Posted: 1/27/2010 3:22:58 PM EDT
| Does anyone know a place where I could pick one up in the DFW area? I need one because it is a gun that everyone should have. |
Try MickeysAmmoDepot . I picked up this one at the Market Hall show in November. It was $130 with all the accessories out the door.
ETA: The rifle didn't come from Ammo Depot, I realized after I posted it may have been confusing. I was just pointing out they are available for a decent price at the shows. 
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Gotta love the Mosin Nagants... I've put much of my effort into AK variants the last few years... but this year is going to C&R stuff, I bought this 1938 Izzy for $90 from a gentleman in the DFW area two years ago.
Cleaned it up... got rid of the shellac, stain and oiled. 
I purchased an ex sniper recently, and a beat up M44 Hungarian (great bore for $50).... Browse the web!!!!!! They are the best buy out there. |
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Over fifty years ago, my uncle showed up at our house and gave me an old World War I rifle. I think I was eight years old at the time. My mother was horrified. My uncle told her that they don't make ammo for this gun anymore and it has a broken firing pin. Thus, it was harmless and I could use it as a toy. I guess Mom was okay with this because the rifle was now mine. For the next forty-some years it was a "play army" prop, Halloween costume accessory, etc. It spent many days and nights laying in the back yard in sun and rain and wintered for many years in an unheated Wisconsin garage.
I couple years ago, when I went back to Wisconsin to visit family, I dug out the old rifle. For the first time I started to really examine it. It was a Mosin Nagant in 7.62 x 54R. What was interesting was it was made in 1917 by Remington Armory for Russian Czar Nicholus II's army. As you remember, the Bolshevik Revolution happened in 1917. So the rifles were never shipped to Russia. This one was "sporterized." The barrel had a hacksaw cut on it. The stock was shortened, the sling cutouts were plugged with wood and a beautiful panther was carved on the left side of the stock and a retriever was carved on the right stock. When I took apart the bolt, the firing pin was fine, but the extractor was broken. I found a new extractor at a gun show. I straightened out the barrel cut and bought a crowning tool from Brownels. There were no sights on the rifle. Someone had started to drill the receiver for mounting sights. I redrilled and tapped the spots that had been already drilled and modified a Weaver mount to fit. I decided not to modify the bolt handle to permit a scope mount and instead put an inexpensive red dot sight on. I had the headspace checked (the serial number on the bolt did not match the rifle). Then I took it to the range, not expecting much. I was really impressed. After all those years of terrible abuse, this rifle still shot very well. Now my plan is to return to Wisconsin for the Whitetail season and bring home a buck with Uncle's gift. |
| Look at www.Surplusrifle.com for more information regarding your rifle. Some Remington and Westing house rifles were shipped to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. Some of those rifles were kept here in the USA and were used to drill rifles. Some were rebarrelled by Finland into M24, M39 etc. |
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Thanks for the heads up. Based on your info, I found another link that specifically talks about American made Mosin-Nagants. Cool story. If you're interested, click here:
http://www.mosinnagant.net/USSR/US-Mosin-Nagants.asp |