maintenanceguy 510 Posted November 26, 2013 Mosins don't come with any provision for mounting a scope - unless you spend $500 on a sniper. Even then, you're stuck with the 1940's scope that comes with it. There are a couple of after-marked scope mounts that I didn't like. One is a cantiliever mount that requires drilling and tapping the barrel and one replaces the rear sight and requires a scout type - long eye relief scope. I wanted to mount a regular scope in the normal position so I came up with this. It's just a piece of 90º angle with a groove milled to fit on the round receiver. I also had to replace the original bolt handle with a bent bolt handle to make room for the scope so I drilled off the old handle and welded a 5/16 grade 8 bolt in the saddle left by the drill bit. I then drilled the original ball knob and welded that on the end of the 5/16 bolt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcbethr 42 Posted November 27, 2013 Outstanding job! It almost looks stock... or steampunk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeerSlayer 241 Posted November 27, 2013 Looks nice good job. I like the wood on that 91/30. Can you still load a stripper clip from the top with that set up? Or is it a bottom only loader now? Sent using Tapatalk 2 NOW FREE!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3kings 0 Posted November 27, 2013 any pics of the bent bolt? .. u willing to sell the mount? did you drill the receiver to install the mount? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maintenanceguy 510 Posted November 27, 2013 I actually had a machine shop mill the groove for me. I have one piece of the milled angle left but I'm holding onto it. I'm toying with the idea of mounting the scope a little more forward and that would require making a second mount. I'd never get a stripper clip in there now but I can still load from the top. I never considered loading from the bottom. I did drill the receiver. Three 1/4-28 tapped holes in the receiver and four #6-48 tapped holes in the scope mount for the scope base. This was actually the most difficult part for me. I figure that with a 4" scope base (approximately) if I'm off by .001" on one end of the base, that's 1" at 100 yds. The scope has a limited adjustment range so I wanted to be as parallel to the barrel as possible both up and down and left and right. It took a lot of redneck engineering and I ended up off by 8" at 100 yds with my scopes windage and elevation adjustments set to the center of it's adjustment range. I was quite happy with that. Here's the bent bolt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeerSlayer 241 Posted November 27, 2013 The magazine this kid built would be great with your scope mount. Sent using Tapatalk 2 NOW FREE!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites