Westinghouse Mosin . . .

[glassparman]

Well, as it turns out, this Mosin was captured by the Finns and went through an arsenal refurb under the same country. Stock is not original American Walnut and there is this little cartouche on the stock.

Still a keeper!

 

[glassparman]

 

[glassparman]

I guess I could have done more research before I DROS'ed it but what the heck, can't have too many . . . can you?

The same shop just got in an un-molested .455 Webley that has not had the cylinder shaved for .45 Auto. I knew the elderly gentleman that it belonged to and he locked it up as soon as it was imported by the old Jack First Gun Shop here in Lancaster, Calif.

Yes, I put money down on it!

Mike

 

[richhodg66]

Just gotta love a Webley. Definitely on my bucket list.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Well, as it turns out, this Mosin was captured by the Finns and went through an arsenal refurb under the same country. Stock is not original American Walnut and there is this little cartouche on the stock.

Still a keeper!

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The odds of a WWI American made Mosin going through Finland are certainly higher than an American contract WWI Mosin remaining in the U.S.A. and being completely unmolested for over 100 years.
But it's still a cool rifle with amazing history.

 

[richhodg66]

Please forgive my ignorance, but what does DROS mean?

 

[Tomme boy]

Commiefornia BS regs

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Please forgive my ignorance, but what does DROS mean?

California Dealer Record Of Sale

It's the process of transferring a firearm mandated by California law. Because there's a 10-day waiting period in California for a person to take possession of a firearm, the law requires an identifiable point in time when that waiting period starts.

 

[glassparman]

Yeah, all the Cali crap Petrol said!

Even if I just bought a gun last month, still gotta fill out the form, pay the fee for the background check and wait 10 days.

On forums you may see someone say "what do you have in jail?". That is basically them asking what are you waiting the 10 days for. Crazy, I know but don't try to reason with libtards.

 

[462]

Please forgive my ignorance, but what does DROS mean?

Dealer Record of Sale.

Fill out the standard federal Form 4473, dealer submits it to Sacramento, Sacramento does the NCIS check, wait 10-days. The pick up date, listed on the DROS, is to the minute. When I bought the Uberti Cattleman, recently, the pick up time was 4:34 p. m. Saturday, the dealer closes Saturday at noon, I had to wait till Monday to get the gun.

 

[RicinYakima]

WA governor is going to sign the new "assault rifle" law tomorrow. Ten days after you have completed "school" (don't know what that means yet) plus county mental health background check.

 

[CZ93X62]

Great rifles, the Mosin-Nagant. I have only one example--a Romanian carbine dated 1954. Blasty little beast, but a great truck rifle.

Years ago I had a buddy that wanted me to go with him to Russia on some deal he was involved in over salmon fishing and hunting on Kamchatka Peninsula. This was around 1999, and retirement loomed large at that time (long story). The Russian part of this deal met us for dinner in Orange County, and he had the most interesting rifles with him--Mosin Nagant service rifles rebored to 9.3 x 54R. These were guide rifles to be used on bears that lived along the waterways these two yahoos wanted to get rights to operate within.

I came away with two concepts after this meet-up--

1) Anything and everything in late 90s Russia was for sale.

2) I gave a hard NO to any idea of me guiding in or going to Russia. The Aeroflot helicopters I saw in the videos looked like Afghanistan leftover Hind-D models held together with duct tape and baling wire, Oil everywhere, smoke from places it shouldn't be coming from. Pass.

Cool Mosins, though.

 

[Rick H]

I gave a hard NO to any idea of me guiding in or going to Russia.

A friend of mine tried to rope me into a Russian Brown Bear Hunt in Eastern Siberia. As he put it, that was the only way a couple of working stiffs like us could afford a brown bear hunt. Seems like this was the late 80's-early 90's during "Perestroika". The whole deal seemed shady, including being cavalier about licenses, visas, and such as being nothing to worry about. While I would have liked to hunt brown bear, I said I wanted no part of the deal. I would just as soon save my pennies and hunt them in the US or Canada. I surely didn't want to end up in some Russian Gulag.

As it turned out I was right, the Russian outfit were grifters and my friend ended up losing his rather modest deposit. When he whines about it (he still does!!!) I just remind him that it could have been so much worse.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Russia has amazing history spanning from the Mongols, through the era of the Czar's, the Russian revolution, the Soviet era and leading into the current mess. But I am EXTREMELY grateful that I can study that history from afar via books and I am not forced to live through any of it.

When people think of Russian firearms, there is a tendency to think of the Soviet era. The enormous amounts of Soviet era weapons’ production certainly play a role there. But there’s more history there.

One of the unique aspects of the Mosin Nagant rifle is that its history spans from the time of the Czars into the Soviet era.

I will say this with unwavering conviction: From the time of the Czars to the current day, Russia has always wanted to be European and Russia will never be European. If the government of Russia (whatever that is at any given point in time) would come to grips with that reality, the people of Russia would have a better chance of being prosperous.