T53's from Fleet Farm

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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby SSBotanyBay on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:13 pm

Excuse the crappy pics but my wife's camera died the other day. Here is a link to a really small album just to give you an idea of how it turned out--- http://imgur.com/a/FUgyH#0

I don't have the time to go through everything I did but suffice it to say that the instructions with the ATI rail and bolt kit were thrown away and I went my own less aesthetic but more secure route. Much to say but little time to say it. I will try and get better pics with more description in the near future.
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby Ranger01 on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:22 pm

Good thing Ivan Chesnokov can't see that hahaha.
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby mc762x54R on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:22 pm

SSBotanyBay wrote:Excuse the crappy pics but my wife's camera died the other day. Here is a link to a really small album just to give you an idea of how it turned out--- http://imgur.com/a/FUgyH#0

I don't have the time to go through everything I did but suffice it to say that the instructions with the ATI rail and bolt kit were thrown away and I went my own less aesthetic but more secure route. Much to say but little time to say it. I will try and get better pics with more description in the near future.


That is pretty cool...barrel looks fat when its that short..must have a wicked muzzle blast
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby SSBotanyBay on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:27 pm

Ranger01 wrote:Good thing Ivan Chesnokov can't see that hahaha.


My intact and unscrewed-with hex receiver 91/30's are in the safe. I wanted to try my hand at making a rifle mine and the Chinese variant Mosin was the cheapest and least sacrilegious way to go without wrecking an "actual" Mosin.
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby SSBotanyBay on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:34 pm

mc762x54R wrote:That is pretty cool...barrel looks fat when its that short..must have a wicked muzzle blast


There is really only 5-6" that gets lopped off. I heated up the bayonet and front sight thingy and punched out the pins. After that piece was off is just kinda looked funny so I cut that bit off. The place where the barrel steps down to accommodate the bayo/sight piece made a nice flush surface to cut all the way through. Filed the cut down with a file, smoothed it out with a couple grits of emery cloth, and recrowned using a brass screw and lapping compound chucked up in the drill. Relatively easy actually.
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Re: T53's from Fleet Farm

Postby MaryB on Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:41 pm

My T53 wood is really rough, I plan on an Archangel stock kit for it when my dealer ever gets them in. No a big rush so I can wait, have to much else in the fire right now.
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