Value of Mosin M44?

[HGM22]

Been thinking of selling or trading my Mosin M44, but a little unsure of its value. It's a Romanian if that counts for anything. Matching numbers except for the bolt. I'd say very good condition.

I kind of assumed it was worth $90ish, but I've heard they are worth "a little more than a Mosin 91/30" which is going for that price. Also, Gunbroker has several listed for $250-300 (!), though not many bids at those prices. So, any idea as to the present value of a Romanian very good condition M44?

 

[murdoc rose]

pics?

 

[General Geoff]

depending on condition, between $75 and $100 I'd say.

 

[ccsniper]

I would put it around 150-200, but that is just a guess

 

[murdoc rose]

whats up cc?

 

[HGM22]

No pics unfortunately (no camera).

 

[rangerruck]

chck here to see if worth anything ; because of romanian.
http://7.62x54r.net/

 

[M2]

ccsniper is in the right ballpark. I picked up a Romanian M44 a few months ago and it was in that price range. Polish M44s run a bit higher, and Chinese T53s considerably lower unless they are in pristine shape.

But there are a number of factors that determine its value. For one, the year of production and state of the rifle. Matching numbers also increase its worth.

Lastly, there are a lot of overpriced Mosins on GunBroker, I wouldn't consider it a good source of pricing info for them...

 

[nathan]

A month ago I got a good deal (like the old days) on an unussued M 44 , TRZ marking which is Yugoslavian. The bore is mint , too.

 

[offthepaper]

I own A LOT of MN's.

I'd say between $75-$125 depending on condition.

 

[Zack]

How many rounds did you put through it?

 

[Caliper_Mi]

surplusrifle.com (in their Mosin section) might be a better place to pose this question.

If it shoots well, has a good bore and generally good condition I would think that a Romanian would fetch more than the usual Russian guns, especially if you have all the accessories (sling, cleaning kit). Around here the Russians run $100-150 with 91/30 on the low end and M38 or M91/59 on the high end.

 

[surplusfan]

Soviet/Ukranian M44s used to be available at AIM and other vendors for $89 as of a couple years ago, but about a year ago the supply dried up. Now they tend to go for $100-150ish. They were mostly in "very good" condition. Romanian M44s probably won't go for quite as much as Polish (some of which are practically mint) but I wouldn't be surprised if you could get $200 for a nice one.

 

[Ignition Override]

My nice laminated MN 44 sold for $200 at a gun show three months ago. It was very good/excellent condition.

Although the bore was bright with good rifling, using the oldest Bulgarian ammo my 'groups' (bayonet extended or not) were about 5-6".
My Enfield "Jungle Carbine's" groups are much better.

I took the MN 44 money, plus some more, and the next day bought my first Mauser (nice Yugo 48A: surplus 8mm ammo only .25/rd.) at the same show.

The Polish 44s at our shows are not laminated wood (and so what...) but are the best 44s around.

 

[HGM22]

First off, thanks for the help in pricing. For some reason I hadn't really noticed M44s have been absent from the milsurp supplier web pages. Definitely explains the increase in value.

Ignition Override, that's kind of funny, because I want to sell it to fund a Mauser 24/47.

 

[W.E.G.]

I'd say its priceless for noob indoctrination.

 

[Sebastian the Ibis]

I bought a very good one about a year ago for $50 from this website. I wish I had bought more.

 

[EdLaver]

Lol @ W.E.G.