Why did I buy that Mosin Nagant??????? They are addictive!!!!!

Here's my 91/30....Yup, since it was so inexpensive, I decided to experiment and do some mods. Cut the barrel down to 23 inches (no, I don't know why I came up with that lenth!), and recrowned it. Then I made the trigger WAY better, removed the rear sight and used .22 Medium mounts to attach the NC Star long eye relief scope---by the way, I needed to "pin" the mount to the barrel, because the mount slid when I shot it to sight it in, but now it's just fine. I cut the original stock down, and used fiberglass in a can to taper the front off and fill in the cleaning rod groove. I also made a cheek-piece with the glass, too. Then I painted it in camo. I added one of those MN recoil pads (waste of money)---drilled a lot of holes in it in order to get it soft! Better off filling in the butt plate groove and getting a decent recoil pad.
Overall it was great fun, shoots real well, and it's accurate!

Also, I know where you can get more "Arsenal Refinshed" 91/30's for $110, if anyone is looking..

I'm looking for a real cheap one to cut to 16" and possibly make a folding stock for. Can't bring myself to cut a nice one, need a beater with a decent bore.

Currently own 3 of them -- 2 91/30s and 1 M44. Been shooting cast out of them lately ... NO recoil and really fun to shoot!!

Rw wrote:I'm looking for a real cheap one to cut to 16" and possibly make a folding stock for. Can't bring myself to cut a nice one, need a beater with a decent bore.

Makes me think of this photo

No it wont look like that at all, actually the reference is offensive to me... im as far from that kind of person as you can get.

Rw wrote:No it wont look like that at all, actually the reference is offensive to me... im as far from that kind of person as you can get.

Just joking man. I've changed up a couple of mine too just to make them unique.

m44 went thru 1" thick alum. at 75 yrds. next try 2" really fun gun to shoot

"The Bulgarian ammo has a lead core. I was using a SVT 40 Tokarev and it made Swiss cheese out of the plate"

I had a similar experience with my first mosin. Mounted a target on a big 3 foot diameter oak tree. From 100 yards I could see that I was shooting wide because saplings behind the oak were being hit with each shot. Upon closer inspection, nope -- the rounds were penetrating the oak. The gun was shooting dead on.

I just bought my first MN last week! With all the education I've been reading from these MN-threads, I think I am educated enough to try and clean it, tonight!

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LOL!! WOW!

inthe10ring wrote:I just bought my first MN last week! With all the education I've been reading from these MN-threads, I think I am educated enough to try and clean it, tonight!

have fun lol....don't plan on rushing it!

miker84 wrote:

Rw wrote:I'm looking for a real cheap one to cut to 16" and possibly make a folding stock for. Can't bring myself to cut a nice one, need a beater with a decent bore.

Makes me think of this photo

That's about the finest looking Mosin Nagant I've ever seen!

shot the 2" thick alum. Again clean hole all the way. Need to post pics.

Wait until you get some old 91's, concur with Doug the Finn's 39 is tops