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Well yesterday I started the stock. It was quite a pain to get everything to line up, but so far the buttstock looks good. I spliced in a psl style buttstock and sanded in finger grooves that fit me perfect. All splices are doweled and when it is all said and done with I am planning on fiber glassing it to give it a little more strength. I still have a ton of sanding to do and have to figure out something to do for a forend/handguard. Anyone got ideas for that?

Especially with milsurps, I find my mind drifting off and thinking about the rifle/pistol that I am cleaning. Where did that dent come from, did the person that it was issued to clean and care for the gun? Did this thing ever see combat. I have many battle damaged examples of firearms that have seen their share of $hit and you cant help but wonder about them. My M91 for example has shrapnel all over the stock, obviously it was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But did the person who carried it at least get a couple of shots off first? You never know, so I guess that adds to the intrigue.

I was thinking of a way for the board to raise money last night and a raffle came to mind. How about coordinate with one of the board sponsors and get a 10/22 or something and sell raffle tickets for it on the forum? Set a date in the future after tickets are all sold and pick a winner. The winner then goes to the FFL and picks up his/her new toy. Is this legal in NJ? Are there any other legal issues if the winner goes to the FFL and picks it up? Would anybody be interested in doing such a thing? I know it probably never happen but just a thought.

I think there is something zen about it. Very relaxing and calming. If i am cleaning, it means i went shooting and it is a nice way to end a good day.

just cycling. no dry firing involved.

Lets start off with the stuff to cover my a$$. I am not a gunsmith just a hobbyist. Do this mod on your own free will, I am not liable in any way if you goof up your rifle. You know your own capabilities, dont start this project if you dont think you can handle it. This is intentionally putting wear on an otherwise fine rifle, but this process has worked quite well for me. Use this little piece of information at your own risk! WHAT IS NEEDED 1) about an hr of free time. 2) a copy of Enemy At The Gates 3)600 grit valve grinding compound(from NAPA) 3)gun oil(I prefer Mobil 1 synthetic 30wt.) 4)grease(I use Tetra gun grease on all my guns) OK now I am going to explain how to smooth the bolt. First off completely disassemble the bolt. You want to inspect any moving surfaces for rough machining. If there is something really horrible looking on the bolt, try to semi smooth it out with a jewelers file (we will do a nice smoothing later). These things were built during a war, so when they were made it was more about quantity than quality. So rough machining and poorly fitting parts is a common find. Now that you have the heavy smoothing work done, let

This is going to have a ZB-59 machine gun barrel on it in the end. It is coming short chambered so I'll have to ream the chamber to adjust head space. As for removing the barrel, It wasn't bad. I kept the bolt in the whole time to keep everything from tweaking. The barrel came out quite easy with an impact wrench.

Well the project is progressing. I have a write up about 90% done on smooothing a bolt and lapping the lugs. Write up should be posted sometime tomorrow. The hard part so far was smoothing out the reciever, it looked like it was originally finished by a beaver. Here are some pics of the carnage so far!

WOO HOO! I finished and got my scope mount "modified" and mounted a scope I had laying around. Modified my safety as a secondary bolt hold open, and lightly polished the bolt. Here are some pics, what do yall think.

I have the blackhawk and love it. only thing is when you order, do yourself a favor and order a nice tripod for it. the one that comes with it is junk! If you want to try mine one day, give me a shout.

The Finns played "pimp my gun" with captured russian nagants. Most got new barrels and stocks, the barrels they put on were ten times better than the russian barrels. They also heavily modified the triggers to be smooth, light, and crisp. Many historians believe that a finned M39 was the most accurate rifle of WWII, surpassing the 1903's, mausers, and garands. If you are milsurping and you see a odd looking nagant with an SA stamp BUY IT! Many smaller shops mix them in with normal nagants not knowing better and price them like that too! An M39

I took a ride to sarco today and all i can say is I love that place. I bought a finned M91 with a pristine Tikka barrel. And the best part is I paid just a hair over regular 91/30 prices, got it for just $130.00. There was a bunch of really nice mausers and k31's there too, many people just walk by just because they are dirty. But now the bad part, NICS was down today. So I paid in full and have it sitting in the back for me. I need to go back next week DAMN! Maybe I'll pick up another one for that price. For those of you that aren't sure what a finn m91 looks like or goes for, here is an ad on gunbroker for it's twin. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=157001763

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One of my friends owns a bunch of land. On the land is an old railroad tunnel that we shoot in. It is easily over 150yds long. I have always tried talking him into making it a public range. We already have a large berm at the back end of it, and it is lit. It's nice when it is raining like hell outside just to step into the tunnel and go shoot.

My brother in law and I bring my little nephew shooting quite frequently. He is only 9, but with a little cricket .22 he is highly impressive. We started teaching him just to get him familiar how to handle firearms safely. For those of you that have gone shooting with me know that safety is my highest priority. Now he loves when "uncle eric" comes by to go shooting. But at the rate he is going, I fear that in a couple of years when he graduates to the bigger stuff he may actually start outshooting me!

WOO HOOO! quoted from Orest on the CMP forum. AMMO IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! "ammo is no longer on a ship. It has been offloaded at the U.S. Port and is now held up by the USDA because they found snails on one of the containers. As a result, each shipping container must be inspected and fumigated if needed. We expect this will delay the ammo by another 2-3 weeks"

Someone sent this in an email to me....

how about the russian revolution? perfect for mosins- they were used by both sides!

As of 07:36pm there is a large amount of unfamiliar white stuff falling from the sky in warren county. For anyone not home yet drive safely.

Well things kinda took a turn. I started a "monster mosin" project and decided to do the write ups as I tackle projects on my rifle. It is going to be a mosin with a VZ-59 machine gun barrel(heavy chrome lined bull barrel already chambered in 7.62x54). I will adapt the reciever to take detachable psl mags. And I am going to make my own stock. So as of now, I have the old barrel removed, and am going to lap the lugs, smooth the bolt, and make my trigger before I go back to work for 3 weeks. That should be enough for now. Next time i get back, we'll do the installing the new barrel and making the stock and installing a scope mount. What do yall think so far. Here is the barrel i am going to be using.

Check this out, just got it in an email from a friend who likes to stay informed. This is a list of all of the companies whos CEO's and CFO's have resigned in the last 3 weeks. Makes ya wonder why everyone is jumping ship. 1. Sun Microsystems 2. Royal Bank of Scotland 3. Bank Leumi of Israel 4. Lenovo 5. Wellpoint (on March 1) 6. Ingersoll-Rand 7. Gasco 8. Syntel 9. Motion Picture Television Fund 10. GrainCorp 11. Connaught Plc 12. Netplay TV 13. AgResearch 14. Zain Telecom 15. Ethan Allen Institute 16. Fahrney-Keedy Home & Village 17. Nordzucker 18. France Telecom 19. TransWorld Entertainment 20. Parlux 21. Medical Developments International Ltd 22. PBR (on March 1) 23. Aeropostale 24. Cook Islands Tourism 25. Uranium International Corp 26. San Francisco AIDS Foundation 27. Borders Books 28. YTB International 29. Western Australia Business News 30. Bergen Group Rosenberg 31. Phumelela 32. Bartow Regional Medical Center 33. NV Energy (CFO) 34. Shanda Interactive 35. NB Power 36. Empire Aero 37. Argentina Central Bank 38. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (CFO) 39. Arbitron 40. Lihir Gold Ltd 41. Meredith Corp 42. Red Bull 43. Golden Harp 44. Endo Pharma 45. Nuplex 46. CLICO 47. Mirada (chairman) 48. Remedial Offshore 49. Abercrombie & Fitch Co 50. Commerce Resources (CFO)

Well I am bored as usual, so figured with all the new Mosin owners I'd see if there was any particular interest for write ups on "pimping" a Mosin. I am taking votes on which areas people want the most so I know which write up to do first. Options are as follows: Pillar and glass bedding the action and free floating the barrel Making the bolt as smooth as a baby's bottom Making that nasty stiff hard trigger nice, light, and break like glass Basic stock refinishing Complete re-barrel and convert to 45-70 or .300 win mag Re-crown the muzzle Drill and tap for scope mount I am not an official gunsmith, but really shade tree and like to figure stuff out. All of these projects I do in my garage and only take a couple of hrs. I just figured I'd pass on some knowledge to anyone interested. So which one do you want to see first?

sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!

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I like the looks on the yugo k98. Purdy guns, now all we need is a range report.