Mosin at Big 5

[Odm92]

Guys i have a question and this is Off topic but if i want to get all that cosmoline off i heard a couple people just let it sit out in the sun with a towel covering it so it just seeps out onto the towel. Or should i use degreaser? i'm new to this rifle all i own are shotguns.

[2shotjoe]

Guys i have a question and this is Off topic but if i want to get all that cosmoline off i heard a couple people just let it sit out in the sun with a towel covering it so it just seeps out onto the towel. Or should i use degreaser? i'm new to this rifle all i own are shotguns.

i just cleaned mine yesterday. 1. heat guns don't work, it sucks. 2. can of degresser spray works instantly. all the metal on my mosin is cleaned. i am going to do a different method on cleaning the wood.

[mauser98k]

Guys i have a question and this is Off topic but if i want to get all that cosmoline off i heard a couple people just let it sit out in the sun with a towel covering it so it just seeps out onto the towel. Or should i use degreaser? i'm new to this rifle all i own are shotguns.

wrapping the stock in paper towels and putting it in a heavy black plastic trash bag in direct sunlight on a very hot day works well.

[Odm92]

wrapping the stock in paper towels and putting it in a heavy black plastic trash bag in direct sunlight on a very hot day works well.

Thanks man will try it out when i get my Mosin.

[OHOD]

Was at Big 5 today nosing around.
I asked the guy if his mosin was the same from last week.
He said
"Yeah, you know there going fast, we're not getting many of them anymore. I don't know why."

I just shrugged and went on my way.
Better get your Big 5 Mosins, they're disappearing fast.

[redrex]

I just DROS'ed a $119 laminated special yesterday. It had one of the best barrels I've seen yet. I plan to sport it out and hopefully take some pig with it latter this summer.

While talking to the manager he said that he saw three non laminated models on his shipping roster. Which to him meant $99 sale next week. I might just have to get another one.

Remember... Two is one and one is none

[DasBoost]

Went into my local Big5 to look at 22s. Saw an original wartime production K98 with matching #s and a 1943 91/30 with newer stock. Had a nice selection of Marlin/Savage/Ruger 22s and the guy that covered the gun counter was the most knowledgeable I've met. Younger guy, maybe mid-20s, and knew his **** about C&Rs and. COE and such. Prices are meh, but service was great.

[DocRock]

I ended up getting a bore snake stuck in the barrel. I tried to get it out but somehow it was really stuck in there so I gave it to a friend as a going away present at our command. He loved it, so it really worked out.

[mauser98k]

Went into my local Big5 to look at 22s. Saw an original wartime production K98 with matching #s

it's force matched by the Russians. you will never see an all matching 98k at Big5

[dodge]

I just DROS'ed a $119 laminated special yesterday. It had one of the best barrels I've seen yet. I plan to sport it out and hopefully take some pig with it latter this summer.

While talking to the manager he said that he saw three non laminated models on his shipping roster. Which to him meant $99 sale next week. I might just have to get another one.

Remember... Two is one and one is none

didn't take the time to read through the thread, but yeah @ 118$; might as well buy two




big 5 in washington state was selling, or maybe still is selling for 100$ plus taxes & background check ;so essentially 118$ out the door

(well darn!!!! my state the sale is off, but sales guy said they go on sale every couple of weeks, so keep your eyes pealed for another sale anytime)


just ran across this add, wow, that's a smoking good deal,eh?

[DaveInOroValley]

Big 5 is good because you get to see the gun, and, as I said, there are gems. I have heard nothing bad about JandG or Aim, but that PROBABLY means some people got turds and don't want to admit it.

Do some reading at http://7.62x54r.net/ and get familiar with the dates and manufacturers. This could be the last wave of cheap decent long mosins............but that has been said before.

In my experience with Aim and I have purchased many as well as I know many others too they pride themselves with only offering the best quality they can provide. That has been my and others experience as well.

You should know that most people wil talk dirt about a vendor before they praise them.

[RX_Pilot]

Picked up my rifle today. I don't know much about this thing but I can't believe how great of a condition this thing is (date stamp says 1940). This was a "Top Shot" impulse buy and can't wait to take it to the range in a few weeks.

[Norsemen308]

big five is selling 91/30's all day long for 200 bucks... just went through this yesterday.. however they will go to sale price for 119.

[emil77]

didn't take the time to read through the thread, but yeah @ 118$; might as well buy two




big 5 in washington state was selling, or maybe still is selling for 100$ plus taxes & background check ;so essentially 118$ out the door

(well darn!!!! my state the sale is off, but sales guy said they go on sale every couple of weeks, so keep your eyes pealed for another sale anytime)


just ran across this add, wow, that's a smoking good deal,eh?

Is it just me or did that coupon expire 2 years ago?

[chknlyps2]

Is it just me or did that coupon expire 2 years ago?

2 years and a couple months ago.... LOL

I just put a Mosin in DROS jail on the 6th from big 5. It was not on sale and they had 2 left and no more in the warehouse he said. I called on the 4th to see if they would honner the sale price and manager said no, came in on friday the 6th to get a ruger 10/22 that was on sale and a different manager was there so I asked him and after about 10 minutes of pestering him he gave me the sale price of $99. I is a 1944 round receiver with a Tula symbol, non laminated stock and nice smooth action with real nice bore.