[dixie789456]

the have laminate and hex mosins in stock now and i am going to get a regular mosin to go with my m44 and sniper. which would be the better buy? they are both 99.00.

 

[BC1]

Get the laminate and hex Moisn Nagant! I would. I can get those here on the west coast of Canada from a local importer. They all come from the Ukraine. All of them are special select refurbs. I bought 2 of them from those guys so far, with another couple this spring planned. They also have repro snipers and ex-snipers as well. Good guys to deal with!!

 

[Portholio]

One of each. If five years you'll be kicking yourself if you don't.

 

[dixie789456]

ugh... i new it would be both! well maybe if i can quit buying ammo i'll pick these two up sad thing is i just spent 230.00 yesterday at cabelas on ammo and a vortex strikefire the same as i would spend on these guys...

 

[SwingingSniper]

The right answer is both if you can afford it. If it could only be one, I would go for the hex receiver. It's just my preference, but I tend to like early 91/30's. I especially like them if they happen to be in pre-war stocks.

 

[dixie789456]

i wish these guys were easier to find locally. i have an ar15 that i just built and realized that i don't really care for the ar platform i'd trade it for a few mosins! LOL especially if there was a sniper in that deal somewhere! time to cruise the gun shows i guess?

 

[mstrbtg]

Check out Empire Arms or Allan's Armory for more collectible Mosins.

Nothing against AIM. If you must have a couple refurbs for your collection, then you couldn't do much better. It's a grab bag, though. You get what you get.

 

[dixie789456]

thanks for the tip!

 

[dixie789456]

Check out Empire Arms or Allan's Armory for more collectible Mosins.

Nothing against AIM. If you must have a couple refurbs for your collection, then you couldn't do much better. It's a grab bag, though. You get what you get.

thanks for the tip... didn't see much there though

 

[Stalin's Ghost]

Ask them to handpick a Tula hex -you can always find laminates, usually stuck on refurb on rifles made long before the first laminates appeared (most are late and postwar.)
A good hex is a prewar treasure with real history, almost certainly used in combat, a rifle that "speaks to you," while most laminates have no story at all.

 

[abonebrake]

Id go hex

 

[Layer Cake]

Id go hex

absolutely. They've got a bit more to them, and I do love recycled receivers.

 

[lonegunman]

In 1967 you could buy a very nice Persian Mauser carbine for $40-60 dollars, today you can drop $400 bucks one without batting an eye. If the current president gets a second term, he will ban Mosins and everything else imported in the firearms world with a simple executive order. He will ban ammunition as well if he has a chance. no one ever reversed any executive order ban from Reagan(1986 stopped new civilian production full auto), Bush 1st(1989 sporting purpose ban), Clinton(stopped non-sporting rifles), Obama(stopped M1Garands and M1 carbines from Korea) and is extending sporting purpose to shotguns. Recently had ATF declare, 3-gun and USPSA, IDPA and IPSC are not sports, they are "combat training". Nevermind the Olympics. Most "kits" can no longer include the barrel and anything AK like has to have less than seven imported parts.

Ten years ago I bought an "Irish contract" SMLE for $150 bucks, still in grease with a matching bayonet, try that today. Ten years from now there could be no imported Mosins or anything else and you could miss out on the $99 deal of a lifetime. For about $1000.00 dollars you can buy a very nice representitive selection of Mosins and a case or two of ammunition and enjoy them for decades. Very few other hobbies can be as cheap and enjoyable.

 

[M16A2556MM]

In 1967 you could buy a very nice Persian Mauser carbine for $40-60 dollars, today you can drop $400 bucks one without batting an eye. If the current president gets a second term, he will ban Mosins and everything else imported in the firearms world with a simple executive order. He will ban ammunition as well if he has a chance. no one ever reversed any executive order ban from Reagan(1986 stopped new civilian production full auto), Bush 1st(1989 sporting purpose ban), Clinton(stopped non-sporting rifles), Obama(stopped M1Garands and M1 carbines from Korea) and is extending sporting purpose to shotguns. Recently had ATF declare, 3-gun and USPSA, IDPA and IPSC are not sports, they are "combat training". Nevermind the Olympics. Most "kits" can no longer include the barrel and anything AK like has to have less than seven imported parts.

Ten years ago I bought an "Irish contract" SMLE for $150 bucks, still in grease with a matching bayonet, try that today. Ten years from now there could be no imported Mosins or anything else and you could miss out on the $99 deal of a lifetime. For about $1000.00 dollars you can buy a very nice representitive selection of Mosins and a case or two of ammunition and enjoy them for decades. Very few other hobbies can be as cheap and enjoyable.

Excellent point!

 

[dixie789456]

ok so i think i got my fix for now... traded my ar in for a 1941 svt-40 and two 91/30's (a 1939 low wall ishevsk and a 1943 tula), all three matching numbers! guess that will keep me busy for now