When the Nagants are all bought up,,, - Page 2

shaunpain · August 3, 2012, 07:35 AM

Look to your mom and pops. I haven't had luck finding the ammo at any major retailer, but I can find it in pounds at Maxxon in Des Plaines, a short ride from Chicago where I live. I feel that I have seen boxes of Tula or Wolf in 54r, but have yet to see it stocked anywhere.

customaquatics · August 3, 2012, 02:37 PM

all over central illinois in brown bear SP loads an FMJ an most places sell the surplus by the tin an single packs.

Gunplummer · August 3, 2012, 09:42 PM

Everything goes in a circle. All those junk .32 and .38 revolvers that everyone has a shoe box full of may be the new collector, who knows?

shaunpain · August 4, 2012, 01:36 AM

Gunplummer, I sure hope you're right. I have a Police Positive in .32 I'd love to see working again, but not when it costs hundreds of dollars on the work!

9mm · August 4, 2012, 11:32 PM

I paid $110 for my mosin (long one, forget model number the most common one) and $185 for my M44

I see the regular one is now $150+ and the other $300ish! lol maybe I should go get another regular one, I just saw one at the gun show for $109.99.

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Somewhat off topic, but where do you guys normally buy your 7.62x54 ammo locally? I looked everywhere (BassPro, Dick's, Walmart) and didn't find any. I know they sell them bulk online, but wanted to see if any local stores had them. Thanks.

LGS had a 2 boxs so I bought one box. The other I ordered from CTD for $99.99

Gun store down the road like 30mins away has 20x+ stacks of sealed 2x in a pack.

You can find them at gun shows, sealed cans, or silver bear blue box.

johnwilliamson062 · August 5, 2012, 09:25 PM

If the Russian surplus stores ever actually open up we will see a flood of rifles none preceding it.
Yugoslavia is a rather small country and look at what their SKS's have done. Just imagine if all the Russians were released.

Drummer101 · August 5, 2012, 09:33 PM

Around here they are from 89 to 99 at fleet farm for the 91/30

And I think I am picking up an m44 in Tuesday

BlueTrain · August 6, 2012, 01:39 PM

I was glancing at an article in a 1960 gun magazine about converting a Swiss rifle to .30-30 because of the lack of ammunition (might have been an older rifle, not a K-31). So I'd have to say a limiting factor in the future would be the ammunition. That is, ammunition at a price you're willing to pay. Twenty years ago, I think the only ammunition available in 7.62x54r was from Norma and it was expensive. All Norma ammunition is expensive.

There seems to be an almost inexhaustible supply of bolt actions available and that which is already here will be coming back on the market sooner or later. It's hard to believe that when I bought my 1949 FN rifle, the .308 Ishapore Lee-Enfields rifles had yet to be manufactured.

Regarding the inflation factor, remember that the prices of everything does not go up the same degree. When I bought my new Browning Hi-Power in 1971, a box of new factory made American 9mm ammunition was $5. The pistol was $105. I also bought an H&R .45-70 at the same store but I don't remember what it cost. I only remember I had trouble paying for them.

Whitetail99 · August 10, 2012, 11:56 PM

If Russia had a 100 pounds of guns they haven't even let out half an once. (I do realize that they have a lot more than 100 pounds of guns for all you smartbutts out there

) so no I don't expect the sks's and mosins to ever fully dry up. Eventually they'll need money to fund some pointless war against a country that nobody has ever heard of and the'll sell those guns off right quick.

customaquatics · August 12, 2012, 10:36 AM

i see maybe the russian Nagant pistol being the next cheap surplus maybe?

DennisCA · August 17, 2012, 11:19 PM

Everytime I think the mosin's are drying up, another batch surfaces.

I guess some day the supply will dry up but it won't happen any time soon.

August 3, 2012, 07:35 AM	#26
shaunpain Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 854	Look to your mom and pops. I haven't had luck finding the ammo at any major retailer, but I can find it in pounds at Maxxon in Des Plaines, a short ride from Chicago where I live. I feel that I have seen boxes of Tula or Wolf in 54r, but have yet to see it stocked anywhere. __________________ "Shut up, crime!"

August 3, 2012, 02:37 PM	#27
customaquatics Senior Member Join Date: March 13, 2011 Location: illinois Posts: 678	all over central illinois in brown bear SP loads an FMJ an most places sell the surplus by the tin an single packs. __________________ 23 year old NRA member AKaholic #158907 , 1942 Ex-Sniper Izzy Mosin Nagant, 1970's Marlin 30-30, Remington 870 tatical, Charter Arms The Pink Lady 38 Special.

August 4, 2012, 01:36 AM	#29
shaunpain Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 854	Gunplummer, I sure hope you're right. I have a Police Positive in .32 I'd love to see working again, but not when it costs hundreds of dollars on the work! __________________ "Shut up, crime!"

August 5, 2012, 09:33 PM	#32
Drummer101 Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 943	Around here they are from 89 to 99 at fleet farm for the 91/30 And I think I am picking up an m44 in Tuesday __________________ "I would say that we have to make up criteria." OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon? Show your work and round to the nearest decimal. -Mike Irwin

August 6, 2012, 01:39 PM	#33
BlueTrain Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,141	I was glancing at an article in a 1960 gun magazine about converting a Swiss rifle to .30-30 because of the lack of ammunition (might have been an older rifle, not a K-31). So I'd have to say a limiting factor in the future would be the ammunition. That is, ammunition at a price you're willing to pay. Twenty years ago, I think the only ammunition available in 7.62x54r was from Norma and it was expensive. All Norma ammunition is expensive. There seems to be an almost inexhaustible supply of bolt actions available and that which is already here will be coming back on the market sooner or later. It's hard to believe that when I bought my 1949 FN rifle, the .308 Ishapore Lee-Enfields rifles had yet to be manufactured. Regarding the inflation factor, remember that the prices of everything does not go up the same degree. When I bought my new Browning Hi-Power in 1971, a box of new factory made American 9mm ammunition was $5. The pistol was $105. I also bought an H&R .45-70 at the same store but I don't remember what it cost. I only remember I had trouble paying for them. __________________ Shoot low, sheriff. They're riding Shetlands! Underneath the starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, and return us to our own beloved homes! Buy War Bonds.

August 3, 2012, 09:42 PM	#28
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	Everything goes in a circle. All those junk .32 and .38 revolvers that everyone has a shoe box full of may be the new collector, who knows?

August 5, 2012, 09:25 PM	#31
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	If the Russian surplus stores ever actually open up we will see a flood of rifles none preceding it. Yugoslavia is a rather small country and look at what their SKS's have done. Just imagine if all the Russians were released.

August 10, 2012, 11:56 PM	#34
Whitetail99 Member Join Date: July 31, 2012 Location: Tn Posts: 42	If Russia had a 100 pounds of guns they haven't even let out half an once. (I do realize that they have a lot more than 100 pounds of guns for all you smartbutts out there) so no I don't expect the sks's and mosins to ever fully dry up. Eventually they'll need money to fund some pointless war against a country that nobody has ever heard of and the'll sell those guns off right quick.

August 12, 2012, 10:36 AM	#35
customaquatics Senior Member Join Date: March 13, 2011 Location: illinois Posts: 678	i see maybe the russian Nagant pistol being the next cheap surplus maybe? __________________ 23 year old NRA member AKaholic #158907 , 1942 Ex-Sniper Izzy Mosin Nagant, 1970's Marlin 30-30, Remington 870 tatical, Charter Arms The Pink Lady 38 Special.

August 17, 2012, 11:19 PM	#36
DennisCA Senior Member Join Date: June 3, 2012 Location: Union City CA (a.k.a. Poople's Republik of CA) Posts: 451	Everytime I think the mosin's are drying up, another batch surfaces. I guess some day the supply will dry up but it won't happen any time soon.