RE: Russian guns- who collects?
Mosin nagants- I had to go through about 5 or so of them to reach this bit of enlightenment- buy either:
A: a 91/30 that was made prior to the Soviet Union's involvement in WWII
B: If the 91/30 was made by TULA, even better (Tulas will have a large soviet star on the receiver, Tulas have higher quality than Ishevsk rifles, Ishevsks have an arrow inside a triangle on the receiver.
WWII 91/30 sniper rifles were all made by Tula.
C: a post war m44.
D: a 91/30, m44, or M38 in Excellent condition (note, someplaces sell rifles that are REFURBISHED to excellent condition, they look nice, but the bores are more often than not pitted) If you look at rifles at a Dunham's store, there will usually be a while plastic tag in the trigger guard put there by Century Arms, the importer- if it has an X at the end of the catalog number,its considered excellent condition and will be for all practical purposes, a new rifle- it will likely be a really good shooter.
E:A finnish M39, 91/30, or one of the rarer carbines. The Finns were nitpicky and put together very nice rifles from captured russian rifles.
SKS's- buy a Yugo. They cost around $100-150 which is about 1/2 of what a Russian model will cost. They are very well and solidly built.
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