes and oddball to attract an oddball... LIke I said earlier, the '34 is otherwise your typical refurb all numbers matching in great shape. Looks like it came back and didnt go back out after its last refurb. Must have come home with the star A on it...
Governments don't live together.
People live together.
Governments don't give you a fair word
or a fair fight. I've come here to give you either one.
Or get either one from you.
I saw at least 5 or 6 rifles with A in star marking at the receiver. Most likely it's a wartime repair depot (arsenal) marking. A in circle and A in triangle are 100% identified wartime arsenal markings
JK, I saw this '34 with a mark I havent seen many of so I just plain old paid the man. Sometimes you just need another toy... 
) Not likely since I haven't bought a ticket in probably 20 years.
LIke I said earlier, the '34 is otherwise your typical refurb all numbers matching in great shape. Looks like it came back and didnt go back out after its last refurb. Must have come home with the star A on it...
