Bring back all the US surplus stuff that was actually sold as "surplus"! Back in the "day", 1863 Springfield muckets for $5, Krags and 1917's, 1903's for not much more......1917 revolvers for cheap.....when did surplus turn into "Oh my God it's collectible" so now a Civil War era musket commands $1,000+? Even Rogers and Spencer percussion revolvers were sold in unissued condition and no one had a use for them so they went for dollars instead of thousands.

All the European Service revolvers that were so undesirable they were sold in boxes at gunshows with a "any for $3" sign.........before my time but I have heard the "seasoned" shooters talk about it........Bodeo revolvers being made ito lamps and all the nice Swedish Nagant revolvers that were turned into hack job basement .22 conversions......didn't they know you can shoot .32 Longs out of these!!! French 1892's were "oddball French revolvers" and basically couldn't be given away, now they go for $1,000 if they are un-refurbed and have a holster. Try finding a Norwegian Nagant for below $500!

Now I have to give $350+ for a refurbed Bodeo and would have to pay twice that for a nice French 1873 Ordnance revolver (which I never did, I sold my "beater" a little while ago)

I too lusted after a Norwegian 30-06 K98, but the dealer was shady so I abandoned the deal........never saw another one since. Even the old Swiss stuff like Vetterli's and 1889 and 1911 straight pulls used to be cheap because there was no ammo for them and no one bothered to load for these rifles.

The only deals these days are on the refurbed Com-Bloc stuff, so buy your fill of Mosin Nagants, Nagant revolvers, Romanian Tokarevs, etc. NOW before the day comes in 5 years when it's like "Where's all the cheap Com Bloc stuff at?" The "rounds of the moment" seems to be 7.62 Tokarev and 5.45x39, lots of it is coming in and at $100 per 1,200 round case, it's the cheapest pistol and rifle fodder around. It's like the 8mm Mauser used to be, dirt cheap and available. Now the prices for even surplus 8mm 50's Yugo has doubled and the same for 7.62x54r. Now if someone would make a semi-auto carbine in 7.62x25 and a bolt gun in 5.45x39!

I think the prices for stuff was still lower back in the 60's and maybe more recently.........I don't think people would have been buying 1917 Enfields and using them as beater rifles or truck guns if they were as relatively expensive as they are today. Also the reason so many Carcano's got turned into sporters, I don't fault the guys back then, they were only $5 Italian rifles then.

Some stuff was rarer then than now, like even Mosins......they weren't really cheap and numerous until fairly recently. I don't care what anyone says, a common refurb 91/30 will NEVER be rare, too many of them are already here for that to ever happen. Maybe in 10 years we will be giving $400 for a common refurb, as prices have climbed from $60 to $120-150 or so.