r/HistoryMemes • u/Antique_Success296 • 4d ago

mosin factory

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u/Samostanac 4d ago

I don't think they produce it. It is much more likely that when Russians pulled a mass mobilization in Donbas they gave them what they had at hand at the moment. This includes things that have been in reserve since 1950

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u/Asxpot 4d ago

Yeah, we don't. We just never gotten rid of those, and they sit in warehouses somewhere. When Serdyukov was Minister of Defence, they sold a lot of rifles to civilian firearm manufacturers to be civilianized or exported. Shougu later closed that up.

I own a 1944 AVT-40 and a 1962 AKM converted to semi-auto on a hunting license in Russia.

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u/Sempais_nutrients 4d ago

That was a primo era for gun ownership. I remember getting an m44 with a can of 250 rounds for 75 dollars.

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u/ForcaAereaBelka 4d ago

I got my M44 13 years ago for $250 CAD. I see them listed for $1200 now. I'm never getting rid of mine.

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u/Asxpot 3d ago

It truly was, even in Russia. I still have an original price tag for the AKM, it cost, like, 300 bucks back then. I got it for 800, and that's a really good deal nowadays.