bought my first mosin nagant today

[corey012778]

I brought home my first mosin nagont 91/30 today. i am an muzzleloader guy, I could not walk away from it. I have not shot it yet but I am ready looking for another one lol.

I am planning on reloading for it as well as casting. going to the rear site replace scope mount. rubber butt plate. that is about it.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x443/coreyshaner/027.jpg

[Saint]

Right there with ya, just picked up my first today as well, they had a great selection and many of the hex receiver models that I hear so much about but i was checking barrels with a bore light and there was a 1942 with a round receiver that just had an incredible looking bore so I couldn't bring myself to take the poorer barrel in the hex receiver. Had all matching serial numbers down to the bayonet and at 100 bucks I figured it was about time to get one. I have been kicking the idea around for a long time. The metal finish is definitely rougher but the bore is the important part for me. Also none of the rifles they had were counterbored and they came with 4 ammo pouches, belt, toolkit and solvent bottle. If anyone is in Salt Lake and would like to know where to go send me a PM as I am not sure if we are supposed to put that type of information on the open forum.

P.S. How was your adventure with the cosmolene?

[corey012778]

have experience with stuff. first milsurp I had was an sks. learned the hard way. spent two hours cleaning

mine is an hex, great bore. no extras I just put this way on price, it beat the prices of the other two I found, an pawn shop was wanting 180 and the gun shop I am not going to go to anymore was wanting $200

[Dutch4122]

Noe is currently running a Group Buy of the 316299 which is a fattened up (.316" bands and .305" nose) version of the Lyman 314299. If you're looking for a first mold to cast boolits for your new rifles with I would recommend the NOE 316299.

Hope this helps, :D

[birdadly]

Very cool! I just posted my first experience with this rifle recently. I was happy with how it shoots, granted I'm a novice. So I'm sure you'll really enjoy it as well! I found the biggest chunks of the cosmolene in the magazine area and under the bolt. Everywhere was a little greasy, but those were the worst. I'm going to keep an eye on your thread here, as I hope to cast for this fun shooter as well! -Brad

[Saint]

So does anybody know how to identify machine gun ammo in this caliber? I understand that it is loaded too hot for these rifles.

[ilcop22]

So does anybody know how to identify machine gun ammo in this caliber? I understand that it is loaded too hot for these rifles.

http://7.62x54r.net/

[plmitch]

good looking mosin there, they are fun little shooters

[corey012778]

guy came to the range last year during an group shoot that had one, really got my interest then.