Just picked up a mosin

[Lawyerman]

I "picked one up" once....put it right back down. Lol....

[Uncle Grinch]

Back when I had my C&R license, I purchased three Mosins at $69 each. They were in decent condition, but really turned me off at their crudeness. I gave one to a buddy and sold the other two. A year or so later I came across a Finn M39 and my opinion of the Mosin took a dramatic change. My re-armored 1944 VKT is like a Cadillac of milsurps. The Finns really turned this rifle around. I’m not letting this one go!

[Texas by God]

The VKT is a Sako rework, correct? I had a 27 Sako that shot great but the hard bolt lift compared to other milsurps turned me off.

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[LAGS]

A hard lifting bolt can be corrected.
The Mosin will never be as smooth as a Mauser , but can be lapped in on the cocking cam to be better.
Especially if the rifle was re assembled from mis matched parts from other rifles.
My favorite powder for my surplus rifles is RL -7.
It shoots like the old 4759 that I can't find any more.
Other powders like Unique , Red Dot and 2400 work good too.
But I never liked using a large case with tiny amounts of powder like 12 gr of Unique.
I have a couple of the Timney triggers with the side safety.
They are great.
But you have to do a lot of inletting in the stock to get them to fit.
So I use them only on my Customized Mosins and leave the original stocks the way they came so it doesn't drop the value of the rifle.

[richhodg66]

Haven't shot it in a while, but I have a Finn variant, can't remember what exactly, has a very, very long barrel and mint bore. It'll shoot every bit as well and then some as my O3A3 will with cast.

I need to pull out the milsurps and do some work with them.

[Uncle Grinch]

The VKT is a Sako rework, correct? I had a 27 Sako that shot great but the hard bolt lift compared to other milsurps turned me off.

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I don’t believe that is correct. The M39 was produced at three factories, VKT, Sako, and Tikka, as far as I know. There are variation of each model and barrel. I’m sure someone smarter than me can give us more insight.

[390ish]

There were also two state arsenals that produced M-39 rifles. Just not that many.


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[Three44s]

I started with a pair of M44s, cheap!

Then a pair of 91/30’s, much better, still cheap!

A M38 came into view, snagged it, fairly cheap!

The M44s are shorter than the 91’s but clubs in my opinion. Should sell them but might not, maybe make them a trimmer package.

The 38 is a carbine and a gem, my favorite of the Mosins I own.

The 91’s I have are sweet with a very long sight radius and shoot very well with surplus ammo.

I have not gotten around to hardly any cast work with them yet however.

Three44s

[BigAlofPa.]

I had to adjust my firing pin recently. It was starting to pierce primers. Got a warm puff of air last time out.

[Evoken]

Afternoon gentlemen,
It appears that I truly did not have to look farther than this site to find a new stock. One of you fine folks reached out to me last week saying he had such a thing. He sent me some photos and we struck a good deal, it arrived today. The stock looks great, and he also threw in a partial stock to hopefully repair the current one and some boolits for me to try! I will not mention the gentleman's name as I feel that is rude, however you can certainly chime in sir.
This is why so many folks love this site, such a wealth of knowledge and goodwill.

[Evoken]

[Tripplebeards]

I just picked one up this spring with a bayonete for $125. I also got an unopened tuna can full of ammo for it for another $25. The stock has a factory repair otherwise it looks like new and unissued. I'm sire it was military reconditioned? I might have to shoot it one of these days along with the lee enfiled I got with it....guns I forgot I have.lol

[Evoken]

I've got the new replacement stock just about stripped down and sanded a few imperfections out. I think one more coat of stripper ought to do it. Then it will be time to steam out some of the dings before I start giving it the oil.

[LAGS]

Wow.
You jump on things quickly.
That stock looks pretty good stripped down already.

[Evoken]

Me and the little guy have some time to poop around today. Figured the soon we get started the sooner it will get somewhere.

[Larry Gibson]

I "picked up" a couple MNs during the late SE Asian war games. The previous owners (funny, they were both named "charley") didn't need them anymore......

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[Tripplebeards]

You guys are gonna make me open up my tuna can and waste some ammo.

[Evoken]

No pics yet but I got most of the dings steamed out. The grain was starting to raise to much for my liking so I decided to quit while I was ahead. Got 2 decent coats of linseed oil on it already, i would like to do several more. I do not think i will be using any type of varnish or shellac when done. I was not able to get all of the old oil stain out of the stock, but so be it. I think it will look good when all finished.

The metal parts are a mix of blues and painted. What did the mosins from 42 come out of the factory finished with? Were the metal parts blued, or a mixture like what I have?

[LAGS]

Factory Rebuilds sometimes had painted hardware.
But strip off the paint , soak the parts in vinegar and then just cold blue the parts.
I slow rust my parts.
But I am already set up to do the whole rifle barrel and action.
But slow rusting small parts is easy on a kitchen stove or grill outside

[Evoken]

Got it sir. The bluing in the barrel and action are not bad, so I don't need to worry about them. The small parts are easy for me to blue with the equipment I have.