You’ll never guess what i just bought <_<

A Russian M44 picked it up for 140 even after taxes.  I was going to get a 91/30 for 150+tax/fees, but the loser at the pawn shop wouldnt sell it to me because I am under 21, even though in the good old state of Indiana you only have to be 18 to buy a rifle.  so i went to a competing pawn shop and after filling out a firearm transfer form and a 5 minute waiting period, walked out with the m44. 

nice find.

Wow at a quick glance it looked like the barrel was held on with tie wraps.

izhevsk.  is there a difference?

Eville wrote: izhevsk.  is there a difference?

Only that by having an Izhevsk rifle, you're in with the good crowd of Benji, myself, and Linus.

Izhevsk reprezent yo!

Oh, and it's 762x54r.net for the site someone was referencing btw.

Also, you can fix the bayonet/harmonic issue by drifting the front sight.

Edited by tallen702 - 08 December 2008 at 10:20pm

As you shoot, the barrel vibrates and the extra metal of the bayonet being attached to the barrel as well as the length of the overall barrel+bayo changes the wavelength of the vibration which alters the path of the bullet. That's why our troops were only to fix bayonets when told to by their C/O for a charge/hand to hand fighting. The Russian military ordered that bayonets were to be fixed at all times (as there was a chronic shortage of ammo until late 1943) unless traveling by vehicle. The cossack rifle and the 91/38 are the only Mosins sighted in without the bayonet.

Snipa69 wrote: seriously, another one of these?

T&O now stands for "Thoughts & mOsins"

Yes. Unfortunately you can't force a company to do business with you, generally they advertise this by having a sign up saying rights and admissions reserved, meaning if they don't wanna, they don't hafta.

It is perfectly legal for them to deny you their business if they don't like the look of you. It isn't legal for them to deny you their business because you want to pay with a truck load of pennies.

Nice find on the M44.

Nope sorry. It is still legal to do business with who you want, so long as it is legal. :)

The Gubmint says no under 18's. The store can say no under 41's if they want to. But like you demonstrated it is shooting themselves in the foot a bit. Someone else got your business, and even when you are over 21 you'll probably go to the other store because you've done business with them before. And now you've told everyone here to avoid the first store.....Sucks to be them :)

KBK

Snipa69 wrote: seriously, another one of these?

for the price, those things are one of the best rifles to own...