I got a mosin

[Remiel]

Well went to the range today, was workin new handloads for my .30-30, and the wife was shootin her shotgun. well the wife asked to get rifle type sights similar to my Ithica 37, i said ok and since we were 1/4 mi from my gunsmith buddy we wandered over to see what he had to say. well one thing led to another and we got on the subject of mosins, I said i wanted one and he said he had several the needed to be assembled. so for 75 bucks i got a box of mosin, hex reciver and matching #s on the bolt and receiver, rifling is solid, no pits rust or frost(needs good cleanin, still in cosmoline). the bad, its counter bored and the barrel is pitted a bit where the upper handguard was and the stock is missing said guard and well the wood shows its age, to me this will be a good sporter project. but now i need a mossberg 500 20ga slug barrel for the wife to get out of ze dog haus.

[leadman]

Make sure you slug the bore. Both of mine are around .314". Parts are abundant and relatively cheap. I removed the rear sight base on one and installed a pistol scope in 22 rings, rock solid.
Have fun with your new project.

[Remiel]

I plan to once i get it out of cosmoline, but im thinking i need brass and a mold, gonna need to get that casting stuff now, i might get the other "kit" he has and restore that one for my dad as a Christmas gift

[TreeKiller]

I have both counter bored and not can not see any difference in how they shoot. But can not hold them still either now

[GhostHawk]

Well neither of mine is counterbored, but it makes little difference. Minute of 5 gallon bucket is about it at 50 yards, have not tried farther, I'd need a BIG piece of plywood.

Next step for me is a custom push through sizer in .313 instead of .311.

[CHeatermk3]

Try the bullets as cast--my finn m39 has a 313 groove and shoots the 314299 very good--1.5 MOA at 100.

[Garyshome]

Well it's about time!

[Remiel]

well here is a pic or 2, it has surface pitting on the barrel but bore is squeaky clean now, its all cleaned up, stock is rough, gonna get a boyds, date on barrel says 1907, and the interesting bit is all the trigger parts appear to be stainless, what i wonder is if i can fill and smooth the pits w/ solder, oh and i may knock the barrel down from 31.5 in to about 28, we will see how it fits with the new stock

[nicholst55]

Not stainless, just steel in-the-white.

[Remiel]

Well curiosity got the better of me so i put it all together, and i hate to say it, it doesn't look like any 91/30 i have ever seen, and it has a 1 piece interrupter, and i still think the trigger, sear and interrupter are stainless(no rust on any of those parts and hardly any cosmoline), sling is different and it never had an upper hand guard, going to go to shoot it tomorrow and see what it does, oh and it has a smooth trigger pull

[Mr opinionated]

follow the link maybe you can identified it and see what it is for sure but by look at the pic it is a m91 and if that's correct it been in country along time



http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinM.htm



MR O

[lefty o]

im not a big mosin junky, but your pics aint so good, but from what i can see - do not cut that gun up. as someone stated previously, there is no stainless steel in that rifle.

[enfield]

theres plenty of those already available that have been chopped up, get one of them and save that old girl.

[jugulater]

That is no m91/30. That gun there is an original m1891 infantry rifle. And if it still has the one peice interupter that means she didnt get modified when russia adopted the 91/30. I think i saw one of those last week for 400$ at a pawn shop. Keep her as is, she aint no $150 commie rifle.

[Remiel]

im not a big mosin junky, but your pics aint so good, but from what i can see - do not cut that gun up. as someone stated previously, there is no stainless steel in that rifle.

i have a very crappy phone, will take better pics later.

[Remiel]

stole the wifes phone with the 1.21 giga watt camera, so here are better pics.

[skeet1]

Remiel
Does this rifle have an "SA" in a square box on the receiver or barrel? I believe that the sling swivels are the type that the Finn's used. You might want to check closely, It may be a Finn capture.

Ken

[Remiel]

will have to look, my buddy bought its twin and we need the interrupter screw and sear screw, does anyone know where i can get them?

[Remiel]

Remiel
Does this rifle have an "SA" in a square box on the receiver or barrel? I believe that the sling swivels are the type that the Finn's used. You might want to check closely, It may be a Finn capture.

Ken

the three that i have(my buddies is one) all have the SA in the box the 4th one that i assembled for the guy i got them from is prob the same

[Remiel]

btw i am NOT cutting this one my Smith has a bubba special that once the wife gives the ok i will play with