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Very nice Swede's. Mine is a 1905 M96 Gustafs and one of my most prized rifles.

seems they are asking $800.00 but its been there a long time and I know they are flexable on prices. It is still the original caliber.

There is a very nice MAS 49/56 in a pawn shop near me here in E tn. near Knoxville. Seems over priced to me but you never know what a pawn shop will do. I snagged the MAS 45 trainer they had. Sevier Pawn & Loan 865-579-1026

I have a very nice German k98 without import marks, non matching for $650.00. PM me if interested. Some ammo

somewhat off topic but interesting. I was at a local gun shop today and they had 3 22TCM rifles in stock. Looked ok but nothing special. One of them had much better looking wood than the others. $389.00. Might have to spring for one.

Just found some good load info in Shooting Times magazine, February 15 issue. 10 different loads tried and charted. The best was Hornady 35gr Vmax, W296 @ 11.5 grns, 2180fps, 1.25 group @ 25yds

I have 2 Romanian's and they both shoot very good. No FTF or FTE using surplus ammo. Also have the Chinese, Yugo and Polish. The Yugo must have a 15lb trigger pull,my gauge  does not go high enough to measure it and every time somebody shoots it they think the safety is on.  :pleased:  I am a sucker for a relic and have been happy with my Toks. :usa:

Just got an e-mail from Widners in Johnson City that says they have very nice m44 and 91/30s in stock. I thought kinda pricy.

I have 2 of them and both tricked out with Harrington Products firing pin kits, rollers, etc. Trigger pull is now a very nice 4 to 4.5 pds. Reasonably accurate and a lot of fun to shoot.  

The commander did not come with a 9mm barrel. 

  about 400 rds thru the commander and 50 thru the target. Just got the target and just one trip to the indoor range with limited time. The target seems to group much better than the commander but both are a hoot to shoot. My arthritic hands love the low recoil and I love the big bang with light show. The target came with the 9mm barrel which I did not expect.Fred installed the fiber optic front sight and did a trigger job. 2 3/4 pd trigger pull.

another pic

Not sure if this will work but trying to show my RIA 22TCMs. a commander and a target version. Got the commander from Bill's Outpost in maryville and the target from Fred Craig. Have Para grips on both of them. The black ones from Fred, pre fitted and the black/gray from VZ that I had to fit.

awesome video. Makes me want to go shoot my Mosins.

beautiful wood

Very interesting info. Just got my hornady die set from asw and hope to load some this weekend. I have 2 guns,a commander I bought at bills outpost In Maryville and a full size from Fred Craig with trigger job and vz grips. Neither gun seems very accurate with factory ammo. Fred is selling ammo that he says is better than factory??? $450 + ship for 1000 RDS.

Contact me off forum. 865-573-7416

I also have both and like both, but the 1905 Swed is my favorite and the most accurate

very nice, I have a couple pretty nice 52s and really like them.

My laminate stock is not ugly, and its my best shooting Mosin out of 5 ,6 or 7. Lost count. The eye of the beholder and all that rubbish. Love my new to me sniper. Shoots just ok but sure looks the part.

I have one that is tricked out with Hogue grips and the Harrington firing pin conversion with solid rollers. send me a pm if interested.

So maybe Academy in Knoxville??

beautiful gun with some interesting history. mine is a 1943 also and shoots really good. 

was there a couple weeks ago and  3 guys who were sighting there turkey guns on the 1st bench on the left had a target set out about 25yds. They would go out to the target without saying anything!! CRAZY good to see your sniper is shooting good Glenn, still trying to get mine sighted in. It was WAY off out of the box.

I to am a compulsive tinkerer, have a shop with lathe and sometimes it just needs to be used. Just installed a timney trigger onto my laminated 91/30 with scout scope, lots of wood work to make it fit,  polished bolt assembly, bedded ??, etc. much more invested than its worth but have fun and it keeps me out of the bars. It does drive me to drink sometimes but I do it at home. Also do a lot of trigger work on the Mosins and have one of my M44s down to 3.5 lbs pull.