MosinRob

Dave, I will actually be shooting at ob this weekend too. A guy I met on gunboards invited me. So I'll See you there.

Hey Dave. Thanks for the insight. I'm actually in the process of buying my first side hammer guns. A tca .45/.36 cherokee, and a .58 navy arms. Maybe once I pick them up we can talk more about it as I'm a freshman on these types of rifles.

just put water down the barrel and it gets rid of the corrosive salts in it. Dont need windex or ammonia, just plain water. Then clean with hoppe's or whatever you use and oil/grease.

Can I legally buy a muzzleloader from someone who doesn't have a F.i.d. card?

i have a ar and a saiga. I enjoy shooting my saiga a lot more. I also like cleaning the saiga more than the ar. Just opinion.

I'm switching this year. Going to try some new things. Was curious on how much powder everyone is using? Trying to get a general consensus. For what its worth I will be using a traditions pursuit. Thanks guys.

No tolls where my one dealer is. The other is a $1 toll. Yeah you got a point there, that one hits you right in the pocket lol. Gas is not really a factor either. One is about 5 miles from work, the other is 30 min from home. I mostly buy used long guns, so the pistols doesn't effect me. But I will say on then new guns I have purchased in the past lets say year. Every dealer I called could not touch online prices. Even with transfer fee's and gas factored in. I have used NJ dealers and they give you a break maybe once, but then they don't care.

a lot of dealers out of state that charge only $15 per gun and discount on more than one. That's out the door too. As i buy usually 3-5 guns at a time its worth it for me. Dealers in nj dont discount for quantity and normally have bad attitudes.

why more for non cmp?

Is it legal to a black-powder pistol in pa and bring it back to NJ? Is it legal to buy a black-powder firearm in pa without going through the background and such because they dont consider it a firearm?

Any idea what there gun transfer fee will be?

go to pa. its loaded with them

i have some, i shot it a couple weeks ago. it shot fine and functioned well. it wasn't that accurate in my '44 tula pu though

i have a rifle in .338 win mag. Love it!

A WWII US Veteran of a number of battles. Particularly Bastogne! One of only 8 non current Military to be awarded the Black Sniper Cap! The groups highest honor. http://www.wimp.com/veteransniper/

A Chinese m44 is a T53. Not a m53.

I mentioned that they were refurbs. Also tiger has originals too,

Worth it to who, me? No way! To someone who wants a mosin with a reproduction mount and scope that is not historicly accurate? Sure. lol It all depends on where you are coming from. Like i said though, if you really want a refurbed, i'd buy from classic arms cause they are the cheapest i know. If you buy one from sarco or cabelas or most other places, you can just buy a all original for pretty much the same price. Another route is to buy a sarco ex-sniper. They are exsnipers but the holes are still open. All you have to buy is screws, mount and scope, and you have your sniper. The bottom one i think is $250. You can buy a chinese scope and mount set for like 150. Your at 400 with no shipping on the gun or ffl fees. But difference is you have a legit ww2 rifle with a refurb scope and base. It is all what you whats. Hope this helps you.

looking for any long guns?

i know hackettstown has one for sale, but i know they tend to be high in price

Not a good price! They are reproduction snipers. You can get a original one for almost the same price. You can get a refurb from classic arms for $399

Oh and if you really like nice wood stocks on a mosin, look into the laminate one's. I know eagle has them. Here's one on one of my m38's. It is not aftermarket. Heres one on a 91/30 tula ex-sniper i have. They are beautiful stocks.

I've been to sarco, They were pretty helpful but never really liked me handpicking. Eagle arms is a great place. I go behind the counter every time im there and look at them. They even let me dissemble one to see the tang date. I'd recommend them. As for cleaning, you can use hoppe's for all the cosmo cleaning. One of the main ingredients in hoppe's is kerosene. It eats cosmo right up. I will recommend putting the gun in a garbage bag and leave in the attic or outside in the sun or i have used a hair dryer. This makes the cosmo more liquid and sweats it out of the steel. Clean the bolt real good and take a 12 gauge bore brush in a drill and stick it up the receiver to get hard cosmo spots out. I agree with usnmars about getting a good bore but not easy for a newb and a barrel full of cosmo. The best "looking" mosins 91/30 are 1936-1939 Or a MO marked 91/30. Better finish on most of them as stated above, but my MO's are almost pristine. Hope this helps you bud.

anyone know if there is a way to legally hunt with them?

I always hear the same excuse about cherry ridge, "I don't go on Saturday or Sunday." That's not the point! If i get a new gun or just have the urge i want to know that I can just go there fire some rounds and not have everyone breathing over my shoulders or waiting for a bench or D!ckH3ad rangers. I left cherry ridge 3 years ago and don't regret it one bit! The range i go to now, I'm lucky if there's 3 people in the hole place. Plus it cost about 1/10 of what cherry ridge charges. Due your homework boys, there's life after cherry ridge.