Hi /k/. I found a Mosin Nagant 91/30 for sale on Armslist near

Find a finn

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>>33468104
>$295
That's at least $100 too much for a basic bitch M91/30. $195 would be stupid high, but at least feasible.

I paid $175 for this guy and that was only because it was from a friend so I didn't mind spending a little extra to help him out.

>paying more than 200 for a nugget

>>33468149
>>33468152
Hey 2009, didn't see you there.

>>33468149
>shooting that indoors
anon, what are you doing

>>33468106
>>33468119
>>33468131
IMO $295 is too much for a plain-Jane high-wall M91/30 refurb.

>>33468183
In 2009 this would've been a $109.99 (at most) dollar rifle from J&G.

>>33468190
>>33468183
???
Not that anon but are you guys nogunz? You only pay more than 220 for a mosin at gander mountain and shit. Most people sell them for around 160 currently.

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>>33468183
>2009
In 2009 I would have said anything over $100 would be stupid, but $200 is the absolute max for a regular M91/30 in 2017.

>>33468190
What's wrong with shooting it indoors? It ain't an obrez.

>>33468224
yes i am a nogunz.

the two times i have shot the mosin indoors, people started complaining and the range masters came to check i wasnt shooting a 50 cal kek


>>33468224
>Most people sell them for around 160 currently.
yeah, honestly they are still a good buy even at $300. i remember them for $60 back in '05 but those days are probably over forever. even at $300 it is still undervalued in terms of build quality and historical value. there is still room for the price to grow. but yes if you shop around i see them pop up around the $150 mark every now and then, and the sub $200 is easily doable if you check forums and classified ads or go to estate sales

>>33468224
the hell are you buying them? Armslist and GunBroker are both 250+ most of the time

>>33468282
>>33468282
my local gunshop has them for $189.95 , if you can just be patient and shop around

>>33468291
>just be patient
No one buying a garbage rod has any self control or common sense.

>300 for a nugget
>What the fuck
>Understand its 2017 but what the fuck

No. It is not worth it. Browse your LGS and keep an eye out for them. You'll never find them for 50 bucks again but that's still way too much to ask.

>>33468374
>>33468374
they could go down to 50 again if import restrictions are lifted and a large number flood the market at the same time. their prices were basically static until thats exactly what happened around 2005, a couple of importers brought in warehouses of them and the prices collapsed. millions were made, only thousands have been imported and sold during the early 2000s. just wait for the next warehouses to get bought out in combloc countries or russia itself

"Near you", as in you get to inspect the merchandise before paying and your shipping costs are fuel only? I'd say that's worth 50 alone. It's no bargain even so, but you aren't being robbed blind either. No point in comparing this to what you'd pay a buddy or fellow range acquaintance.

I have a Sten set lying around waiting for some golden day. The parts are original, too. Except I don't have a weapon grade tube, which is essential for making a safe to fire weapon. How's the steel prices in your neck of the woods?

>>33468438
Import restrictions weren't the reason for mosins being cheap.

Ukrainians emptied their warehouses(as part of professionalising their army) and realised that there's a demand for Mosins in the US. This caused several other nations to sell their own stock and created "buy crate for $500" Mosin madness.

However, as Syrian and Ukrainian civil wars started, new markets for old surplus rifles have opened and siphoned them from American market. As the demand was more or less the same($150 full-sized rifle is still sweet deal after all!" "$250 isn't THAT expensive, it's my last chance") the price grew.

>>33468149
I got my mosin two years ago, and the absolute cheapest I could find was $210 and the total went to $235. Now I could turn it around and sell it for $300 if I wanted too.

>>33468626
You paying too much doesn't mean the OP should.

>>33468651
Except I wasn't. Show me, right now, a new mosin with all the extras for below $250.

>>33468665
>a new mosin
What?

>>33468104
Holy fuck these things are going for $295!?!?!

>>33468681
One with the cosmoline still on it, not being bought second hand from someone else

>>33468717
Seems like now is the perfect time to start cashing in on them doesn't it?

>>33468319
Daily reminder to kill yourself, alex

My ex used to love the mosin, did everyone on /k/ go through that phase? I remember telling him I'd buy him one someday (we were poor teenagers). I miss him.

>>33468275
>$300 is a good price for a Mosin
Stop spouting this nonsense. At $300 you are into new production rifle territory. With that purchase comes warranties, modern accessories, and cheaper/more widely available ammo options.

At my local PA gun shows, I've noticed that there are only two sellers really stocking Mosins, in the entire 2000 table show. They're hocking bog standard mid-war Izzy 91/30s for 250, and hex receivers pushing 300, often without a sling. These two guys always were the "big Mosin sellers" (and always had pretty stiff prices), but in the past year they've become the ONLY sellers.

I've heard rumors that they trawl the show on Friday and buy up anyone else's stock, then put them out for sale in their red-flag-draped Mosin crates. Same guys sell P64s for as much as a goddamn Makarov.

I don't know if the rumors are true, but I can't shake the feeling that the price hikes are a bit engineered with the mosin's popularity as the poor kid's first rifle. Maybe that's a little tinfoil hatty. But either way, with the cost of an entry level AR pushing down into the 400s and a good new-product bolt gun in the same range, you absolutely should not drop that kind of dosh on a Mosin.

So what's another good WWII bolt action in the $200-$300 range?

>>33469034
There is no reason to buy milsurp of any sort if you aren't a collector.

>>33469412

Yugo Mausers (M24/47 or M48). Both of them are generally great rifles. Both can be had for around $300 and are lightyears better than a Mosin in terms of quality.

>>33469486
Fair, but that was not the only stipulation.

>>33468282
>Taking Armslist and GB prices at face value
You're supposed to negotiate the price down. Jesus are you that autistic?

>>33469595
>Negotiate
>On Gunbroker
What?

>>33468681
Ukraine has actually been making new nuggets for their shin dig with not-russia. I kinda hope new ones with Ukraine markings pop up after its resolved

>>33469607
You're right.

>>33469595

I'm not sure how you would negotiate on GB, but both sites are filled with blockheads who think their "custom modifications" double the price of a gun. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen people try to sell a Mosin, SKS, Enfield, or so on for $600+ because it has a "custom" stock, scope, and so on slapped on it. The most offensive though is when they blatantly lie and list shit like a sporterized Enfield as a jungle carbine, or they list a chopped down M91/30 as a M44.

>>33469412
A Finnish Mosin.

>>33469673

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Finn mosins (proper ones with the ears instead of being captured ones) around $400 these days? There's some on classic firearms for $290, but they have cracked stocks.

>>33468104
If you like old surplus you could probably get something nicer (though perhaps with less historical significance) than a mosin. If you want something practical, you can spend $100 and get an AR-15.

>>33469701
Jesus fuck, they were like 300 last year.

>>33469720

Yeah, figures. A quick glance of GB seems to be that Finn captured rifles are $300, with the "ears" variants (SAKO, etc) being around $400.

I honestly feel bad for people who want to get into collecting milsurp. There's a lot of really fun and genuinely good guns to own like Mosins, SKS's, and so on, but the prices these days are just ridiculous. Unless you have a major fetish for wood and history, you're probably better off just buying a new gun.

$300 is the average price of any nugget these days gramps

It's a fair deal just to say you have a piece of history

>>33469703
>ar 15
>$400
This meme has gone too far

>>33469789

You can easily grab one for $220 on Gunbroker right now. There's even a bunch of Chinese and Romanian in that price range too.

>>33469811
But yet you can get a regular russian mosin for that price

>>33469801
http://palmettostatearmory.com/ptac-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-7-upper-with-bcg-and-charging-handle-40176.html

http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-ar-15-complete-blem-lower-classic-edition-no-magazine.html

$420 shipped. You can go even cheaper if you don't buy assembled.

>>33468104
It's faggots like this paying to much for guns that run the prices up. It's no different with hookers, I remember when I could go across the border and pay $25 for a qt latina whore then idiots started tipping and paying more and now fucking pussy across the border costs as much as it does in the states.

>>33469851

>You can go even cheaper if you don't buy assembled.

You might as well, given how idiot-proof an AR-15 is to assemble. Shit like the AR-15 and SKS can pretty much just snap together without needing any specialized tools.

>>33469858
Yeah man, if you just don't buy something you can not have that thing for whatever imaginary price you want.

>>33469871
If people can't get a ridiculous price for something cause no one pays they have to drop the price

>>33469892

Tell that to Pawnman on GB. He's had the same rifles up for months on end with their absurd prices. The fact that I see them change stock means someone was stupid enough to buy them at said prices too.

>>33469892
Or they won't sell it and keep the price the same.

>>33469904
That's the problem. Stupid people. It's always stupid people

>>33469914

While I fully agree that people are stupid at times, you have to understand that the limited supply (and memes like fucking Saving Private Ryan) can drive up the prices on surplus firearms. Whether we want to admit it or not, we'll be seeing things like $500 Mosins and $700 Chinese SKS's in a decade or so.

The other thing you have to consider is inflation. $1.00 in 2001 is around $1.45 now.

>>33469906
Yes but if no one is buying and you are in bussiness to make money then cutting price to make a profit is better than sitting on an item making no profit. The problem is idiots who don't know better and pay stupid prices for stupid shit.

>>33469892
When I go to the gun show, there's always one table that is nearly identical every time. The guy is overpriced af.

>>33469941
Yeah if no one wants something you're not gonna be in the business of selling it in the first place. Except people do want Mosins. More and more . And there are less of them to go around. So increasing demand+decreasing supply= higher prices.

>>33469851
>ptac
>nervouslaughter.jpg
Also youre forgetting transfer fee

>>33469412
I got my Type 38 for $250, those were used in both World Wars though.
Stock in decent shape, Chrysanthemum mostly gone.

>>33469971
Oh wow an extra $15. I'm gonna need to refinance my house to afford that.

>>33470066

>tfw a transfer is $50 where I live (after taxes, fee, background check, etc)