Those mosins aren't worth anything! (Round 7)

[6mmintl]

They are going to go up in price, after being imported for what 20 years easy, they have run out, no more to import, sure they might find a crate or two here and there but it will never be like it was, the day of the $69.99 bargain bin rifle is gone.

I find it hard to believe there are not any more to import, maybe international political restrictions, but probably more scarcity due to "Collectors" hoarding, dreaming of manipulating the market and increasing the prices.

"Collectors" never clean the original "cosmoline/dirt/drebish" from their rifles.

[I Swan]

What 91-30's would you say are worth the top prices not counting snipers? I'd say very late dates I guess. I think Finn 91-30's will go up in price.

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Non-refurb 91/30s always command a premium in price over your typical arsenal refurb 91/30.

[bovver]

I find it hard to believe there are not any more to import, maybe international political restrictions, but probably more scarcity due to "Collectors" hoarding, dreaming of manipulating the market and increasing the prices.

"Collectors" never clean the original "cosmoline/dirt/drebish" from their rifles.

I got emails from places like Aim surplus about a year ago explaining the well runs dry.

The mosin world was fun, I spent years collecting and trading, you can find some nice collectable ones.
If you collect, DONT refurbish them as that will hinder your resale/collectable value.
have fun and keep baba away from your collection.

[I Swan]

I think Spanish Civil War versions of the 91-30 will go up in price as well as more become aware of them.

[NOTABIKER]

Well in general Mosins arent worth anything (yet!).

Constantly posting rare exceptions doesn't prove otherwise.

These threads should be titled, 'if you have an extremely rare variant of a widely produced rifle, its worth more than the 91/30 everyone and their brother owns'

Geez.. unless you sell on Gunbroker. Look up 91/30 7 pages of overpriced wishful thinking...

no gun that is still available in the surplus market is valuable. K 31, sks, mauser,garand and many more. you can still get lucky at a big 5 and find a special Mosin.

[Varg Vikernes]

Hell one of those legit sniper Mosins is a lot cheaper than that.

[mosinnagantm9130]

What 91-30's would you say are worth the top prices not counting snipers? I'd say very late dates I guess. I think Finn 91-30's will go up in price.

In no particular order:

Simonov Trials Rifles
Late Dates (non snipers are probably going to be worth more than late date ex-snipers). I've seen a 1950 dated one, 45-47 are more common but still rare.
Training rifles
"Instructie" and "exercitu" (sp?) marked rifles
Non-Finn, non-refurb originals
Finnish captured, original condition
Finnish captured, mixmasters
Finnish captured, then recaptured by the soviets (soviet refurbs with the "SA")
Spanish Civil War
Any non-soviet built 91/30
Odd markings, MO's especially. Could throw in weird ones like PM, PM-86, XO, etc
GECO, PE, and PEM snipers
Ex-dragoons (ex cossacks even more so, they're much rarer)
Any built off of an M91 (there are 91/30's with US made M91 barrels on them)
Papered bring backs from Korea or Vietnam

I think that about covers it...

[emcon5]

Here is another one of those cheap Mosins that aren't worth anything:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=495598544

[DennisCA]

I wonder how many of those "cheap" Mosins were "bubba-d"?

Then again maybe I don't want to think about it....

[81turbota]

I wonder how many of those "cheap" Mosins were "bubba-d"?

Then again maybe I don't want to think about it....

Lots sadly. Just like sporter K98 snipers....everything can be a deer rifle.

There is a stock restoration thread for a 1907 carbine on Gunboards now.

[IEatZ28]

I have a crate of those old Mosins. I'll cut CG members a deal. $2K and it's yours. Come on down and pick yours out this weekend!

I am looking for a crate of mosins!

[Crocketus]

Referring to these as simply mosin's is kind of disingenuous. It's like referring to a M39 as simply a mosin.... it is... but it really isn't.

[I Swan]

I am looking for a crate of mosins!

There might be a CGN member in San Diego area than can help with that. You'll have to PayPal gift the funds to his (ex)wife and he may be a bit hard to get in touch wh he travels to Miami a lot.

[golfish]

Lots sadly. Just like sporter K98 snipers....everything can be a deer rifle.

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My great Uncle was a smithy on the side. He made many deer rifles from the 1903 for lots of folks and I was lucky enough to have seen a few of them. He always left the long full stock on every one he made. This was back in the early 70's