chop'em up

[tuckerdog]

Just picked up a couple moisens m91/30. Thinking about cutting the bbl of one to 18" and shooting 185-200 grn boolits @ around 1600-1700 fps (guesstimated).

Has anyone tried this with any luck? Thinking about a good beater for 50-75yds. throw it in the bottom of a 10' flatbottom boat while fishing the river. I think it might work better than using a more expensive firearm in a situation in which it will be getting wet and possibly submerged. They are easy to clean and are not at all expensive to replace.

[diehard]

I've never chopped up a whole one, but I have built a rifle (or two) from parts gathered from around cyberspace. My favorite one I cut down from a Hungarian M44 barreled receiver I bought for $14.95 from Desert Outfitters before they went out of business. I cut it just behind the bayonet lug for about 18"or so of barrel length. Re-crowned it using a a carriage bolt and valve ginding paste. Added to that parts from two bubba-ed up Chinese M53's ruined by a previous owner, some parts from a Russian 91/30, and a few odd piece from God-knows-where, and I have a handy little scout rifle that shoots 150 grain j-words much to my satisfaction.