, is it all original?.As far as Vintovka Mosina' go thats like the Holy Grail .I fancy an Imperial Mosin myself but have my eye on an original PU sniper at the moment.Collectors condition
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Re: Collectors condition
Nice Cossack , is it all original?.As far as Vintovka Mosina' go thats like the Holy Grail .I fancy an Imperial Mosin myself but have my eye on an original PU sniper at the moment.
, is it all original?.As far as Vintovka Mosina' go thats like the Holy Grail .I fancy an Imperial Mosin myself but have my eye on an original PU sniper at the moment."The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
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I fear not, it as been re-arsenaled to 91/30 spec and dropped into a wartime ex-sniper stock.
Still pretty cool though I think
Still pretty cool though I think
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Original non re-furbed Ka3 cossacks fetch a pretty penny!
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If you can find one...
Mine was not particularly pricey, in fact it was cheap for a standard 91/30 as I'm pretty sure they didn't know what the marking was, (to be fair I didn't either until I'd bought it and started doing more research). There is a guy on a US forum who has been researching the Cossack rifles in collectors hands and, I think, the number of updated like mine known is only is single figures - there's not many more original or Finn captured about either.
I suspect there are, in fact, a good number out there somewhere unidentified and unappreciated - perhaps, like mine was, sitting in a Russian arsenal waiting to be sold wholesale
Mine was not particularly pricey, in fact it was cheap for a standard 91/30 as I'm pretty sure they didn't know what the marking was, (to be fair I didn't either until I'd bought it and started doing more research). There is a guy on a US forum who has been researching the Cossack rifles in collectors hands and, I think, the number of updated like mine known is only is single figures - there's not many more original or Finn captured about either.
I suspect there are, in fact, a good number out there somewhere unidentified and unappreciated - perhaps, like mine was, sitting in a Russian arsenal waiting to be sold wholesale
I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly - Peter Cook
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I think that there are 3 originals in the the States.
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Comrade Sniper. Imperial Mosins ain't all that difficult to track down. Bought one two days ago.
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I looked at a couple not so long back and also found a very nice 1915 Westinghouse but my mate waved his Dragunov under my nose and that was that.The PU I've got my eye on appears to be a nice arsenal refurb that was supposedly re-issued and used in Chechnya in the mid Nineties so has got some history attached to it and is a good price so watch this spaceBlighty wrote:Comrade Sniper. Imperial Mosins ain't all that difficult to track down. Bought one two days ago.
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Re: Collectors condition
So, resurrecting this elderly thread, I rang my FEO who suggested I write in to her superior enclosing a covering letter and my FAC assuring me it wouldn't be a problem - got around to writing in about 2 weeks back (needed licence handy for a bit as I had a slot which needed to be filled first - thank you Highwood!), and had a call from the licensing dept this morning to ask if I wanted to shoot the named rifles (yes) as they were printing the amended licence which I should get tomorrow, (royal snail permitting)!
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Dromia: - They sent out a "knowledgeable" person to "interview" me
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Astonishingly enough the licence arrived with today's post and even appears to be correct!
No visit as yet to discuss, though I s'pose it wasn't that long ago that FEO was here anyway for the change of address
No visit as yet to discuss, though I s'pose it wasn't that long ago that FEO was here anyway for the change of address
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