DanThaMan1776
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You've really never heard of the Mosin before TFL? What is happening to this world...
I shot the neighbor kid's MN and it kicked like a 30-06.
Please quantify what made them so "bad," it's not the best set-up, but it's pretty average and if you claim the Mosin sights are the worst you've seen, your experience with rifles must be quite far from diverse.the sights were about as bad as any rifle sights I've ever seen
Again no explanation as to how it's the "worst."and the trigger pull might have been the worst I've encountered,
Anyway, if you like the rifle, I'm happy for you. But...would you all have the same praise for the rifle if it was built to the same quality as you get now, but made new in Mexico by a second rate maker and still sold for $100.
Simple doesn't always mean crude, and neither crude nor simple necessarily mean bad. Sometimes, simplicity its it's own kind of sophistication.It's just a crudely made rifle with military history attached, and it's probably fun to take something that bad and make it shoot good.
That's fine, and I can see that attraction, but I'll spend the 100 bucks on something else.
I would say a large number, not all, of those who say "Get a mosin, they're awesome" probably don't own many nicer guns to compare it to.
Price a Mosin, AK, SKS, or Makarov pistols at the prices of comparable arms like MAusers, 1903's, AR's, Garands, Beretta M9's and I am fairly certain the soviet weapons would not be so popular.