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I'm a collector. As such, I have no interest in scoping or otherwise modifying old milsurps. However, I do understand why others were so inclined when both Mosin guns and surplus ammo were so inexpensive. Now that neither of these are readily available or cheap on either the primary or secondary markets, I'm not sure what the attraction is. There are far better platforms in modern rifles for building accurate range or hunting guns. It's also probably cheaper to build a modern rifle than an old Mosin, at least if you're paying today's prices for the guns ...

All of it ...

During one of the many restorations of the Tower of London, workers discovered a "secret room" in the original foundation walls of the crypt. Although no extant documents reveal the purpose of this niche, archaeologists generally think it was probably used as a vault room, for important documents and storage of extra weapons. Hiding arms for future use has a long tradition ...

Ex-snipers get "re-snipered" regularly. You can pick up a refurbed PU scope, or one of the reproduction scopes and mounts that were made in Eastern Europe or Ukraine a few years ago. A good gunsmith can drill and tap for the base. BTW, although original scopes are readily available, mounts and bases tend to be rarer, and pricey when you find an original Russian example. As such, if you pay to have a competent gunsmith to "re-sniper" one, and buy original parts, you typically wind up with a gun that costs you as much or more than what the original snipers go for ...

I resemble that remark. Well, except for the valued part ...

I take it this thread must have been double top-secret ...

Rather than oil, follow the example of most military storage facilities around the world and pack them in grease. It's a myth that long term storage of rifles like Mosin Nagants and others were stored in cosmolene. Cosmolene was (is) used almost exclusively by the US, other countries mainly used grease - i.e. plain old axle grease. It works very well as a rust preventative, and is much less likely to leak. Regardless of how you pack them, water intrusion will always cause damage, I would think carefully about storing anything underwater that I wished to be functional over many years. Pack your guns in grease, store them away in a secure location. After all, that method worked reasonably well for the millions of surplus WWII weapons the CommBloc comrades packed away 70 odd years ago against invasion by the evil, imperialist Western nations ...

He wants to be able to say "no, really" when people take him to task about his claim that all his guns sank in a boating accident ...

I'm visualizing some news report, about 100 years from now. "Farmer drains old pond, finds cache of rusty guns" ...

Probably about right. I wasn't familiar with this particular variant, but a quick search on the interwebs revealed how these were priced at about $1000 when introduced back in 2017. The original Vepr's, in x54r, were made in Russia and fall under the current import bans, so their prices have been rising for years. These are apparently modified versions of Molot's x39 and 5.45mm rifles with some US made parts to meet the 922 requirements. I suppose it's a niche company marketing these, with up to 45 round magazines they are undoubtedly popular among the EOWAWKI crowd and given the current mania retailers are taking advantage of those willing to fork over the cash for one ...

Might explain why the Italian troops In Russia were so quick to cut and run during Russian counteroffensives ...

I hate shopping. I hate going in stores. I hate waiting in checkout lines. I think I probably must hate being around people most of the time. The absolute best thing about this whole virus snafu is that I forced myself to learn how to do curbside pickups with the Wallyworld ap. I doubt I will ever step foot in one again ...

If there was any actually available anywhere, this would be a good thing ...

I'm also someone who is "legally blind" when not wearing my everyday contacts. I'm also fairly confidant that I could hit an intruder without my lenses in at the distances involved in typical defensive scenarios. I might not know who they are, or exactly where the shot placement is, but I could put some rounds in the big, scary blob moving through my house ...

Deals forum? Just go to Cheaper Than Dirt's site, they're always advertising their blowout deals ...

I've had both my shots. I don't see it as any different than the vaccinations I had when young, smallpox, polio, etc. Of course, in those days my mom decided what shots I got and when ...

And to add to my post, sometimes they even show up here ...

They show up fairly regularly at gunshows, gun shops, Armslist, Gunbroker, etc. Probably one of the easier to find variants, along with other ComBloc iterations like the Polish and Chinese versions. Make sure you check out the trader on gunboards.com as well, it's the premier Mosin site on the net now. If you're looking for fresh imports, that ship has sailed, except for some really rare shipments that occasionally trickle in from buyers overseas. There was a small lot of Chinese T-53's that came in a year or two ago from Albania, that's the last I heard of. Ethiopia was dumping some obsolete arms last year, but I don't remember seeing any M44's in that one, it was mostly old Berdans and the like ...

There goes my retirement plan ...

Maybe the basically buck per round that Brownell's sent the flyer out for? I didn't read my emails till late yesterday, saw where they were peddling some 9mm, .223, etc. for about that price. They were chucking in a few Pmags with each case though ...

This. I don't know what folks are doing lately, but long ago when I was in construction there were few in Tennessee that built basements designed to not leak. Most were of concrete block construction (inherently porous), sealants were not very good, and drainage wasn't always to spec. If you went up north, their basements were of far better construction and less likely to leak, but they spent a lot more money building them too ...

Probably a site posting 9mm for $179 per 1k, and .223 for $279 per case ...

We'll make a hoarder of you yet David ...

You could have gone all day without reminding me of my childhood spent wearing Husky Toughskins ... A man after my own heart. A fellow cheap bastard ...