[dipodomys]

Have a few questions for some of you C&R types that have been at it for awhile. What's with all the Rebuild/Restored Mil Surps being advertised as C&R? Is this just commercials trying to bag big bucks from new C&Rs? I understand the commercial Rebuild/Restoration making them more desirable as shooters (mechanical items wear out eventually) but it doesn't make them more collectible, or I'm missing something. Since getting my C&R I've seen ads for barreled actions, Rebarreled mil surps, new wood for mil surps. Arsenal rebuilds happen and maybe even add to the value of a mil surp, because of where it's been or how it has been used. I just don't understand commercial rebuilds forty years after the mil surp has been declared obsolete as enhancing the value to a collector. :D

[Popeye]

I just don't understand commercial rebuilds forty years after the mil surp has been declared obsolete as enhancing the value to a collector.
It doesn't enhance the value to the collector. It does enhance the value to the shooter. A rebuild does not keep the weapon from being a C&R. Remember, fancy, expensive advertising often does wonders.

[dipodomys]

For the company that does the advertising. Not for the buyer.

[Popeye]

This is true!

[dipodomys]

Anyone ordered from J&G in Prescott? Do you usually get what you expect? Just ordered Mosin M44 and Turkish m1938 Mauser from them. Will this make me happy or unhappy?

[benny429]

I bought my Yugo SKS from them about a year ago. It was as advertised.

[dipodomys]

Got my Mosin M44yesterday and the M38 Turkish Mauser. The Mosin is real nice but I'll have to shovel the Cosmo off the Mauser before I can see what she looks like. So far I'm all the way down to the metal on the ring so I can read the Crescent and Ankara, and 1940. I left her sitting out today hoping this weather will melt some of the Cosmo off and let it drip.