12:12 some of those have rather uncommon markings, some of them XM82 blanks. X means they are being tested. So very early. You really don't see things marked XM82 blank hardly at all.
This was my first try with Alden on one of those M44s. I missed out, but Alden is super chill, and responded pretty fast after 10am. I must’ve been a few seconds too late! I’ll be keeping up with him for sure. I wish I knew of this channel years ago
Hey there, it just comes down to luck. I've had some people go 3 or even 4 times without getting one but eventually you get one and sometimes many in a row. Just depends on how popular they are. (You must have good taste!)
@@TheMosinCrate oh yeah. Absolutely understood. Yeah I looked into you for a few months before trying. I think what you’re doing is great and should be the way of the future. Maybe I’ll talk to you sometime soon! Thanks, Alden!
Milsurp rifles have some culture in my country, Hungary, but not that serious as in the USA, Canada or other western countries (may or may not involved directly in the bigger wars and conflicts). Usually we can pick up Mosins and German Mausers more easier than other rifles. Certainly enthusiast or serious collectors easily can find - through experienced sellers here - even rare ones or those ones which were used, or adopted far far away from Europe itself. But as the Mosin and German Mauser is the most common here, and the Mosin has a plenty of sub variants, production runs, series, are there ones what really better to aviod? I know the Finnish ones are the most thought after but they are literally non-existing - or at least needs a little miracle to find and pay off it - so among the non-Finnish ones any highly suggested to buy and also to avoid? Thank you for your help! Also, there are guns what you can buy here relatively easily - Lee Enfield SMLEs, Schmitt-Rubins - but the ammo is either rare or very narrow the selection (for hunting, for example). The Mosin's 7.62x54mmR and German Mauser's 8x57mm (or even the 7x57mm) is an easy pick, as well the .30-06 (although you have to make a deep research to find some M1917 Enfield or M1903 Springfield here as they are US rifles and not really common here). Hm, I see you have Prvi Partizan (PPU) ammo as well. We have this ammo in Hungary too, not that difficult as the Prvi Partizan is a Serbian company, and we are neighbours. I really like Prvi Partizan and the they are making rare calibers, and at least even the really rare ones have a soft point version beside the standard full metal jacket. I would need a Mosin for hunting, so I would sporterize it. But only to that level, where it can be completely reversed back to original. So no cutting, no drilling, nothing. Basically changing the original furniture to a modern one and that's it. I like the stalking, close range hunting, so I would use iron sights, or maybe original PU telescopes if it is possible to fit on that particular example I would buy. So no barbaric sporterizing, I reassure you.
Neither were counterbored. That said, counterboring is a good thing in most cases. Not saying you don't know but for those that don't, at the muzzle end of the barrel the rifling on milsurp rifles often gets worn down from repeated cleaning using a cleaning rod to the point it harms accuracy. Counterboring is just removing the rifling a half inch or so and creating a fresh sharp end to the rifling. Given the choice between two rifles with the same bore condition, I'd prefer the counterbored one. Sadly a lot of new collectors read these "things to look for" posts made by well meant but not knowledgeable people and it's created this weird stigma around counterboring. - Wow, sorry for the rant but you know how I feel about the subject lol.
