My Samco Spanish Mauser had a mint bore. I was the lucky one. The ones I have been seeing at the local shows are very dirty and pitted. About $179 and are a "project" to clean them up and rejuvenate them.
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Came today, and it actually seems pretty decent. No cosmo. Finish is mostly gone, but no rust. Date is 1942, matching serials on the receiver and barrel, the other serials are scrubbed. Tula stock plate, Izhevsk trigger group. Stock has the usual lower repair, but is in pretty nice shape otherwise, just some of the usual dings. Terrific bore, very strong rifling.I rolled the dice and bought a VKT M39 from Classic. We'll see how much I regret it next week, I guess.
Came today, and it actually seems pretty decent. No cosmo. Finish is mostly gone, but no rust. Date is 1942, matching serials on the receiver and barrel, the other serials are scrubbed. Tula stock plate, Izhevsk trigger group. Stock has the usual lower repair, but is in pretty nice shape otherwise, just some of the usual dings. Terrific bore, very strong rifling.
Given how crazy the prices on M91/30s have gotten, the M39 is not a bad deal at all.
I got one from Samco when they were $169 and was not impressed at all. YMMV
I got one from Samco when they were $169 and was not impressed at all. YMMV
I've found that SOG is usually quite honest about grading their items, unlike other places that usually overstate it.
I got my first Mosin from Buds, and four Chinese Type 53s back when they were 110 bucks a piece. I've probably ordered 12 guns from them and never had a problem.^^^ This.
I've gotten to trust them the most of the usual suspects among larger C&R vendors, with AIM a pretty close second. AIM has hex Mosins in stock now for prices that are, in today's market, fairly reasonable I guess.
For new stuff, Bud's often has the best prices and is pretty easy to deal with.
I got my first Mosin from Buds, and four Chinese Type 53s back when they were 110 bucks a piece. I've probably ordered 12 guns from them and never had a problem.
I think we are quickly coming to the day when we no longer see any C&R stuff at the large vendors and importers. A combo of politics and disappearing supply... If only we could import from Russia...
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Dan's Ammo has some C$R Beretta .22s
I'm liking the price on those Olympias!
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I"m wondering what black Friday C&R deals there will be. Of course, I got spoiled a few years ago when Classic had the $89 Grade B mosins.
Hey, maybe Classic will have some Spanish Mausers in 308 discounted down to $499?