Should I trade my mossberg 500 for a finnish mosin nagant>?

[Finnish Nagant]

Sorry if this is the wrong forum but I figured being labeled Rifle and shotgun discussion, it might be a good place to start.


I have a mossberg 500 with home defense barrel and a bird barrel, plus an extra stock and 25 rounds of ammo

A friend of mine wants to trade for a finnish mosin, mostly matching serial numbers, shoots .8moa ,and has never had corrosive ammo in it, is this a good trade or am I just being dumb? The mosin also comes with a 60 rounds of brass ammo. thoughts?

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[saxon]

depends on the finn what kind? M39 M28/30 M27 etc etc

 

[Finnish Nagant]

M39 sorry with pistol grip style stock, here is a pic , i forgot to include that.

 

[saxon]

M39 still going for around $300 and up unless its a sneek or a hex reciver with some history then more , so,,,,,,,,,,,,guess it depends on how bad you want to trade
no by brass ammo do you mean boxer primed? reloadable? then that adds to the price a few $$ but if its brass cased berdan then not much

 

[Finnish Nagant]

it is indeed a hex receiver as well, which is my motivation for the trade.......I hate letting go of a gun, but I also love a new one....

 

[saxon]

well check the date on the tang unless you already did you never know what you might have ...and good luck with your delema i know of a finned 1915 peter the great both eagles intact in a finn stock for $400 that i am dying to get but cant make the jump

 

[Sun195]

The Mossberg is a commodity; the Finnish Mosin is a piece of history.

 

[Vainamoinen]

I love Mossberg 500s, but as my Grandfather was a full Finn born in MN, and his family sent aid to their siblings and cousins throughout both World Wars.....I'm solidly in the Finnish Mosin camp.

 

[micdude]

Trade the shotgun Finn's are hard to find and run 350 on up depending on markings and rarity, you can always find a shotgun for cheep.

 

[tahoe2]

Haven't shot one or even held one before. But as far as Mosin's go; I've heard the "Finn's" are the one's to have.
Very accurate and the workmanship is very nice. The ones I have seen in stores were Russian or Chinese and beat
to heck, wouldn't chunk anything down on those.