MosinRob

i'd say its not a very good comparison. A lot of things untrue on it.

I froglubed the entire gun before I even fired. The bolt and all parts were fine. Just the barrel.

I froglubed the entire gun before I even fired. The bolt and all parts were fine. Just the barrel.

Was a temporary thing. Its already off the gun.

It took a lot of patches to come clean. I've always cleaned until the patch came out white.

As a collector I just don't like people bubbaing a piece of history. It's the same for other guns and things. I shake my head when I see a classic car with "24 rims and tv's all over it. Yes it is your gun and you can do as you please. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to just say think about what your doing. You want a great trigger and great accuracy? Buy a m39, Yugoslavian 91/30 sniper, or a original sniper. Don't just start filing, cutting, grinding, and changing. That's all i'm saying. Not trying to start a argument/war. Thanks.

sounds like Lappin should have put it in his books

well i took her out today. I dont have my rear sight yet but i did order it. I threw a red dot on it that i had lying around. I didnt even aim at targets, just put rounds threw her. It was fun. I bought 60 rounds from simon peter the other day. Federal. What i didnt like it that after one 40 rounds threw her, it took a good 2 hours to clean. Anyone use federal 5.56 and get the same? I mean it was bad! http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/r0bb6ub9/?action=view&current=2012-06-24_10-36-34_6.mp4

take a lesson from the Finn's a lot less work and always works

Like those guys with $4000 tires on a $500 truck huh?

Little over 600 total

Thanks. I've been looking for one.

here she is. just have to get a rear sight.

I haven't seen any local but there's tons just over the border in pa. Average between 125-150

go on ebay, buy a $5 trigger kit. installs in 5 min. all set.

slide a round into the chamber with out useing the bolt. If it goes all in smoothly then the bolt is making the bullet scrape on something. If it doesnt then check the chamber for bur's or hard cosmo thats doing it. There might be a piece of broken shell or something jammed in there. take some pic's and post them

you can still get a t-53(chinese m44) for around $150. Hungarian m44 are next cheapest. You just have to keep your eye out and you find them. As far as the topic, i dont get why these people need to ruin a perfectly good piece of history. A 5 shot bolt action rifle for tactical use? Really??? I mean it works cause the more people that do it, makes my values go up but who the hell would want it/ buy it from you when you realize what you just did and are sick of it?

perfect way to ruin a piece of history. you dont need any of that to free float the barrel.

only ammo my mosins didnt like was Hungarian surplus. Shot horribly

To take off and out cosmo all you need is good old hoppe's. Not too many people know but hoppe's has kerosene in it. Kills cosmo. Get a plastic bristle brush and go to town. As for the inside of the barrel, put it in the hot sun for a few hours or in a plastic bag and put it in the attic. It will sweat the cosmo and liquify it. If your in a rush use a hair dryer on it. Then just use hoppe's and you favorite oil on her. I use froglube on pretty much all my mosins. Its good for long term storage and helps in cleaning. As far as corrosive ammo, dont use windex. Its a wast of money. The ammount of ammonia in windex is very minimal. All you need is water. Water knocks the corrosive salts right out, then clean with solvent and oil. You can put water down it at the range if you like but a hour drive wont effect it at all. I let mine go for a max of 5 to 6 hours. Even more than that i dont think will effect it. Finally any other suggestions. I always gauge any mosin I shoot with a field and a no go gauge. when doing first cleaning, take a 12 gauge bore brush with hoppes on it in a drill. Stick it into the receiver and drill. Hard deposits of cosmo build up and can make it unsafe. I could go on for a hour but i think that's enough lol. Any questions please ask.

You have to compare apples to apples. Tula's are known to be finished a little better than Izhevsk. Also on any wartime gun the milling shows up on the barrel where as pre-war does not. I have a '33 Izhevsk that you'd swear never even went to war. In my experience pre-war and post war are most of the time better.

damn, if you were closer i'd buy

ever come up north at all?

I just bought one from hotshot. Contact him. Great deals!!!!

Hey, thanks for the reply. The barrel is 16 inch 1/9 twist. Mainly just shooting targets at 25, 50, and 100 yards