Good luck finding the correct ammo for the 6.5mm Carcano. The PPU ammo has the wrong diameter bullet. It is too narrow. As far as the 7.35 it is exstinct.
Best gun I ever bought when I put the money together was about last year when I bought my Tula SKS for a grand. Found it at a gun show and yes it may have been a bit over priced for an SKS but it was damn near mint condition and after shooting it for about a year I honestly do not regret the price at all.
First rifle I ever bought was a mosin nagant too. I paid $110 for a M91 with a bayonet, sling, oiler and 440 rounds in a spam can. I still have that rifle
ROFL I paid 29 dollars for mine and all the accessories and got two spam cans for an additional 37.99! At the same time I got a mexican mauser for 17.99. I miss the late 90's. My first surplus rifle my dad gave me when I was 8 in 1993. A Lithgow 1918 SMLE all matching. He paid 88.88 for it. It's not the rarest in my military collection, My Johnson 41' or Reising probably is. But I'd sell them before my SMLE, just because my dad got it for me! in 98' I paid 150 dollars for a BNZ 41' mauser that was my first gun purchase.
Part of it is just the hunt as well. In the past 12 months, I have acquired all of the following for less than 500: Steyr M.95 long rifle in (8x56) French contract Savage 1907 Berthier M.16 Carcano M91 Cavalry Carbine (1915 w/ original bayonet latch) Another Steyr M.95 long rifle (8x56) Chinese Type 24 CKS Mauser Enfield No.2 Mk.I (early spur hammer)
I just recently got into milsurp. I’ve picked up a couple carcano rifles, sks type 56’s, enfield Jungle Carbine. I was in New Orleans a couple weeks ago and if you haven’t been there before you need to go to the ww2 museum it’s amazing
That's a trip I'd like to make. It's a tough time to just be getting started in collecting but it sounds like you are putting together a nice little lineup so far.
Just found your channel and I’m quite enjoying it ! As a WW2 reenactor, I have a few desirable milsurps that I consider myself lucky to own and I’d love nothing more than to obtain a few more but prices are just INSANE ! … your video has given me a little hope that there’s still a few rifles out there that I have a chance of not missing out on. Good stuff, sir !
Just got my B Grade No.4 Mk1 from RTI. Pretty decent. 379.99 bore in great shape! Like my Steyr M95 bluing was pretty much gone. But everything else was in great condition.
I remember Enfield rifles selling for like 50.00 each in the early 90s. Wish, I knew then, what I know now. I did get several Carcanos for under 150, and a Yugo Mauser for 220. I bought my SKS for 45.00 in 93.
Great video, bro! If you want the deals they're out there you gotta go and look at the racks. In the past 3 months, here are 2 of the milsurp deals I've found for under $500. Czech Vz-24 8mm mauser with beautiful Rampant Lion and a MAS 49/56 in 7.5 French( not a .308 molested conversion. ) people are trading old mil surp left and right now because sales are slowing down some what. Good luck and the always remember the pleasure is the presuit! So enjoy it.
Two months ago I would have told you to add the Swiss 96/11 and 1911 to this list since they’re sub $400. Today they’re both closer $600! Totally insane.
My finds since 2021 are as follows; Yugo M24 for $350 in 8MM Czech VZ24 for $400 in 8MM Czech VZ52 with 200 rounds of 7.62x45MM ammo for $400. Additionally I found 10 more boxes of 7.62x45MM for only $5 a box. A steal as these were on strippers in the 15 round boxes. Carcano M38 with folding bayonet in 6.5 Carcano for $500. I also just located a Polish Mauser in 8MM and a Webley Revolver in .38 S&W but am still haggling on price with the owner.
Times have changed . I am sixty eight years old now and can remember Kmart selling milsurps for twenty bucks apiece in the sixty's,. 22 ammo was fifty cents for a box of fifty rounds. I have one milsurp a Swedish Mauser Model 38 bent bolt 6.5 mm. Going to give it to my grandson who will be eighteen in October.
One thing about the Turkish M38 , I've seen a lot of them with terrible bores but they are small ring the same as the Swedish M94,M96,and M38 and I've have rebarreled 2 of my M38 Turks to 6.5x55. Still in full dress military. I call them Tweedes.Great shooters.
I bought a Swiss G11 in phenomenal shape the other day from a Cabela’s Gun Library for $499. If you want a quality rifle, it’s hard to beat the Swiss straight pulls!
I recently picked up a Turkish M38 with a Swedish M96 barrel conversion. Absolutely love it. And, i haven't had any issue finding reasonably priced 6.5x55 ammo either. Sellier and Bellot is about a buck a round now, it was higher for awhile there, but its come back down.
Good list. I had to cut back with these crazy prices. Nice there are still good deals out there to be had if we try hard enough. Good content as always.
I bought three Mosin Nagant several years ago probably 10 or 12 and I only paid $35 apiece for them. A 91/30 and then two carbines. They only had three so I bought all three. Two of them I cosmetically restored to look almost brand new on the wooden stock and then paint it all the metal work with Cerakote.
@@ReadinessReviews yeah, you can get a SKS for a good price. Mine is a 1952 Tula with a laminate stock so it was more then $500. I got my 1919 Swedish Mauser M96 for $650 CAD. But the average price here for surplus is $1000 CAD. Crazy.
Thankfully the RCMP consider receivers the firearms so I bought a Garand for under $500 and then spent another $1,500 for accessories such as barrels, stocks... *cries*
It’s absolutely not common now but in the part year or 2 I’ve scored a Husqvarna m38 for $260 at auction, 96/11 competition built Swiss $435, k31 competition built with furter micrometer sight $420, k05/11 $395, Vetterli m1881 $250, and the biggie French 1935a nazi marked $160. Absolutely worked my ocd to death but it’s happened again and again. I’d recommend know what you want and be patient! Loving the content btw and thanks for sharing!
I had a couple Turkish Mausers as well as the other ones you showed...I think they were as low as $50 in the early 2000s. I highly recommend the Yugo M24/47 those are extremely well made and the first Mauser I ever owned.
Yes, Turkish Mausers were going for $70 and less in the early 2000's. Turkish 8mm was also super cheap. But my favorite Mauser is my Yugo M48. Tight groups. Great all around. Was $300 in nearly unissued shape back 20 yrs ago.
💯% agree on the SKS. Altho, a #'s matching, non-bubba'd, nice furniture, no rust or pitting w/correct bayonet (spike or blade, depending on YOM) commercial Chinese will be well north of 500. Add 150 for a /26\. Tula's, in the same condition, are fetching 900+. Izveshk's, especially a '54 in nice condition - don't even ask. Yugo's are climbing too. The remainder of the variants ala Albanian, Romanian - that aren't hammered - even 400 might be a stretch in 2022-23.
Gotta admit... you make a compelling case for the Chinese SKS clone. I have a “patatrooper” model but from what I understand those are basically commercially made guns for the US market... now I’m thinking I might want one with actual military provenance.
We've had a commercially produced one in the family my whole life. Getting an actual military one was very important to me. I truly think we'll see them over 1000 by 2030 if not sooner.
I have a crap ton of multiples of different mauser rifles, I really like the 7mm chambering I have German ones from WW1 and WW2, many nations turkey, China, Poland, Chekz so many and I love them all, the all milled yugo mauser are great quality and a steal for the price I got a load os moisns when the used to less than 50 bucks a piece in a crate. Multiple arisakas in 6.5 and 7.7 Both carcabos Martini Henry, martini Endfeild and quite a few SMLE rifles with a martini Endfeild and SMLE that had bad trought erosion and heads pace converted to 7.62x54R Also a sporterized ariska in 7.7 converted to 7.32x29 I got 5 M39 Finnish rifles when they first came in with barrels from different makers and they are so accurate. A few SKS rifles naked in cosmoline Chinese made but in Albania I think for a long time. Loads of AK builds, saigais and Veor rifles I have converted. Lots of comblock pistols from different natio s with the tok being my favorate. My uncle is a millsurp but and I'm 30 now but I stocked up on 7.62x54 and 25 when it was crazy cheap also 7n6 my uncle has lots and lots of Chinese 7.62x39, 8mm mauser and even .30 06 and. 30 carbine. It's a good hobby and it's gone up in price so much, I really hope it's not practically the end of millsurp in the US. My GF used to hate me for it now she thinks it's an amazing investment when I show her how much I got it for adjusted for inflation and how many years it took to go up in price. Got so many AK kits with barrels when they where 69 bucks or so they are worth a small fortune now.
Many years ago I got a case of them for $69.99 a piece plus tax in FL. I kept one and ended up giving it to my brother. I probably shot at least a few thousand rounds through it w/o any issues minus keeping it clean from the cheap Berdan ammo. Seeing them today for $350 make a me wish I had kept a few a extra's for myself. If the SHTF anytime soon you won't do any better than a good supply of mags and ammo for these, two of them if your smart !!!
Great review Dane! I need to send you Pics, of Dads , 7.7 Arisaka, and, my 1964, SKS. SKS was A Birthday gift, from my wife, back in 1980's ! Mauser, any, one heck of A solid rifle! Very accurate. I figured price would be higher now. SMLE Enfield, .303 caliber, regardless of make, excellent rifle. Again, thought would be higher now? Carcano, usually, 6.5 MM, again, excellent bolt action rifle, stripper clips, are, were A witch to find. If I had bought, back in the 1980's, for that price then, I would be rich now. I had , FFL, back then. Tokarev, Makarov, cheap pistols. Both caliber ammo, posed A problem then, I assume worse now. Moisin's, were dirt cheap, agreed. Very accurate. 7.62X .54 , one heck of A cartridge. Glad, second I mentioned, turned up # 1 !!!! Mine is, blade style bayonet, and, Potbelly stock. I have researched, arsenal marks, on, Arisaka, and, SKS. Solid information. If I need help on other rifles, pistols, Etc. , I know who to ask! Peace, John.
Just purchased a Carcano M91 Cavalry Carbine for $129,( With flip switch bayonet). Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. I also purchased a Numbers Matching 8mm K98K German Mauser, for under $500 ( Love this Rifle! I even named her, my Little "Schatzi" (German for Sweet Heart.).
I have a Yugoslav M48. I had it Rechamburger In 308. I kept the mauser specs on the barrel that way I can put the furniture back on to keep The more traditional look
Good recommendations! I will put the Post war Belgian FN mausers into the list. Most of them are in great conditions, super cheap, made quality are as good as Czech and German mausers, most of them shoot 3006 where you can find everywhere. I just got a Colombian contract FN carbine for 450 AUD, that’s less than $400 USD. Love this little rifle.
I started buying milsurps twenty years ago so I did buy a ton of stuff for cheap and made great investments but only wish I would have gotten even more. But I do still own or have owned most things. The state of the milsurp market today is very tough for people trying to get into it and when cool guns aren't $100 with dirt cheap ammo it does kind of sap the fun out of what milsurps were about so I feel for you guys. If I were starting out now buying my first guns I don't know if I would even try collecting milsurps
Vz 24s are a fun little carbine regularly found sub 500. Ik the Yugoslavia m24/47 basically was a stand in. Either way great guns that for the most part had some service in wwii ( mostly rear echelon units).
The Vz.24 could have certainly made the list. I've been seeing them for just over 500 most of the time recently but they can certainly be found under 500 as well.
I scored a Hungarian m95 carbine for less than 400 this year. Another expensive to feed gun. In that auction, every one of the M95 carbines went for less than 500. I think they had like 6 of them. I won the last one of them at the lowest price of the bunch. I'd say condition is vg or better.
I have 2 Chinese SKS rifles, one is a Norinco import with the spike bayonet and a Sino Soviet model with the blade bayonet both in cherry condition and yes paid less than $500 each.
Really cool channel. I like the informative, straightforward approach. You earned yourself another sub! I am just getting into milsurp and actually just purchased a Carcano cavalry model today. Fingers crossed that it's in good condition as listed. I think my next purchase will be a type 56 SKS. And then I'll probably drop the big bucks on a Garand.
Well I got a Lithgow SMLE for 250 dollars and it was sporterized. It had a poor bore but nothing wrong with it. Picked it up about 3 1/2 months ago at a gunshow. It is getting rebored.
@@ReadinessReviews Try looking for a P38 or P1. Those are the ones I'm looking to buy soon. Milsurp with easy to find ammo. Or a Star B. Some were used by the germans on WW2. But it's going to be over 500. Super B are 9mm too, under 500, but I don't remember if it's C&R.
The comment about the Swedish mauser never seeing combat isn’t completely true alot of Swedish volunteers fight in the Winter War in Finland and they also sent quite a few to finland you can find M96 Swedish mausers with SA stamps
I got a 1915 lee enfield for just under 200 last month sporterized, but another 150 for an ishopore donor and I think it will go well so 350 for a No1 Mk3
RN in Massachusetts the mosins are going for 650-690$ range except I believe Chinese versions. I picked mine up for 640$ when I went specifically for a sks but those over here RN are over 1000$ unless there beat to hell. Love the videos I watch them especially before making purchases. I'm gonna order a sks off one of those websites you mentioned i have a local gun shop willing to take the transfers.
I was able to get a Sino-Soviet SKS in excellent condition, although I did pay $600, it was well-worth it. Milled receiver chrome lined barrel. Ten round internal magazine. Shoots like a dream. I do remember the days when there were so many SKSs out there, they were going anywhere from $49 to $69, although they usually were still soaked in cosmoline. Many were later Chinese models with stamped receivers, though. But regardless, there were plenty around. I prefer the SKS to the AK47, much more accurate. Very reliable and enjoyable to shoot. Very good list, I also have an Interarms sporterized German WWII Mauser K98, and while I know there are purists out there and I feel you, I have to say that this one is an amazing shooter and an absolutely gorgeous rifle with a Monte Carlo stock with a beautiful finish. And it is probably the most accurate rifle I've ever shot. Got it for $300 several years ago. And I also have a Vietnam Era M1 carbine that is another beautiful rifle and shoots very well, and at $425, in such great condition, it was a bargain, I haven't seen even a beat to hell M1 for less than $800 lately, usually closer to a grand for any M1, no matter the condition. And last, one of my favorite handguns, a late war German produced CZ 27, with wrap-around wooden grips. With 3 original magazines, I paid $425 for this one, too. Just a nice, reliable pistol, not fancy, no frills, but well-made and quite accurate for a pistol with fixed sites. You probably can't touch one today for less than $800, and original mags are usually around $70, if you're lucky. Those are my favorites, even though prices have shot up on them, no pun intended.
My parents moved into their original home in the mid 50s, an old farmhouse built in the late 1880s, and in the basement rafters my dad found a WWII Arisoka, not sure of the model, but it was in very nice condition. When I was a teenager, though, he sold it or traded it, unfortunately. He actually never shot it, even though he did have a gunsmith check it out and got a clean bill of health. I was pretty bummed out when he got rid of it. No chrysanthemum on the receiver, it had been ground off.
I realized bass bro sells milsurp from time, and I thought it was because no one noticed, but I checked the price and apparently it’s because they charge almost 1,000 for most of them
last time i was in Canadian tire, the price of a "Mosin" was $549.99. 1500 rounds $350. always wanted one, but at that price............... "Savage Arms" make's some nice new rifles.
the only surplus rifles i own is a model 1935 peruvian mauser in 30.06 i paid $125.00 for it in 1980. it has its original mauser bolt. the only thing i did was to refinish the stock.
May the 4th be with you bro. On the polar opposite of budget friendly, if money wasn’t an issue but you could only pick one which would you pick and why? MP40 M3A1 (grease gun) Sten Thompson 1928A1
Had to rep a Star Wars shirt for the 4th! That's a difficult choice but I think it would have to be the MP40. Seems to have nice build quality and the 9mm chambering is a big bonus. I'd happily take any of the 4 though lol.
My favorite surplus gun has to be my Remington rand 1911 . I got it for 900 . I’m surprised you haven’t added the cmp on your list because their m1s racks are 600
my sks is soviet got for $350 about 25 years ago when charlie grananis got in a couple of cases for his police supply business.it is a tula how much would that be worth today?
Might check out Argentinian or Brazilian 7mm Mausers as well. If you look really hard you might even find a Brazilian Mauser chambered in .30-06 but those tend to be over $500, unfortunately.
I have every surplus firearm you presented but the Spanish Mauser. But in my collection I have 2 Mexican Mauser’s that can fill in. I was lucky enough to obtain a good quantity of 7 mm Mauser ammo a few years ago along with a good amount of 7.35 Carcano. It seems for every surplus gun I have I stocked up on the ammo that goes with them along with the bayonets and accessories.
Up to keep an eye out for us to finish or the ones that don't have the hammer and sickle on them about 41 42 cleaner looking a lot of them are one lease rifles built by Remington
I love the Spanish mauser it's my second favorite next to my Turkish mauser but it need trigger work done cus it has the textbook definition of a hair trigger the first few shots out of it scare the shit out of me every time cus the wall before it breaks is a stran of hair. Even if I slow as a snail pull the trigger I still dont know at what point of the trigger traveling will go off haha, makes for a fun joke with my gun friends haha
Mosins these days are very hard to find under $500. Just walked into a store and saw Tula guns for $1000+, in quite average shape. Didnt' check the bore. On Gunbroker they regularly price above $500.
The rifles I acquired so far this year under $500.00 are :
Turkish Mauser ( 1903 )
Carcano M91/38 Cavalry in 7.35
Carcano M91/38 Cavalry in 6.5 ( flip switch bayonet )
Styer M95 ( Bulgarian rework )
Styer M95 ( Austrian rework )
Styer M95 ( Hungarian rework )
CZ 24 Mauser Chinese contract
Hanyang 88
Spanish Mauser M1916 ( 7mm )
I'd really like to get a Chinese Vz.24 myself. Awesome collecting so far this year man!
Good luck finding the correct ammo for the 6.5mm Carcano. The PPU ammo has the wrong diameter bullet. It is too narrow. As far as the 7.35 it is exstinct.
I would hope you paid less than $500 for the lot of them
Best gun I ever bought when I put the money together was about last year when I bought my Tula SKS for a grand. Found it at a gun show and yes it may have been a bit over priced for an SKS but it was damn near mint condition and after shooting it for about a year I honestly do not regret the price at all.
First rifle I ever bought was a mosin nagant too. I paid $110 for a M91 with a bayonet, sling, oiler and 440 rounds in a spam can. I still have that rifle
Dang! That was an awesome deal. I miss those days.
ROFL I paid 29 dollars for mine and all the accessories and got two spam cans for an additional 37.99! At the same time I got a mexican mauser for 17.99. I miss the late 90's.
My first surplus rifle my dad gave me when I was 8 in 1993. A Lithgow 1918 SMLE all matching. He paid 88.88 for it. It's not the rarest in my military collection, My Johnson 41' or Reising probably is. But I'd sell them before my SMLE, just because my dad got it for me! in 98' I paid 150 dollars for a BNZ 41' mauser that was my first gun purchase.
@@bad74maverick1 Nice, yeah those were some good times for surplus that's for sure
never ceases to hurt my heart when I hear older guys talk about old gun prices
@chimpithh yeah, I'm 32 this year
Part of it is just the hunt as well. In the past 12 months, I have acquired all of the following for less than 500:
Steyr M.95 long rifle in (8x56)
French contract Savage 1907
Berthier M.16
Carcano M91 Cavalry Carbine (1915 w/ original bayonet latch)
Another Steyr M.95 long rifle (8x56)
Chinese Type 24 CKS Mauser
Enfield No.2 Mk.I (early spur hammer)
Awesome finds man! Certainly a few on that list I'm looking for myself 😂
My first rifle was a Winchester made M-1 Garand nearly 30 years ago.
Great video, keep up the good work.
Great first rifle! Thanks!
I figured this was going to be another “milsurp under $500” that was way off base. I think you really hit the nail on the head.
I put a lot of thought into it 😆 thanks for watching!
I just recently got into milsurp. I’ve picked up a couple carcano rifles, sks type 56’s, enfield Jungle Carbine. I was in New Orleans a couple weeks ago and if you haven’t been there before you need to go to the ww2 museum it’s amazing
That's a trip I'd like to make. It's a tough time to just be getting started in collecting but it sounds like you are putting together a nice little lineup so far.
You had me at the Death shirt. Looking forward to the video!
I pulled an all-nighter getting it done 😆
Just found your channel and I’m quite enjoying it ! As a WW2 reenactor, I have a few desirable milsurps that I consider myself lucky to own and I’d love nothing more than to obtain a few more but prices are just INSANE ! … your video has given me a little hope that there’s still a few rifles out there that I have a chance of not missing out on.
Good stuff, sir !
Just got my B Grade No.4 Mk1 from RTI. Pretty decent. 379.99 bore in great shape! Like my Steyr M95 bluing was pretty much gone. But everything else was in great condition.
Nice! Can't ask for much more than that these days.
How do you tell grade?
I remember Enfield rifles selling for like 50.00 each in the early 90s. Wish, I knew then, what I know now. I did get several Carcanos for under 150, and a Yugo Mauser for 220. I bought my SKS for 45.00 in 93.
Great score on the Swede. Several at a show last month were all $700+. And a mismatched 1984 without the bayonet modification was $1500.
Show prices have just been insane recently. I actually found this one online.
Great video, bro!
If you want the deals they're out there you gotta go and look at the racks. In the past 3 months, here are 2 of the milsurp deals I've found for under $500. Czech Vz-24 8mm mauser with beautiful Rampant Lion and a MAS 49/56 in 7.5 French( not a .308 molested conversion. ) people are trading old mil surp left and right now because sales are slowing down some what. Good luck and the always remember the pleasure is the presuit! So enjoy it.
Those were both great deals for under 500!! Awesome finds.
Love your shirt Bud.!
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Two months ago I would have told you to add the Swiss 96/11 and 1911 to this list since they’re sub $400. Today they’re both closer $600! Totally insane.
It saddened me that I couldn't put any Swiss rifles on the list. Seems they are basically all over 500 now.
Still some good deals at Edelweiss. Idk their K31s bumped a bit in price recently.
@@acester86 I feel like all of their stuff has jumped at least $200 in the last few months.
Yup I here you! I bought a Steyr M95 from J&G Sales (years ago) for $85.00 (plus shipping). Try finding one even close to that price today!
I got a nice k11 for $475 last month
My finds since 2021 are as follows;
Yugo M24 for $350 in 8MM
Czech VZ24 for $400 in 8MM
Czech VZ52 with 200 rounds of 7.62x45MM ammo for $400. Additionally I found 10 more boxes of 7.62x45MM for only $5 a box. A steal as these were on strippers in the 15 round boxes.
Carcano M38 with folding bayonet in 6.5 Carcano for $500.
I also just located a Polish Mauser in 8MM and a Webley Revolver in .38 S&W but am still haggling on price with the owner.
Times have changed . I am sixty eight years old now and can remember Kmart selling milsurps for twenty bucks apiece in the sixty's,. 22 ammo was fifty cents for a box of fifty rounds. I have one milsurp a Swedish Mauser Model 38 bent bolt 6.5 mm. Going to give it to my grandson who will be eighteen in October.
That's a great gift. He'll treasure it for sure.
One thing about the Turkish M38 , I've seen a lot of them with terrible bores but they are small ring the same as the Swedish M94,M96,and M38 and I've have rebarreled 2 of my M38 Turks to 6.5x55. Still in full dress military. I call them Tweedes.Great shooters.
I bought a Swiss G11 in phenomenal shape the other day from a Cabela’s Gun Library for $499. If you want a quality rifle, it’s hard to beat the Swiss straight pulls!
Great video! You are the best Milsurpographer. My new go to source for my milsurp information library.
Thanks man! I don't know about being the best but I certainly do my best.
I recently picked up a Turkish M38 with a Swedish M96 barrel conversion. Absolutely love it. And, i haven't had any issue finding reasonably priced 6.5x55 ammo either. Sellier and Bellot is about a buck a round now, it was higher for awhile there, but its come back down.
Some unique selections! I will definitely check out more of your videos!
Good list. I had to cut back with these crazy prices. Nice there are still good deals out there to be had if we try hard enough. Good content as always.
I bought three Mosin Nagant several years ago probably 10 or 12 and I only paid $35 apiece for them.
A 91/30 and then two carbines.
They only had three so I bought all three.
Two of them I cosmetically restored to look almost brand new on the wooden stock and then paint it all the metal work with Cerakote.
I got a 1895 Chilean Mauser for 350 bucks and I love it!
Very nice! Chilean Mausers almost made the list. They can certainly still be found for sub 500
Absolutely, especially the ones in 7.62 NATO are really nice. Much cheaper to get ammo for.
Up here in Canada, the only surplus rifle I got under $500 was the Carcano M91.
SKS prices aren't too crazy up there are they?
@@ReadinessReviews yeah, you can get a SKS for a good price. Mine is a 1952 Tula with a laminate stock so it was more then $500. I got my 1919 Swedish Mauser M96 for $650 CAD. But the average price here for surplus is $1000 CAD. Crazy.
Thankfully the RCMP consider receivers the firearms so I bought a Garand for under $500 and then spent another $1,500 for accessories such as barrels, stocks... *cries*
@@SmittyMRE a barrel is a pretty good accessory to have.
It’s absolutely not common now but in the part year or 2 I’ve scored a Husqvarna m38 for $260 at auction, 96/11 competition built Swiss $435, k31 competition built with furter micrometer sight $420, k05/11 $395, Vetterli m1881 $250, and the biggie French 1935a nazi marked $160. Absolutely worked my ocd to death but it’s happened again and again. I’d recommend know what you want and be patient! Loving the content btw and thanks for sharing!
Awesome deals man! That's great advice.
Now I'm about to learn about more things I'm going to end up having to buy.
😂 Tell your wallet I'm sorry
@@ReadinessReviews lol, luckily I had most of them. But I'll have to look into Swedish Mausers.
Love top ten vids great upload
Thanks man! It was a fun video to put together.
I had a couple Turkish Mausers as well as the other ones you showed...I think they were as low as $50 in the early 2000s. I highly recommend the Yugo M24/47 those are extremely well made and the first Mauser I ever owned.
Yes, Turkish Mausers were going for $70 and less in the early 2000's. Turkish 8mm was also super cheap. But my favorite Mauser is my Yugo M48. Tight groups. Great all around. Was $300 in nearly unissued shape back 20 yrs ago.
💯% agree on the SKS. Altho, a #'s matching, non-bubba'd, nice furniture, no rust or pitting w/correct bayonet (spike or blade, depending on YOM) commercial Chinese will be well north of 500. Add 150 for a /26\. Tula's, in the same condition, are fetching 900+. Izveshk's, especially a '54 in nice condition - don't even ask. Yugo's are climbing too. The remainder of the variants ala Albanian, Romanian - that aren't hammered - even 400 might be a stretch in 2022-23.
Gotta admit... you make a compelling case for the Chinese SKS clone. I have a “patatrooper” model but from what I understand those are basically commercially made guns for the US market... now I’m thinking I might want one with actual military provenance.
We've had a commercially produced one in the family my whole life. Getting an actual military one was very important to me. I truly think we'll see them over 1000 by 2030 if not sooner.
I have a crap ton of multiples of different mauser rifles, I really like the 7mm chambering I have German ones from WW1 and WW2, many nations turkey, China, Poland, Chekz so many and I love them all, the all milled yugo mauser are great quality and a steal for the price
I got a load os moisns when the used to less than 50 bucks a piece in a crate.
Multiple arisakas in 6.5 and 7.7
Both carcabos
Martini Henry, martini Endfeild and quite a few SMLE rifles with a martini Endfeild and SMLE that had bad trought erosion and heads pace converted to 7.62x54R
Also a sporterized ariska in 7.7 converted to 7.32x29
I got 5 M39 Finnish rifles when they first came in with barrels from different makers and they are so accurate.
A few SKS rifles naked in cosmoline Chinese made but in Albania I think for a long time.
Loads of AK builds, saigais and Veor rifles I have converted.
Lots of comblock pistols from different natio s with the tok being my favorate.
My uncle is a millsurp but and I'm 30 now but I stocked up on 7.62x54 and 25 when it was crazy cheap also 7n6 my uncle has lots and lots of Chinese 7.62x39, 8mm mauser and even .30 06 and. 30 carbine.
It's a good hobby and it's gone up in price so much, I really hope it's not practically the end of millsurp in the US.
My GF used to hate me for it now she thinks it's an amazing investment when I show her how much I got it for adjusted for inflation and how many years it took to go up in price.
Got so many AK kits with barrels when they where 69 bucks or so they are worth a small fortune now.
Many years ago I got a case of them for $69.99 a piece plus tax in FL. I kept one and ended up giving it to my brother. I probably shot at least a few thousand rounds through it w/o any issues minus keeping it clean from the cheap Berdan ammo. Seeing them today for $350 make a me wish I had kept a few a extra's for myself. If the SHTF anytime soon you won't do any better than a good supply of mags and ammo for these, two of them if your smart !!!
I'm talking about the SMS Rifles above.
some real good guns you have. I like the Carcanos and Chinese Tokarev for this price range.
The Carcanos are so cheap you can adopt the whole family lol
I remember buying a Lee Enfield at roses for around $50 it still had cosmoline in the barrel it was a brand new gun
Roses guns were the best! 79.99 SKSs
Great review Dane! I need to send you Pics, of Dads , 7.7 Arisaka, and, my 1964, SKS. SKS was A Birthday gift, from my wife, back in 1980's ! Mauser, any, one heck of A solid rifle! Very accurate. I figured price would be higher now. SMLE Enfield, .303 caliber, regardless of make, excellent rifle. Again, thought would be higher now? Carcano, usually, 6.5 MM, again, excellent bolt action rifle, stripper clips, are, were A witch to find. If I had bought, back in the 1980's, for that price then, I would be rich now. I had , FFL, back then. Tokarev, Makarov, cheap pistols. Both caliber ammo, posed A problem then, I assume worse now. Moisin's, were dirt cheap, agreed. Very accurate. 7.62X .54 , one heck of A cartridge. Glad, second I mentioned, turned up # 1 !!!! Mine is, blade style bayonet, and, Potbelly stock. I have researched, arsenal marks, on, Arisaka, and, SKS. Solid information. If I need help on other rifles, pistols, Etc. , I know who to ask! Peace, John.
Thanks for checking it out buddy. I'd be more than happy to help in any way I can!
Just purchased a Carcano M91 Cavalry Carbine for $129,( With flip switch bayonet). Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. I also purchased a Numbers Matching 8mm K98K German Mauser, for under $500 ( Love this Rifle! I even named her, my Little "Schatzi" (German for Sweet Heart.).
I bought two Russian, numbers matching, for $200 (Can) shipping included 5yrs ago. Love this gun.
Good stuff man..the Spanish mausers are awsome love my 7.62 1916
I'd really like to get an FR-8
@@ReadinessReviews their pretty cool ..I have one. Theres some pics of it on my Instagram
I have a Yugoslav M48. I had it Rechamburger In 308. I kept the mauser specs on the barrel that way I can put the furniture back on to keep The more traditional look
In 2020, I picked up a Russian SKS from a friend (he was moving out of state) for $400! I had to ask him twice because I didn’t believe my ears!
As an Airforce cadet in Australia I was issued with Enfield No1 mark 3 Star.
In Australia, we get Sellier and belloit and PPU in loads of surplus calibres at "reasonable" prices.
That's good to hear you are at least getting something.
I got my No.1 Mk.3 and 2 carcanos from RTI and all 3 we're great. I have 4 SKS...
That's awesome man! Glad you received nice examples.
Good recommendations! I will put the Post war Belgian FN mausers into the list. Most of them are in great conditions, super cheap, made quality are as good as Czech and German mausers, most of them shoot 3006 where you can find everywhere. I just got a Colombian contract FN carbine for 450 AUD, that’s less than $400 USD. Love this little rifle.
Good call! I actually have an FN Mauser made for Israel in 7.62 and it's a fantastic gun.
I started buying milsurps twenty years ago so I did buy a ton of stuff for cheap and made great investments but only wish I would have gotten even more. But I do still own or have owned most things. The state of the milsurp market today is very tough for people trying to get into it and when cool guns aren't $100 with dirt cheap ammo it does kind of sap the fun out of what milsurps were about so I feel for you guys. If I were starting out now buying my first guns I don't know if I would even try collecting milsurps
Vz 24s are a fun little carbine regularly found sub 500. Ik the Yugoslavia m24/47 basically was a stand in. Either way great guns that for the most part had some service in wwii ( mostly rear echelon units).
The Vz.24 could have certainly made the list. I've been seeing them for just over 500 most of the time recently but they can certainly be found under 500 as well.
Another good video ..Thanks for sharing
Thanks for Watching buddy!
I scored a Hungarian m95 carbine for less than 400 this year. Another expensive to feed gun. In that auction, every one of the M95 carbines went for less than 500. I think they had like 6 of them. I won the last one of them at the lowest price of the bunch. I'd say condition is vg or better.
Yeah M95 are certainly one that could have made the list. Thanks for watching brother!
Argentine Mauser for 400. Shoots 7.65 Argentine. The Enfield is next on the bucket list
Great list.
Thanks!
I have 2 Chinese SKS rifles, one is a Norinco import with the spike bayonet and a Sino Soviet model with the blade bayonet both in cherry condition and yes paid less than $500 each.
Bought a M1 Garand for 600 in December of 2022 the gun is in great shape.
Really cool channel. I like the informative, straightforward approach. You earned yourself another sub! I am just getting into milsurp and actually just purchased a Carcano cavalry model today. Fingers crossed that it's in good condition as listed. I think my next purchase will be a type 56 SKS. And then I'll probably drop the big bucks on a Garand.
Get your Garand from CMP.
I paid $70 for my Turkish Mauser back in 2003 now it is sporterized and really sweet
Well I got a Lithgow SMLE for 250 dollars and it was sporterized. It had a poor bore but nothing wrong with it. Picked it up about 3 1/2 months ago at a gunshow. It is getting rebored.
What caliber are you going with?
believe it or not I bought a Finnish mosin M39 for 420 in March. Probably the person who was selling it didn't know what they were selling lol.
I would have jumped all over that!
Star BM is still a good deal, and great shooter.
Very true. I want one that's old enough to be C&R but still in 9mm. Haven't had any luck finding one.
@@ReadinessReviews Try looking for a P38 or P1. Those are the ones I'm looking to buy soon. Milsurp with easy to find ammo.
Or a Star B. Some were used by the germans on WW2. But it's going to be over 500. Super B are 9mm too, under 500, but I don't remember if it's C&R.
The comment about the Swedish mauser never seeing combat isn’t completely true alot of Swedish volunteers fight in the Winter War in Finland and they also sent quite a few to finland you can find M96 Swedish mausers with SA stamps
You are very correct.
Speaking about pistols, I picked a c96 "broomhandle" up for 600 beans a year and a half ago
RTI just imported a lot of Romanian 7.62x25 for 35 cents a round
I think shipping costs gets it close to 50 cents a round but it could be worth it.
Liked and subbed great video
Thank you!!
I got a 1915 lee enfield for just under 200 last month sporterized, but another 150 for an ishopore donor and I think it will go well so 350 for a No1 Mk3
RN in Massachusetts the mosins are going for 650-690$ range except I believe Chinese versions. I picked mine up for 640$ when I went specifically for a sks but those over here RN are over 1000$ unless there beat to hell. Love the videos I watch them especially before making purchases. I'm gonna order a sks off one of those websites you mentioned i have a local gun shop willing to take the transfers.
I just scored a GI signed Type 99 for $250 Sunday traded it for a matching K31 same day
Wow
I got my first type 99 early war for 640 with an intact mum REAL mono pod and AA sights matching numbers with a repo bayonet and sling
Just picked up a Spanish m1893 with a sportified stock, there’s nothing quite like the Mauser action, can’t wait to take it out shooting!
I'm kinda thinking of taking the gamble with hunters lodge.
I was able to get a Sino-Soviet SKS in excellent condition, although I did pay $600, it was well-worth it. Milled receiver chrome lined barrel. Ten round internal magazine. Shoots like a dream. I do remember the days when there were so many SKSs out there, they were going anywhere from $49 to $69, although they usually were still soaked in cosmoline. Many were later Chinese models with stamped receivers, though. But regardless, there were plenty around. I prefer the SKS to the AK47, much more accurate. Very reliable and enjoyable to shoot. Very good list, I also have an Interarms sporterized German WWII Mauser K98, and while I know there are purists out there and I feel you, I have to say that this one is an amazing shooter and an absolutely gorgeous rifle with a Monte Carlo stock with a beautiful finish. And it is probably the most accurate rifle I've ever shot. Got it for $300 several years ago. And I also have a Vietnam Era M1 carbine that is another beautiful rifle and shoots very well, and at $425, in such great condition, it was a bargain, I haven't seen even a beat to hell M1 for less than $800 lately, usually closer to a grand for any M1, no matter the condition. And last, one of my favorite handguns, a late war German produced CZ 27, with wrap-around wooden grips. With 3 original magazines, I paid $425 for this one, too. Just a nice, reliable pistol, not fancy, no frills, but well-made and quite accurate for a pistol with fixed sites. You probably can't touch one today for less than $800, and original mags are usually around $70, if you're lucky. Those are my favorites, even though prices have shot up on them, no pun intended.
My parents moved into their original home in the mid 50s, an old farmhouse built in the late 1880s, and in the basement rafters my dad found a WWII Arisoka, not sure of the model, but it was in very nice condition. When I was a teenager, though, he sold it or traded it, unfortunately. He actually never shot it, even though he did have a gunsmith check it out and got a clean bill of health. I was pretty bummed out when he got rid of it. No chrysanthemum on the receiver, it had been ground off.
I got my cmp m1 readiness febuary of 1944 springfield receiver with a winchester barrel, new made stock sadly but other then that great rifles
Are you going to try to make the stock looked aged or leave it as is?
@@ReadinessReviews try and give it a raw linseed oil finish so I guess a bit aged, if it dosent turn out well I’ll buy a gi stock set
I think one of the best deals out there right now is the zastava m70 32acp being sold for $225 with an extra mag and cleaning brush
Agreed. If they were C&R I'd have one already.
Got my one 91/30, a Type 53 and two Type 56 SKS.
I realized bass bro sells milsurp from time, and I thought it was because no one noticed, but I checked the price and apparently it’s because they charge almost 1,000 for most of them
M1A1 (Cal 30) The absolute best!
I got a 98 Turkish Mauser dated 1937 from a neighbor. With sling and 100 rounds of 8mm. For 40$….
last time i was in Canadian tire, the price of a "Mosin" was $549.99.
1500 rounds $350.
always wanted one, but at that price............... "Savage Arms" make's some nice new rifles.
I picked up an Egyptian Hakeem for $400 at a gunshow
That's wild. I'm so jealous lol
Mine is over $500 A 1903-A3 Springfield in 30.06 made by Remington Arms But under $500 Is the SKS Rifle in 7.62×39 plus the K-98 Mauser
Finally got my carcano love the rifle till I ended up paying 6 bucks a round
Ouch! That's a pretty crazy ammo price.
Got a private sale Type 38 long rifle with mum and original dust cover for 400 bucks, beautiful finish, couldn’t wait to part with my cash….
I got a 91/30 mosin In great condition dated back to 1925 for $375
the only surplus rifles i own is a model 1935 peruvian mauser in 30.06 i paid $125.00 for it in 1980. it has its original mauser bolt. the only thing i did was to refinish the stock.
May the 4th be with you bro. On the polar opposite of budget friendly, if money wasn’t an issue but you could only pick one which would you pick and why?
MP40
M3A1 (grease gun)
Sten
Thompson 1928A1
Had to rep a Star Wars shirt for the 4th! That's a difficult choice but I think it would have to be the MP40. Seems to have nice build quality and the 9mm chambering is a big bonus. I'd happily take any of the 4 though lol.
Steniel makes in spec 6.5 carcano but it’s always sold out
Yeah, wish they could swing larger production runs.
My favorite surplus gun has to be my Remington rand 1911 . I got it for 900 . I’m surprised you haven’t added the cmp on your list because their m1s racks are 600
my sks is soviet got for $350 about 25 years ago when charlie grananis got in a couple of cases for his police supply business.it is a tula how much would that be worth today?
Nice video man, wish i could shoot with u in Georgia. Don’t know where to find these tho under 500
Empire Arms is a big one. Everything good I've gotten recently came from them.
Might check out Argentinian or Brazilian 7mm Mausers as well. If you look really hard you might even find a Brazilian Mauser chambered in .30-06 but those tend to be over $500, unfortunately.
I was considering grabbing a Norinco 213 due to the cost of 7.62 Tok...
Pistol wise, you can still get Makarov and Star BM under $500.
It's hard to find a C&R one for that price. That's why they didn't make the list. Great guns for the the money though.
I have every surplus firearm you presented but the Spanish Mauser. But in my collection I have 2 Mexican Mauser’s that can fill in. I was lucky enough to obtain a good quantity of 7 mm Mauser ammo a few years ago along with a good amount of 7.35 Carcano. It seems for every surplus gun I have I stocked up on the ammo that goes with them along with the bayonets and accessories.
I remember walking into a gun store/firing range and they had a pile of SKS rifles like 89 dollars each? The price scared me away.........
In the modern world, "Milsurp" means SKS, AKs, and nuggets. All 3x the original price.. I miss the old days.
Up to keep an eye out for us to finish or the ones that don't have the hammer and sickle on them about 41 42 cleaner looking a lot of them are one lease rifles built by Remington
Amazon has reloading guys for the 7, 65x25
I'd would love a type 99. But at least my first military surplus was a 1903 a3 so gotta catch em all
bought my yugo sks many moons ago for 190 bucks at an academy sports
I got my Yugo from J&G on a black Friday sale back in 2012 for 200. Sooo glad I bought it lol
@@ReadinessReviews love mine as well !!!
I love the Spanish mauser it's my second favorite next to my Turkish mauser but it need trigger work done cus it has the textbook definition of a hair trigger the first few shots out of it scare the shit out of me every time cus the wall before it breaks is a stran of hair. Even if I slow as a snail pull the trigger I still dont know at what point of the trigger traveling will go off haha, makes for a fun joke with my gun friends haha
Mosins these days are very hard to find under $500. Just walked into a store and saw Tula guns for $1000+, in quite average shape. Didnt' check the bore. On Gunbroker they regularly price above $500.