bought my first Mosin-Nagent today!!

[kevin.303]

took my parker & hale .303 to the local gunshop to see what i could trade it in for. they would only give me give $50 dollars credit for it so i used it to buy a polish M44 carbine. they look like garbage but when i worked there i had a chance to inspect one and the bore is in excellent conditiin. the stock is pretty beaten up and the catch that holds the floorplate closed is missing but i put a twist tie in and it will do for now. my dad looked at and gave me a funny look but when i got it home and played with it for a while it really started to grow on me. my dad also liked because he found it shouldered easier because it was shorter and the hooded front sight made sighting faster and easier. once i go back to school at the end of the month i'll take the stock to woods shop and refinish it. keep the wood for my military collection andswap it on to a synthetic stock when i want to go hunting.it will be awhile before i test it but i think i like this little rifle better then my .303!! maybe i should change my username from "kevin.303" to "kevin7.62X54"!!  

[1911crazy]

Alright!! kevin7.62x54 good trade the ammo is cheaper wether you buy surplus FMJ or russian barnaul or wolf ammo.  You can't beat these short guns they make excellent guns for using in tree stands too. No long barrel to get clumsy with up there.  Plus the gun is lighter too.  I think the 7.62x54 is the longest running rifle in production.  These guns are made simple too.  Have fun with it.  Your dad will come around let him shoot it too.   Before you know it he'll get one too.                                                                          BigBill

There are some great buys on M59's and M38's too right now and they won't be around much longer.

[NRAJOE]

In the last two months I have bought a 91/30...a M38 and a M44 laminate. I didn't see the draw in these rifles til I starting buying them. Now they are like potato chips...you just can't stop at one!  :grin:

[His lordship.]

I bought another long barrel model 91/30 a few weeks ago.  When I had my Model 44 short barrel with the non-detachable bayonet the use of a slipon butt pad really helped, and the lighter grained military ammo (147 grain bullets).

When I shot my recent model 91/30 Two weeks ago I used 180 grain commercial ammo and the steel butt plate, it really kicked hard, even with my Winter coat on.  Now I will use the lighter grained army surplus ammunition and a slipon butt pad.  Just be sure you clean the rifle's bore with black powder cleaner/or older GI bore cleaner to get the salts out, followed by some Hoppes #9 or your favorite gun cleaner to preserve the rifling when using military surplus ammo from overseas. :-)

[1911crazy]

In the last two months I have bought a 91/30...a M38 and a M44 laminate. I didn't see the draw in these rifles til I starting buying them. Now they are like potato chips...you just can't stop at one!  :grin:

Now that you have a few Russian mosins you need to get an M39 Finnish Mosin???   The Finn's actually reworked captured Russian Mosins to improve the handling and accuracy they changed barrels, sights and stocks on them.   There are some different 91/30 Finnish Mosins too some have the fatter finnish stocks with wire sling loops others have orginal  Russian skinny stocks with dog collar sling loop slots but their all [SA] marked proving their finnish captured guns.         BigBill

 There is a story of the Finnish War its "Rifles of the White Death" one story has it that 32 finn's held off an assualt of 4,000 russians and the Russians retreated with 3,600 and there was 4 or 5 finnish soldiers left alive. Talk about guts??  Now when Hilter heard of this he decieded to invade Russia he thought he they would be a push over?  But then the Russians held out for so long the Russian winter took over. Well we all know the outcome.  Sorry if i bored anyone.  I guess there is nothing like having a well built rifle along with a good shooter and a well placed shot??  OK a few shots??  Think about it what those m39's did?

[kevin.303]

i stripped and cleaned it last night while watching "Enemy at the Gates". this is gonna be my hog gun. my dad held it for a while and said it felt more natural then the parker & hale, and he's right the P & H looked nice but compared to my lithgow it was heavy and didn't cycle as smooth. i plan to make a pilgrimage to the grand forks cabela's within a year and i'll buy a fiberforce stock for the M/N and the dragunov stock for an SKS(don't have one now but i will someday) and a 1,000 rounds of the copper cased wolf soft point and maybe some norma cases. i put my recoil pad on it because i've heard the 7.62X54 is a pretty hot round in a short barrel. funny, i read that most of the polish M44's where never issued and are in excellent condition, but if wasn't for the fact all pole M/N's where made in the fifty'syou'd think it had been thru every action on the easter front. now i can start to look for Finn 91/30..