If you just want a shooter (it'll be beat up and covered in cosmoline), look at the Chinese Type 53 () $119. This is a link to their excellent condition Mosin Rifle: Buds Gunshop () know what you are bidding on and let it go if it goes above what it is worth!ДЄnd wstanley what do you think of those mosin's for $129.good deal? I also would like to buy that rifle in the future.ДЇor $129, it's probably a Mosin in a good-very good condition.Д«uds Gun Shop has a number of different Mosin's in different conditons and configurations. Again, don't pay auction prices! I have seen plenty of $400 guns sell for $600, but occasionally a $600 gun will go for $500 or even less. try looking at proxibid or auctionzip for listings. Bring cash for the best deals, and don't pay gunshow prices or buy the story about the rifle being Hermann Goering's personal k98.ДЈ. There is one somewhere almost any weekend, many times within an hour or two of NJ.

I know people that have been successful this way.Дў. If you have a local gun store you like, and that are friendly, tell them what you are looking for and see if they can email/call you when they get something in. K98s will be in the $350 range for a Russian refurbished, all the way up to way over $1,000 for matching original rifles with rare maker, date, or unit codes.ДЎ. As a fellow New Jersey resident, I would recommend the following to best find a nice K98.ДЇirst thing you have to do is research, so that you know what you are looking at, and what the maximum you should pay for it is.

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