[ptsmith24]

M44 and some ammo arrived today. Great condition. Needs a little cleaning up. But, that's to be expected with milsurp.

 

[RepeatDefender]

Cool! I love Mosins, post pics ASAP.

 

[Sharky]

Niiiiice I love mine.

 

[ptsmith24]

I haven't cleaned the cosmoline off yet.

Excellent condition, bore is in great shape, and matching serial numbers:

 

[Marikhal]

Looks amazing.

I'm looking to get me a 91/30 pretty soon here!

 

[Jmark]

That reminds me, I need to pick up some 7.62x54r.

Good looking gun! Now you just need a semi-auto in that caliber. 8)


I know, its a sickness.

ETA: Any repairs on that stock? The one I got from Wideners didn't look bad except for a few repaired places.

 

[ptsmith24]

Nah, nothing is wrong with it. Just a little bit of a light scrape on the top right (from the shooter's POV) of the receiver. I got it from AIM, by the way. Ordered it last Friday and got it today. Not bad at all. I'll probably get around to cleaning 'er up this weekend.

 

[budder]

Man, that's a gorgeous color. I hope the wood doesn't lighten up too much after you de-cosmo it.

 

[RepeatDefender]

The wood won't lighten up at all (unless you start sanding on it...please don't...). That is a laminated stock M44. Nice choice. I also got my lammy-stocked M44 from AIM. What year and arsenal did they send you?

Mine is a 1945 Izhevsk. The one I got was w/o cosmo already. I just got two new 91/30's in today. One is a 1929 Izhevsk and the other is a 1943 Tula. Both are in very good condition...so now I am up to 11 Mosins.

 

[Rammstein]

meh...old guns ftl

 

[AV8R]

meh...old guns ftl

Everyone needs a couple of SKS rifles for throw-aways. Old cheap milsurps are great for that.

 

[ptsmith24]

The wood won't lighten up at all (unless you start sanding on it...please don't...). That is a laminated stock M44. Nice choice. I also got my lammy-stocked M44 from AIM. What year and arsenal did they send you?

Mine is a 1945 Izhevsk. The one I got was w/o cosmo already. I just got two new 91/30's in today. One is a 1929 Izhevsk and the other is a 1943 Tula. Both are in very good condition...so now I am up to 11 Mosins.

1946 Izhevsk. The wood doesn't have hardly any cosmo and the I haven't taken it completely apart to check out the rest.

 

[oldguns]

meh...old guns ftl

:-s

 

[oldguns]

meh...old guns ftl

FTW

 

[gsusnake]

Man, that's a gorgeous color. I hope the wood doesn't lighten up too much after you de-cosmo it.

+1

Those laminated stocks are beautiful.

 

[ptsmith24]

It's only $10 more at AIM for laminated vs. non-laminated. A few other places charge $10-20 more for that option and the condition isn't all that great to begin with (or so I've heard).

 

[RepeatDefender]

+1 on AIM's deal on M44's right now.

If you're going to buy one or are thinking about buying one, spend the $10 extra for the lammy-stocked one. They are much nicer looking and are generally in much better condition.

FWIW, the 1946-48 M44's are much more UNcommon than the rest of the years.