I need ODTs knowledge on Mosin Nagants 7.62X54r

[Bypass]

What should I look for in a Nagant? I'm looking at gunbroker right now. If you want to help me look and link what you think is a good firearm/deal that'd be awesome. Prefer something with the bayonet.

https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?Keywords=nagant rifle&PageSize=96&Sort=13&View=1

I haven't got a clue on these things.

 

[rumrunner55]

Depends what you’re looking to get out of it…shooter? Collector? Shooter anything will do the purist in me says it should retain all original parts but not necessarily matching. Collector you’ll want pre or post war years or very early war as they are scare and of better workmanship (highest years of production are 42 and 43 and you can tell they were slinging em left and right and under pressure to do so)…pre war be prepared to pay heavily cause there is a very large market with few offering. Markings and year are very crucial as well as matching numbers (tang date is always gun date as the barrel could be a different year)

 

[BIKER13]

alleycat

 

[Bypass]

Depends what you’re looking to get out of it…shooter? Collector? Shooter anything will do the purist in me says it should retain all original parts but not necessarily matching. Collector you’ll want pre or post war years or very early war as they are scare and of better workmanship (highest years of production are 42 and 43 and you can tell they were slinging em left and right and under pressure to do so)…pre war be prepared to pay heavily cause there is a very large market with few offering. Markings and year are very crucial as well as matching numbers (tang date is always gun date as the barrel could be a different year)

I'm looking for a quality shooter. It will be used for deer hunting so reasonable accuracy is needed. Do you see anything on GB that'd fit that bill?

 

[Bypass]

Depends what you’re looking to get out of it…shooter? Collector? Shooter anything will do the purist in me says it should retain all original parts but not necessarily matching. Collector you’ll want pre or post war years or very early war as they are scare and of better workmanship (highest years of production are 42 and 43 and you can tell they were slinging em left and right and under pressure to do so)…pre war be prepared to pay heavily cause there is a very large market with few offering. Markings and year are very crucial as well as matching numbers (tang date is always gun date as the barrel could be a different year)

Eyeballing this one.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1080180462

 

[HERMET]

Finnish.

 

[BigMike]

I used to fool with mosins way back in the day, when they were $80 rifles. When the price broke $300, they are no longer a value in the marketplace. Most of them are beat up pretty bad and caked in cosmoline to the point they need days to clean them up to shooting standards. For the most part, they aren't really accurate, either.

The M39 Finnish version is the gun to have. Dates and factory markings make or break collector value.

The M44 is the shorty with a folding bayonet.

The M91/30 is the most common with its super long barrel and detachable bayonet. The hex receiver on these is more collector.

Spam cam ammo is corrosive.

 

[BigMike]

Make sure to ask about counter-bore on one you are looking at. To fix muzzle imperfections, they would drop a counter-bore in the muzzle that would clean it up but remove the rifling from the last inch of the barrel.

The gun should also be numbers matching.

 

[rumrunner55]

Finnish guns will be more accurized as they built new and refurbed captured Russian ones and bedded the stocks and actions as part of that they will also run you the most money cause they’re less of the them, the link you provided is a Finnish one. As mentioned counter bore can be a detriment to collector value but actually does re-accurize the guns so they tend to be better on paper punching. Also note you tend to have to shoot the long barrel Russian ones with Kentucky windage as most were factory zeroed with the bayonet attached

 

[alleycat]

Great advice already by folks who know..…..

The Finnish M39 for sure, they are the best. Beautiful and accurate and that nice old school two-stage trigger

M38’s are lightweight and throw a nice fireball but have no bayonet. The M44 has the swingout bayonet

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