$119.99 Mosin with pictures!

[GS455]

On 10/21/2024 at 8:09 PM, ironsniper1 said:

its not really motivation its more not having the tools and space to do it

Well, dude,  it's been SIX years now.

[Mason]

Respectfully: 

There is no way I would waste my money on something like that unless the plan was to use it as a wall hanger for some sentimental reason.  Back when I was buying them for under $70 in great (like new) condition, and they had never seen cosmoline they were a good deal.  At that time there was not a cheaper firearm available.  Now days there are plenty of brand new rifles, pistols, and shotguns that cost less, function properly, and in some cases even have a lifetime warranty. Money is too hard to come by to though it away.... 

[monkeylizard]

Normally I'd agree, but ironsniper1 is learning a lot in this process about what works and what doesn't and is developing some skills which may be useful in the future for more worthwhile firearms. That's not necessarily a waste. Plus the documentation done here helps others as well. It's like learning to polish car paint on a crusty Dodge Neon instead of starting out on a Ferrari.

Edited February 14 by monkeylizard

[GS455]

On 2/9/2025 at 11:45 AM, monkeylizard said:

Normally I'd agree, but ironsniper1 is learning a lot in this process about what works and what doesn't and is developing some skills which may be useful in the future for more worthwhile firearms.

I think he's made it pretty clear nothing has happened in six years and that it's actually more rusty sitting in its original box than when he 1st got it.

Maybe there's learning happening via others stumbling onto this necro-thread but I bear no witness to any skills under development by the OP.

Now would be a great time for a "beating a dead horse" emoji.

 

 

[ironsniper1]

On 2/24/2025 at 12:04 AM, GS455 said:

I think he's made it pretty clear nothing has happened in six years and that it's actually more rusty sitting in its original box than when he 1st got it.

Maybe there's learning happening via others stumbling onto this necro-thread but I bear no witness to any skills under development by the OP.

Now would be a great time for a "beating a dead horse" emoji.

 

 

Well if certain things go the way i hope in the next few months to a year i will probably send it out and have someone else do the work as right now i am busy working on arcade machines etc

[GS455]

Unless there were some significant sentimental value or a family heirloom I just can see putting the effort and expense into such a restoration. 

 

Wouldn't you rather have a nice (as put into storage in the 60s, since unfired) 1944 Izhevsk PU Sniper ?  Ping me if interested.