>>63974999
It's not the 1990s anymore grandpa
Money isn't worth what it used to be

The $600 I paid is probably equal to the $200 you would have paid
Thats not even considering stock just drying up overtime especially stock of any decent quality which definitely raises the "value" by a hundred or dollars or two

The fact that it is 3 almost 4 decades from the "buy the crate" Mosins isn't some "scam"

>>63975013
Sure

I love my Mosin alot
It's matching and from 1945 so maybe it even saw a tiny bit of combat although probably not
And the bolt is definitely a million times better and less "sticky" then my (Spanish) Mauser
It's extremely accurate at least for what I've used it for which is shooting mostly at trash with surplus corrosive ammo
I haven't been able to get any 7mm to compare accuracy with my Mauser though yet sadly