Care and Feeding of the Mosin Nagant 91/30 Pics added page 3

[Stradawhovious]

Anyone have any recommendations on special needs for these bad boys? I finally got ahold of one worth preserving, and I'm not the type of guy to own weapons I don't shoot. Seems silly to me.

Any hoo.... I was gifted an unissued Izzy 91/30 from 1939 with all the goodies. I'd say that this one is 99%+. Finish is 100%, bore is crisp and super shiny, furniture is 99%, it's just beautiful. (yes, yes, I know it's just a $90 rifle, so don't think you'll knock me down over that tidbit.) I have never seen one in this nice of shape before.... even unissued. Needless to say, I'd like to try to keep it that way. So anything these things need in the way of special attention that otherwise isn't necessary in other rifles? I've owned many in the past, but none really worth preserving over just maintaining.

[mn_smokeater]

everything nearly here

http://7.62x54r.net/

[Stradawhovious]

everything nearly here

http://7.62x54r.net/

Good resource. Thanks!

[Stradawhovious]

[Time passes......... Strad learns to read....... reads link......]

So the answer is no then. Good.

Any recommendations on bolt disassembly? I hear its kind of a PITA. Probably why that site sells these.... http://www.zazzle.com/bolt_disassembly_ ... 0960712867

[mn_smokeater]

dunno never took mine apart, i use mine like i imagine a Soviet would= when it gets dirty i clean, thats about when iv fired enough rounds that the bolt sticks and so i just dump a lil oil in er and lube it up and Good to go.

[forcefed]

It's really easy to do. First time can suck, but if you do it like twice, you can do it blindfolded. I know there are a couple of links on Youtube that show it.

[farmerj]

I had posted a link to bolt disassembly in another topic. On the phone now so it's a pita to find it.

If you use can ammo, use windex at the range with any mosin. Stops the formation of the corrosive stuff before you even get home.

Just curious, has it been counter bored on the muzzle at all?

[Stradawhovious]

I had posted a link to bolt disassembly in another topic. On the phone now so it's a pita to find it.

If you use can ammo, use windex at the range with any mosin. Stops the formation of the corrosive stuff before you even get home.

Just curious, has it been counter bored on the muzzle at all?

No intention of using can ammo..... Too easy to find the non-corrosive stuff cheap. I would rather pay the $6/box of 20 for the Brown Bear SP stuff, than run the risk of pitting the barrel. In addition to being non-corrosive, it seems much more accurate to boot. Rifle is factory new in all respects, no counterbore. Lands are sharp all the way to the crown.

[forcefed]

Sounds interesting. I have never seen an unissued 91/30. Perhaps a really good refurb?

[Stradawhovious]

Sounds interesting. I have never seen an unissued 91/30. Perhaps a really good refurb?

It's all matching, and the metal is 100 percent. All of it. Inside the chamber, inside the magazine, the follower, the interrupter, the trigger guard, the butt plate, you name it. It would have to be a pretty damn good refurb, and from having worked in an industry that refurbed wood and metal items for many years, Ive gotten pretty good at spotting them. Also, from what I hear unissued 91/30 aren't terribly uncommon....... It's just that I haven't seen one. Most of the ones I see have been ridden pretty hard.
Besides...... It's a Nagant. Nobody would go throught the trouble of making it appear factory new again. That would be like a ground up restoration on a factory stock Ford Pinto.

[870TC]

http://www.mosinnagant.net/default.asp
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsfo ... fdaFluLP7Y
http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/
http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdispla ... -Nagant-HQ
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewfo ... 5767f35af7

[Stradawhovious]

http://www.mosinnagant.net/default.asp
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsfo ... fdaFluLP7Y
http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/
http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdispla ... -Nagant-HQ
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewfo ... 5767f35af7

Good stuff. Thanks!

[White Horseradish]

Any recommendations on bolt disassembly? I hear its kind of a PITA. Probably why that site sells these.... http://www.zazzle.com/bolt_disassembly_ ... 0960712867

BS. Mosin bolts are probably one of the easiest to take apart and put together. You don't even need special tools - the connector bar is also a firing pin wrench.

[Stradawhovious]

Any recommendations on bolt disassembly? I hear its kind of a PITA. Probably why that site sells these.... http://www.zazzle.com/bolt_disassembly_ ... 0960712867

BS. Mosin bolts are probably one of the easiest to take apart and put together. You don't even need special tools - the connector bar is also a firing pin wrench.

Says the Russian.....

Some of us aren't genetically predisposed to proficiency with these relics....

[White Horseradish]

Says the Russian.....

Some of us aren't genetically predisposed to proficiency with these relics....

What we are really genetically predisposed to is making things work with bare hands, a hammer, baling wire, and copious appeals to someone's mother.

Seriously, the Mosin is close to a tool-free takedown design, like the 1911. You just have to know that the bayonet point is also a screwdriver that magically happens to fit the action screws.