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No, only "Dishonest Don" Mitchell, with his extensive family and industry connections, knows where the secret stashes of the world's last few remaining extensively reworked and faked Russian capture Mausers and beater Lugers are located. As close as Don and I are and as much as I admire the man and his work, he still won't tell me where he gets these treasures.
About Nagants - we hates 'em, Precious. There might be a few out there that are worth more than a couple hundred bucks, but to me most are just $100 clunkers.
Now Mosins, that's a different subject! I think $400 is way to low for a nice Mosin, so I just listed one of mine (a mismatched 1938 Tula) for sale for $600 (I was considering $800, but it was late and I wasn't thinking clearly) and sold it within two and a half hours from listing it.
Regarding my friend Backstrap's 1947 91/30 - I think there is a little more here that he isn't telling you - like that it's a very rare PU sniper. Likewise that nice looking scopeless Yugo sniper that MJ posted - that was already a $500+ rifle 5 or 6 years ago....I know because I sold a few of them from my collection for that price. I might add that MJ is a very discriminating and discerning collector, and anything I've seen from his collection has been an investment-grade item that will guaranteed shortly be worth more than he sold it for.
I also have several more mismatched 1930's dated Tula 91/30 rifles for sale in the $1,500 to $1,800 range if anyone is interested.
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