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[161]

I picked up 4 Mosin T53 you fixems from Century for $59.87 each. One had a broken stock one missing a screw in the butt plate one has a broken hand guard. And one with a broken floor plate latch. The metal on all 4 isn't bad. Stocks are rough. I bought them to use in gaining some gun smith skills. I'm lucky enough to have an gun smith want to pass on some of his skills.

[MBTcustom]

Smoke if ya got 'em!
So what do you plan on doing to these hapless mosins?

[161]

Right now just learning how to fix the broken stocks.

[roverboy]

Good luck with'em and have fun. I've thought about ordering some of these myself before they're all gone.

[161]

They aren't really that bad

[roverboy]

How are the bores?

[161]

I got 6 that were called fair with cracked stock. Of those one had a pretty decent pit about two inches from the chamber. One was what I would call a dark shootable bore. The other 4 or smooth and shinny. Of the 4 you fixems I think they are fine shinny sharp rifling no counter bore in any of them. Lots of cosmo.

[161]

I have the u fixems back together and shot them today had to re-polish two chambers and re-clean where the locking lugs fit with a wire brush. But they all shoot and work good. I worked glue into the cracks and clamped them over night. then drilled clear through and pegged a couple of them with wooden dowels. I think they came out good for my first try.

[161]

Picked up 6 more. These all have good bores. Going to be able to make 5 guns out of the 6. One stock is real bad but I can fix it. One missing the bolt behind the recoil lug. One missing the nut on the same bolt. Some toes on the stock need re-glued. One has a bent firing pin. So I'll hold the barreled action with the bent firing pin back with the bad stock and look for some parts then put that last one together.