M38 pricing

Garys · Mar 15, 2009

Does anyone know what M38s are going for lately? I've heard that the supply has dried up pretty much. A fellow collector is interested in mine, but I don't know what the current price would be.

Thanks,

SKS Ray · Mar 15, 2009

One site has them listed at an average of $129 but I'd say $140 is fair.

Garys · Mar 15, 2009

Milsurps 4 Me said:
One site has them listed at an average of $129 but I'd say $140 is fair.

Thanks. I was thinking around $150.00, so I wasn't very far off.

jpattersonnh · Mar 16, 2009

I guess you are talking Soviet, not Swedish.

Garys · Mar 16, 2009

jpattersonnh said:
I guess you are talking Soviet, not Swedish.

Yes.

vellnueve · Mar 17, 2009

Wow, that's gone up a bit, hasn't it.

Garys · Mar 17, 2009

vellnueve said:
Wow, that's gone up a bit, hasn't it.

They all seem to have gone up. MilSurps that is. The Russian Mosins don't seem to have increased as much as some others, but certain variants seem to have goine up some.

SKS Ray · Mar 17, 2009

Used to you could get lucky and find a rarity like a Finn [SA] marked M38 in a batch of standard Russian models for $50. Now those are the rarest of all since the collector craze started after Enemy at the Gates and everything Mosin got popular.
Mosins are still eveywhere but before you know it everyone will be saying "Remember when you could get a Mosin Nagant for under $100?"

kingson · Mar 17, 2009

Milsurps 4 Me said:
Used to you could get lucky and find a rarity like a Finn [SA] marked M38 in a batch of standard Russian models for $50. Now those are the rarest of all since the collector craze started after Enemy at the Gates and everything Mosin got popular.
Mosins are still eveywhere but before you know it everyone will be saying "Remember when you could get a Mosin Nagant for under $100?"

I got one of the SA marked M38's, but I paid $25 for it. Everytime I open the safe it is in it smells like a campfire. I makes me think of some Finns sitting by a camp fire out in the snow waiting for the next attack.

Windstar · Mar 18, 2009

Come to think of it, the Japanese M38s are a bit more than $100 as well.

jpattersonnh · Mar 21, 2009

I have a link for some real nice Finnish M-38's. He has the best out there. You can figure $225.00 and up, and I mean up. He also has antique M38's (receivers) no FFL required. PM me if interested, but don't BS me and screw up a great contact. He carries other arms at times. JP

kingson · Mar 21, 2009

jpattersonnh said:
I have a link for some real nice Finnish M-38's. He has the best out there. You can figure $225.00 and up, and I mean up. He also has antique M38's (receivers) no FFL required. PM me if interested, but don't BS me and screw up a great contact. He carries other arms at times. JP

I think you are thinking of Finnish M39's. The M38's (they look like M44 but with no bayonet) where Russian guns that where captured by Finland and they only captured about 3000 of them.

jpattersonnh · Mar 21, 2009

kingson said:
I think you are thinking of Finnish M39's. The M38's (they look like M44 but with no bayonet) where Russian guns that where captured by Finland and they only captured about 3000 of them.

Stupid on my side, yes, M39's. Eared front sights and all. I hate posting after a 60+ week at work. Got home at 2:30. Hell M38's are still a dime a dozen.

vellnueve · Mar 21, 2009

That dealer is great, I've got a pretty much brand-spanking new M39 from them.

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