Mosin Nagant made by Westinghouse, 98% what is its values?

Question

I picked up a Mosin Nagant made by Westinghouse in 1915 several years ago. The stock, blueing and bore is in like new shape, and all the numbers match. I have not been able to find any values for it. Can anyone give me some ideas?

Answer 1

www.russian-mosin-nagant.com

Try this out on the forum there. Here's an excerpt from the informative section:

The US government has purchased more than a million M/8191 rifles from Remington-UMC and Westinghouse after the Russian revolution. Both companies had large contracts with the former Russian Imperial government to produce the Mosin Nagant. Only 280,00 of these rifles were retained by the U.S. Army and they were for the most part only used for basic training purposes. Oddly enough, many of the US acquired Mosins eventually found their way to Russia when the U.S. sent troops to Archangelsk in 1919.  The weapons were so disliked by U.S. soldiers that they were mostly abandoned in Russia when they left in 1920. Many of the Mosin Nagants purchased by the U.S. government ended up with National Guard units and sold as surplus and eventually "sporterized" and sold on the open market.  One of the conversions was done by Bannerman in 30-06 and is considered by many to be extremely dangerous to fire.

Answer 2

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinRarity....

According to the above website, it has a rarity index of 5 which almost automatically makes it worth more than a stadard issue russian.

Browse the homepage of that website for almost everything you need to know about Mosins.

Answer 3

My dad just bought that exact same gun at a gun shop locally and they sell them in both the "sniper" style long rifle and the shorter "carbine" rifle for about 120 dollars. They are pretty cheap but dang nice guns. And the 7.62x54 round is a hoss.  

Answer 4

$ 69.95 to $ 150.00; depending on condition.  They are a tough indestructable rifle; many hundreds of thousands of them were made in the US for russia.