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Originally Posted by Joeaksa
Excuse me? This thing belongs on someone's fireplace, not with a kid shooting. Besides with a cartridge this size it better be a really big kid. This is a surplus antique military weapon, not a plinking rifle.
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Actually it is a decent way to introduce a kid to centerfire rifles. The 1891/30 is a long heavy rifle, and recoil is manageable and surplus ammo is relatively cheap. As a bonus you can teach help them to be responsible by making them clean it after firing corrosive surplus ammo.
I like Mausers better, but they are not as available and more expensive (although Big-5 has Yugo Mausers from time to time), and ammo is more expensive, ~$250/900 rounds.
Cool thing about rifles 50 years+ old is they are cash and carry in California, no dealer paperwork/fees/mandatory gun lock purchase or 10 day wait required.
Speaking of which, if I was in SoCal, this would be interesting:
FS/FT: Yugo M24/47 Mauser, CZ-82 LA Area *Price reduction* - Calguns.net
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Originally Posted by porsche4life
Have you ever shot a Mosin? Kick like hell, shoot fire, and can't hit the broad side of a barn... I mean its fun but not a good plinker...
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Sounds like a perfect plinker to me.
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Oh and 7.62x54 is pricey ****....
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Really? For centerfire ammo, ~$85 for 440 rounds is pretty cheap, about 20¢ per round. Yeah, it isn't 22LR cheap, but still not expensive.