It was $95 including tax when I bought it around 10 years ago. I think you could get a Mosin for around $79 at the time but the ammo would have cost at least $20 so I figure I paid about the same as the Russian guns.
I had a Chinese short barreled Mosin Nagant for a while. Every time I fired it with the Chinese ammo I had, the bolt would lock up and I would have to beat it open with a block of wood.
I gave it to a friend and he used different ammo and never had any problem. He used it for his deer rifle and I am sure took a few with it.
>> Every time I fired it with the Chinese ammo I had, the bolt would lock up and I would have to beat it open with a block of wood.
That’s funny.
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