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T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby 1911A45ACP on Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:58 pm

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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby flyhigh511 on Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:14 am

Nice looking rifles!
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby Snakeman721 on Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:31 am

flyhigh511 wrote:Nice looking rifles!
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby 1911A45ACP on Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:11 am

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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby LePetomane on Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:46 am

What caliber are they?
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby maddhunter on Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:02 am

I was looking at some kind of beat up rifles at FF in a display case several weeks ago and wondering if one could ever get that gunky looking stuff off of them without a regular parts washing machine. How does one identify a 53 and what does "forced" mean? Thanks
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby Rip Van Winkle on Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:22 am

LePetomane wrote:What caliber are they?

Did they make them in any other caliber than 7.62x54R?
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby photogpat on Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:27 am

Rip Van Winkle wrote:
LePetomane wrote:What caliber are they?

Did they make them in any other caliber than 7.62x54R?


The Poles had a bunch that were converted to 8mm Mauser...but other than that, they were only ever in 7.62x54R when produced.

Now...you factor in some of the calibers done custom (especially by guys on here)... ;)
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby 1911A45ACP on Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:10 am

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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby Bitter Bastard on Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:48 am

Does FF have these in stock now? How much?
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby 1911A45ACP on Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:05 pm

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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby 1911A45ACP on Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:34 pm

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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby 2in2out on Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:17 pm

Nice rifles.

I had a Chinese SKS from about 1964, but sold it a few years back. That was cheap fun, as well.

That sale eventually funded a Garand.
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby SSBotanyBay on Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:41 pm

I have one of these too. I shot it for the first time today, in fact. Rings the 225 gong like clockwork. Mine is in no way, shape, or form stock though. I wanted to try my hand at some home gunsmithing and did not want to sacrifice one from mother Russia so a T-53 found its way into the vise. Drilled and tapped the receiver, mounted the scope rail, removed the rear iron sights, worked the trigger, cut the barrel down to 16.25" from the end of the receiver, recrowned, modified and installed a bent bolt kit, dropped it into an ATI stock, and duracoated the entire thing in matte black. Who needs a Ruger Gunscout when you can make your own scout rifle. :D
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby mc762x54R on Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:04 pm

SSBotanyBay wrote:I have one of these too. I shot it for the first time today, in fact. Rings the 225 gong like clockwork. Mine is in no way, shape, or form stock though. I wanted to try my hand at some home gunsmithing and did not want to sacrifice one from mother Russia so a T-53 found its way into the vise. Drilled and tapped the receiver, mounted the scope rail, removed the rear iron sights, worked the trigger, cut the barrel down to 16.25" from the end of the receiver, recrowned, modified and installed a bent bolt kit, dropped it into an ATI stock, and duracoated the entire thing in matte black. Who needs a Ruger Gunscout when you can make your own scout rifle. :D


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