M44

[Tula44]

Hope everyone here is having a good weekend. I have one of my M44s out of the safe and thought I'd share it with you all!
1944 Izhevsk, nothing too special but it's a beautiful rifle!

[ffuries]

When it comes to M44s there's nothing not to love......

[TnBuckeye]

That one looks nice. A M44 is what got me into this hobby so I do have a soft spot for them.

One of these days I will encounter just the right Tula M44 myself!

[Tula44]

When it comes to M44s there's nothing not to love......

They're great rifles and I like the look of the attached bayonet.

[Tula44]

That one looks nice. A M44 is what got me into this hobby so I do have a soft spot for them.

One of these days I will encounter just the right Tula M44 myself!

It's a nice little rifle. Several months ago I picked up a nice looking Tula M44

[FalloutMaster]

I've been wanting a mosin carbine for a while! Sadly the price has skyrocketed on these rifles. Nice rifle OP, the stock looks to be in excellent condition!

[ffuries]

I've been wanting a mosin carbine for a while! Sadly the price has skyrocketed on these rifles. Nice rifle OP, the stock looks to be in excellent condition!

Keep your eyes open and look at gun shows, gun shops, pawn shops, online auction sites, and online gun vendors.

I think the prices have hit their apex, while realized prices were high a few months ago, they havd leveled off, and now they seem to be dropping slowly. There are some selling in the mid $300.00s right now. The ones with the $600.00 plus BINs are sitting there un-sold.

So it seems the quick get rich panic sales have slowed down. Will they go back to the pre panic prices probably not, but they'll drop, and there are still deals to be have if you look long enough and hard enough.

Good luck!

[Longcolt44]

I like M44s, in the way back days I liked them so much myself, RONGO and JYD I think raced to see who could collect all 8 of the dates they made them. I may see if I can dig them out for a group show. I did buy my 1944 Tula M44 from RONGO as he had 2.

[Ironnewt]

Nothing like firing one at dusk. Fireball like you wouldn't believe.

[FalloutMaster]

I've been wanting a mosin carbine for a while! Sadly the price has skyrocketed on these rifles. Nice rifle OP, the stock looks to be in excellent condition!

Keep your eyes open and look at gun shows, gun shops, pawn shops, online auction sites, and online gun vendors.

I think the prices have hit their apex, while realized prices were high a few months ago, they havd leveled off, and now they seem to be dropping slowly. There are some selling in the mid $300.00s right now. The ones with the $600.00 plus BINs are sitting there un-sold.

So it seems the quick get rich panic sales have slowed down. Will they go back to the pre panic prices probably not, but they'll drop, and there are still deals to be have if you look long enough and hard enough.

Good luck!

I think you're dead on about pawn shops and gun shows being the way to go right now. Sadly many online retailers are just price gouging pretty much any firearm right now and the gunbroker listings are all ridiculous. One has to really hunt for these rifles now! I'd love to have a Finn too but those are going for like a grand these days.

[Junk Yard Dog]

I did collect all the dates of the M44, 1943-1948, plus extras for Tula 1944, and the Hungarian, Romanian, Chinese, and Polish versions. Plus a few because they had nice laminated stocks. They were never as cheap as the 91/30's, except for the type 53's, and none were cheap even before the current situation. Carbines are always popular with collectors and shooters, even longer carbines like the M38-M44's They are produced in lower numbers than the infantry rifles, and get snapped up fastest when they come on the market. The Soviets made more carbines that anyone except us with the M1 carbine ( we are not including the Mauser K98k here) They even elected to use the M44 as the infantry weapon after the war, as did the Chinese and Soviets' buffer states. You might get lucky and score one for a couple of hundred bucks, but at least four hundred for a nice one is probably the lowest you will see one even after the current thing ends, if it ever ends.

[Tula44]

I've been wanting a mosin carbine for a while! Sadly the price has skyrocketed on these rifles. Nice rifle OP, the stock looks to be in excellent condition!

Keep searching around and I'm sure you would be able to find a decent deal!

[Tula44]

I like M44s, in the way back days I liked them so much myself, RONGO and JYD I think raced to see who could collect all 8 of the dates they made them. I may see if I can dig them out for a group show. I did buy my 1944 Tula M44 from RONGO as he had 2.

Look forward to possibly seeing the group photo

[Tula44]

Nothing like firing one at dusk. Fireball like you wouldn't believe.

It never gets old seeing the fireball from one of these carbines

[SA1911a1]

I am also fond of the shorties. In fact, I have lived all my life with one.

I am missing a '48 and a Tula. I don't have a big collection of '44s/53s, but I do have some nice ones. The photo features rifles from The Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and China. By a stroke of luck I ended up with two matching Chinese rifles. The three on the left are a 91/59 and two M-38s.

[Tula44]

I am also fond of the shorties. In fact, I have lived all my life with one.

I am missing a '48 and a Tula. I don't have a big collection of '44s/53s, but I do have some nice ones. The photo features rifles from The Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and China. By a stroke of luck I ended up with two matching Chinese rifles. The three on the left are a 91/59 and two M-38s.

That is a GREAT looking collection!! That's the type of gun rack that I would like to have

[ffuries]

I am also fond of the shorties. In fact, I have lived all my life with one.

I am missing a '48 and a Tula. I don't have a big collection of '44s/53s, but I do have some nice ones. The photo features rifles from The Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and China. By a stroke of luck I ended up with two matching Chinese rifles. The three on the left are a 91/59 and two M-38s.

Steve, when's the yard sale.....?

I've got two M44s a '47 Izhevsk (Numbers matching) and a '54 Romanian (Numbers matching), then the beat up angry beaver rabid dog chew toy '55 Chinese Type 53 (Mismatch). Need to add more on the shorties to the stable.