So far, we have not seen too much of winter. I say "so far" because it still has plenty of time to get nasty out, but I have high hopes because I have noticed "the groundhog". This gun owner's groundhog is the Mosin Nagant and you can tell that spring is near just by the increasing number of MN threads being posted. I have noticed that these threads disappear in the winter and pop back up with the temperature. Pretty soon we will be seeing "New Mosin" threads almost every day. I am a MN owner and love reading about people's new purchases. I have seen many, many, of these rifles but I always enjoy seeing new pics. Spring is coming, everybody run out and buy a new Mosin Nagant!