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Jim Watson · August 30, 2018, 07:49 AM

I know we are to the bottom of the barrel on MNs, Nagants and Tokarevs.

Did I miss the influx of Russian Broomhandles? We sure got in a lot of Chicom surplus and a wave of Russian guns would certainly have been noticeable.
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Did the Soviets scrap their .44 Russians? S&W did a very good business on them, not to mention Belgian and Russian copies. I remember an old account of a .44 Russian being captured in Korea. Maybe they gave all of them to tin pot dictators who then junked them in favor of more modern weapons.

There were a lot fewer actual Russian contract Lugers than I thought. If they turned up the rest of them it would sure get them some dollars.

August 30, 2018, 07:49 AM	#15
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	I know we are to the bottom of the barrel on MNs, Nagants and Tokarevs. Did I miss the influx of Russian Broomhandles? We sure got in a lot of Chicom surplus and a wave of Russian guns would certainly have been noticeable. . Did the Soviets scrap their .44 Russians? S&W did a very good business on them, not to mention Belgian and Russian copies. I remember an old account of a .44 Russian being captured in Korea. Maybe they gave all of them to tin pot dictators who then junked them in favor of more modern weapons. There were a lot fewer actual Russian contract Lugers than I thought. If they turned up the rest of them it would sure get them some dollars.