Lucky Find

This is a place to post about the classic Russian bolt action rifle.

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Lucky Find

Post by Miller Tyme » Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:47 pm

Sometimes being lucky is good enough, snagged this one off GB less than 2 minutes after it was posted.

Best $35.00 I ever spent. :thumbsup:




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Re: Lucky Find

Post by Niner » Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:55 pm

Ok... I don't know what's special about it. Looks a lot like the one I got with a $100 91/30 as lagniappe. Please enlighten me.
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Re: Lucky Find

Post by Miller Tyme » Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:17 pm

Niner wrote:Ok... I don't know what's special about it. Looks a lot like the one I got with a $100 91/30 as lagniappe. Please enlighten me.

The 02 on the bayonet denotes Hungarian Mfg. These things are almost as rare as the M48's and M52's ( Hungarian Mosin Nagants) they go on.
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Re: Lucky Find

Post by Niner » Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:32 pm

Well.... I knew there was a story to it. Thanks for enlightening me. :bigsmile:
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