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I would guess that the 7.62x54R ammunition will be in short supply long before 7.62x39 ammo. And, with the Mosin, you'd best be one to like cleaning up after using corrosive ammunition...and clean soon after a range trip.
I do not own a Mosin, although I have kinda had a hankering to try one for grins. At $125 for a cherry condition copy on the rack, it ain't that big of investment. And, if you go ahead and buy the 800 round pack of ammo while it's available (at a few places), you should be good to go. Mounting a scope on the Mosin could get expensive, so I have read. For me, the longer range potential (for a "good shooting gun") would be lost without the scope. I really would not mind the fact that the Mosin "kills on one end and maims on the other" in terms of recoil. For some strange reason I get an adrenilan buzz out of recoil.
I have had a couple of SKS copies, and had a ball shooting them, but would probably enjoy the Mosin for different reasons.
surv
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