Why you shouldn't/should buy a Mosin!

Doctor_M · Mar 6, 2014

Even my wife is laughing at this stuff. I start to read her the "Stuff you know if you have an AK/AR/Mosin" and she jumps right in and says "Don't you have several of each?" The girl knows me well.

Mendozaco · Mar 6, 2014

Why you should buy a $100 mosin today, if you don't it will cost you $110 in 5 years.
Why should you buy a mosin today? It cost you cheaper than doing your taxes and when the tax man comes you can pay him with lead.
Why is a mosin better than a woman? It never wrinkles with age.

onthefarm · Mar 7, 2014

Good Lord!

Where is the best place to get a Mosin around here?

Doobie · Mar 7, 2014

Point me in the direction of a $100 Mosin please

Mendozaco · Mar 7, 2014

Ops. It went up by 9.99 to 109.99
I ordered from them and I received a nice piece.

http://www.classicfirearms.com/c-r-eligible/originalmolotm9130wbayob

Doobie · Mar 7, 2014

I dont have a C&R yet :sad20:

Need to find someone or someplace I can buy one.

onthefarm · Mar 7, 2014

How about the best place driving distance from Kent Island/Annapolis area?

Doobie · Mar 7, 2014

Im in Western MD

mig201 · Mar 8, 2014

Couldn't find a $100 Mosin, but bought one for $130 yesterday from Aim Surplus

Dave91 · Mar 8, 2014

mig201 said:
Couldn't find a $100 Mosin, but bought one for $130 yesterday from Aim Surplus

Classic has them for $109.

Smitch521 · Mar 8, 2014

I love my m91/30

Boom Boom · Mar 9, 2014

Mosins are the long gun version of crack cocaine. Buying one almost guarantees addiction.

psoyring · Mar 9, 2014

The effective range on the 7.62 x 54R round is 2000m. They eventually went to the 7.62x39 round because they figured most future conflicts would be urban, thus that kind of range was no longer needed.

cestrella13 · Mar 9, 2014

I remember when I saw my first Mosin; my buddy showed me his, 91/30 Izzy. He asked, "You want to give it a go?". I sat down, muscled the bolt closed; BOOM! Looked over and said, "I want one" lol..

Now i enjoy them for other reasons as well, but, that boom, lol, like a kid in a candy shop..

Alphabrew · Mar 9, 2014

psoyring said:
The effective range on the 7.62 x 54R round is 2000m. They eventually went to the 7.62x39 round because they figured most future conflicts would be urban, thus that kind of range was no longer needed.

Interesting

BeltBuckle · Mar 9, 2014

reverendbeer said:

reading that for the hundredth time, I still laugh. many times. :lol2:

cestrella13 · Mar 9, 2014

psoyring said:
The effective range on the 7.62 x 54R round is 2000m. They eventually went to the 7.62x39 round because they figured most future conflicts would be urban, thus that kind of range was no longer needed.

That is interesting; was the 2000M effectiveness due to war tactics at the time? Considering when that cartridge was created, a lot changed from its induction through the World Wars, and the other conflicts of the time for that matter. I could imagine thousands of bullets just raining down from Mosin volley fire.

But if that's the case, why did the Chinese even produce the T53? Weren't they already producing the SKS by then?

iH8DemLibz · Mar 9, 2014

cestrella13 said:
That is interesting; was the 2000M effectiveness due to war tactics at the time? Considering when that cartridge was created, a lot changed from its induction through the World Wars, and the other conflicts of the time for that matter. I could imagine thousands of bullets just raining down from Mosin volley fire.

But if that's the case, why did the Chinese even produce the T53? Weren't they already producing the SKS by then?

The Chinese and the Russians believed in the Human Wave doctrine. Cheaper to furnish millions and millions and millions of men with a bolt action than with a semi-auto.

That's why the Russians never really cared about the quality of the 91/30. It did the job and no more. They cared about quantity and over running their enemy with superior number.

cestrella13 · Mar 9, 2014

iH8DemLibz said:
The Chinese and the Russians believed in the Human Wave doctrine. Cheaper to furnish millions and millions and millions of men with a bolt action than with a semi-auto.

That's why the Russians never really cared about the quality of the 91/30. It did the job and no more. They cared about quantity and over running their enemy with superior number.

Thanks for the explanation; it makes sense in that respect. I guess the Russians started producing more semi-autos when it became more cost effective.

I wonder if the Russians didn't give the Chinese their semi-auto technology at the time to stay dominate; makes sense that the Chinese would be given the SKS with the advent of the AK47..

4095fanatic · Mar 9, 2014

The Russians didn't want the chinese to have their most advanced technology. Thus when they were still developing the AKM and still had wide use of SKS the Chinese got the mosins in '53, and when the Russians started going full throttle with the AK the Chinese got the SKS in 56.

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