The 91/30 is one of the best investments around right now. It’s the last of the bolt action war rifles that has yet to see major appreciation in value. CAI and other companies are doing a good job refurbishing them.
On top of that, it’s a solid rifle and ammo is cheap. Leave it packed in the oil/box and stack them in a closet with a tin or two of ammo. You won’t regret it IMHO.
Only a stupid person would have a Mosin Nagant M91/30.
Fortunately, I’m smart, and have the M91/30, PLUS an M38 carbine fitted out as a scout rifle, a Romanian M44, a Finn M39, and a lifetime supply of Yugo 7.62x54Rmm M75 sniper ammo.
Several years ago, I bought this Yugo Mauser for just about the same price the Mosins were going for. The dealer also threw in 200 rounds of corrosive Egyptian ammo. The stuff shoots OK and is in stripper clips. It is really, really corrosive tho.The best made rifle I have ever owned and it isn’t even close was a 9809 Argentine Mauser made by DWM in Berlin.
It was stamped “Deutsch Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Berlin Modelo Argentino. 1909. The 1909 meant that my particular rifle was actually made in 1909 so it was an early one.
The bluing was actually a fine matte yet still well polished blue. And it really was blue instead of black. The small parts were finished in a bright cobalt blue. The workmanship was better than anything made today except by custom makers.
My particular one came with the test target and Herr Ritzman had fired a two inch group at 200 meters with open sights then signed the target. My guess is the really good shooting ones were separated along with their test targets but they eventually sold them and I got a great rifle.
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Friends got a few of them off of me because I was feeling charitable, but I still have 5 Mosins in the safe.
We do a Mosin shoot a few times a year at the http://www.desotogunrange.com/ 200, 300 and 600 yds off the ground at pistol targets. Cool prizes like Ushankas and sniper pins. Huge turnout. I don’t know if anybody else does this. The past winners have been through a Project Appleseed clinic, so be forewarned! http://www.appleseedusa.org
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