Thread: Is the Mosin Nagant 91/30 Gun City is selling a good choice for an investment gun?

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Which would be fine if he sold them for a reasonable price. My mate bought a few mosin when they were around 200 bucks.

Prices change .
Different suppliers . different freight . different insurances etc . Plus when its older mil surp stuff you get what you can when you can as an importer as the market place is not exactly flooded..

The previous batch were out of a Russian wholesaler, This last lot out of a big German crowd I am told.

Agree when the GC Mosins first reappeared on the market earlier this year, the hex ones were lovely. I saw a mint or pretty much unissued 1936 for $799 without any import stamps or bubba work.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Actually, if you're prepared to sit on a Mosin for a long time, to me, it's probably not a bad idea.

BUT

Don't get one from Gun City, for all the reasons listed above. Wait, and watch for an opportunity. Trademe, word of mouth, the specials rack in a small gunshop, that sort of thing.

We'll need some kind of clarity from the new laws (allegedly) coming in at the end of this month as to whether certain calibers are gonna be banned as well.

So 7.62x54R might be on the hit list. (Speculation on my part)

Why would that be? It’s not exactly popular...?



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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

Why would that be? It’s not exactly popular...?



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Sit on something like that long enough (another 20 years)and it may well become a curiosity.

I'm not really thinking of it in terms of something you'd wanna shoot, but more for display for a good example.

Don't mint Lee Enfields command a pretty good price nowadays ?

I don’t think a decent example will go down in the long term.
I would look for an Enfield though.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Sit on something like that long enough (another 20 years)and it may well become a curiosity.

I'm not really thinking of it in terms of something you'd wanna shoot, but more for display for a good example.

Don't mint Lee Enfields command a pretty good price nowadays ?

For referring to the Mosin being on a hit list....


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By holding the rifle as an investment, what are you hoping to achieve? Prices may well go up, but how many years will this take?

How much of an increase do you want to achieve? Double, tripple, more?

A $400 gun may take 20 years to become an $800 gun. That's a long time for a small increase - $20 a year increase

Originally Posted by tiroatedson

For referring to the Mosin being on a hit list....


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Said it might be..speculation on my part.

On Big yellow 2 or 3 months ago a Finnish 44 went for over 2k, last month a polish 44 went for around 1k. From what I've read and the vids I've seen from collectors anything with a hex receiver is worth acquiring regardless.

I collect the ww2 era stuff more for historic value then dollar value.

Find you self a nice full wood Lee enfield, even they are commanding decent prices now unfortunately.

Buy a nice modern rifle/shotgun Blue steel and Walnut priced between 2K and 6K and sit on that you will get a much better price in 20 years and have a bigger market to sell to
than some old banger from WW11, It will shoot better is just one pro, look at the price of a pre64 Winchester M70 even shot out it is 10 times 1964 price, Look for a Sako deluxe
a modern Mauser a Schultz & Larsen anything that has decent build quality not this synthetic stocked rubbish that all look the same,