Mosin Nagant

[Duce]

Check Dunham's befor you buy, they always seem to have them, and at fair prices.................<>< Duce

[Denny347]

100.00 to 800.00 depending on the type of Mosin it is but probably closer to 100.00 for a vanilla 91/30 or M44. I have a passion for Mosins, they are the focus of my collecting effort. I have 16 so far. They are addictive.

[hammeralan]

I just saw several M44s go for around 90 to 120 at a couple of the local gun shops

[dice dealer]

As far as scoping a mosin they have a scope mount that replaces the rear sight out that i have seen , no experiance with it , most of the scoped mosin's were the 91/30 if you find one with the scope already on it you will pay more of a premium price for it ..$400 give or take .

I personally prefer to shoot my mosins open sighted pretty decent factory sights for a military gun .

[Scutter01]

If you scope it, you'll probably have to replace the bolt as well. The standard bolt won't clear the scope mount, so you need one with a bent handle.

[Denny347]

For a scope mount, try one of these Scout Mounts. They are a great way to scope your rifle without drilling on it and you can keep the staight bolt handle. He's getting more in the near future I believe.
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[crmguns]

the m44 and m38's seem to be getting harded to come by. I might be wrong but all I have been seeing latey is the 91/30's other than a few here and there but are not cheep. last time I was at bradis they had 91/30's for $119 i think

[88E30M50]

The severity of the recoil depends on what you are used to. When I first bought my M38, I thought it kicked like a mule. After 20 rounds, I had a headache. My 12 year old fired one shot and was done with it. Now, 6 months and over 1000 rounds later, the recoil does not bother me at all. My 12 year old burned through over 100 rounds in 2 hours with my M44 and was a bit sore the next day, but otherwise unaffected. These are great rifles to shoot and one of the cheapest high powered rifles you can own and operate. About once a month, we take a bunch of Mosins down to Atterbury and have a ball.

[88E30M50]

Originally Posted by crmguns

the m44 and m38's seem to be getting harded to come by. I might be wrong but all I have been seeing latey is the 91/30's other than a few here and there but are not cheep. last time I was at bradis they had 91/30's for $119 i think

I've seen the same thing. I keep hearing about sub-$100 M44s, but have never seen one. I paid $120 for mine and $130 for my M38. The 91/30s are all over the place in price. I bought one at The Outdoorsman for $90 a couple of months back and it was one of two they had. The other was priced at $250 even though it was not as nice as the $90 one. The one I bought turned out to be an ex-sniper to boot. For a 91/30, a price something near $100 to $120 is about right.

[Benjamin]

Mosins can be great guns but there are a few things you need to consider. I've seen cheap nagants sell at guns shows for $60 per gun. I've also seen variants go for $800 depending on model, year, place of manufacture, ect... My guess is that you are looking at a pretty standard nagant probably worth $125 to $150 with the ammunition. One thing to consider is that the nagant most likely came out of an arsenal where it was covered in cosmoline. If the cosmoline hasn't yet been taken care of you will need to sweat it from the stock and soak all the metal in brake cleaner or some other cleaner to remove the cosmoline. There are pleanty of sites that cover removal of cosmoine and full mosin restoration. If the cosmoline has been taken care of already then you should be good to go. Recoil isn't extremely bad. I would say close to a 30 06. In fact the 7.62x54r is nicknamed the russian 30 06. Ammunition is very cheap if you buy surpluss but that ammo does have corossive primers so you will need to read how to clean your gun so it won't rust after firing this ammo. 7.62x54r isn't easy to find but it's not difficult either. Walmart won't have it but a good gun shop will most likely have a few cases. Mounting a scope is a bit of a problem. You can buy the special nagant scope mounts to mount the scope but chances are that your nagant will have a straight bolt which will strike the scope when you try to open your action. This means you will either need to bend your bolt or buy another bolt that is already bent. You could also get a scope mount that goes on farther forward on the gun so that the bolt doesn't hit the scope but this means you need a scope with very long eye relief. The bolts tend to be very stiff and hard to work and the triggers can be terrible it all just depends on what you get.