Eric, did you say you were gonna duracoat the rifle? If so what color? And the whole rifle with scope?

The whole shebang is getting sprayed with alumahyde in vietnam tiger stripe camo, scope, bipod and all. I fiberglassed it today, and have a ton more sanding now. Hopefully monday after the test shoot I can start painting.

almost done! Still a lot more sanding though.

No PSL mag well?

That is going to be my next project. I am going to have to use either single stack lahti mags or bren mags. The double stack psl mags were too wide and ended up being too much of a pain in the ass. I do have a receiver and mag well partially milled so soon you will see another monster project.

OUTSTANDING! :clap:

Yum I can't wait to see if this thing is a tack driver!!!!!!

SWEET

get her done for the weekend :twisted:

Wow! Looks Awesome! :handgestures-thumbup: You definitely have some impressive skills.

That is one sweet lookin "Monster Mosin". Can't wait to see the finished product!!! You definitely have some mad talent Eric :clap:

Looks very nice :clap:

 

Im looking foward to the write-up.

Eric

 

I really, really like that dude! Now, you know what would amaze me, if you could make a Mosin for south-paws!

Eric

 

I really, really like that dude! Now, you know what would amaze me, if you could make a Mosin for south-paws!

 

Just mount the scope on the bottom and shoot it upside down

hopefully this time tomorrow I am posting pictures of a target with one ragged hole!

hopefully this time tomorrow I am posting pictures of a target with one ragged hole!

 

No pictures yet but I hear 4 shots through one hole at 250 yards!

I am waiting on the pics of my targets. My dumb ass left them in the bed of Teds truck. Also I have a video of it in action coming too. It shot one ragged hole at 250 yds and was insane! Most of my day I was shooting 50 yds just to get everything zeroed. No issues with it what so ever, the stock even held up like a champ. I will say it makes the fireball of an m44 look like nothing.

Actually there was one problem. The trigger I slapped in it just so I could test it was by far the worst mosin trigger I have ever seen. It had to be a 15lb pull. You needed to tie the trigger to the bumber of a truck to get it to go off. I guess that gives me reason to start making a run of triggers......

I guess that gives me reason to start making a run of triggers......

 

Hopefully a writeup soon follows.

here are some targets. I wasn't going for perfect zero today because I am going to be replacing the rings(they are junk) and take it apart so I can "paint" it, so why go for perfection. Today I was testing and seeing how it grouped. I was rather happy. On the first target is my first zeroing in, you can see how I walked it into center. The second target I was "playing" at 100 yds and the last target is 250yds 2 shots. At 250 it shot low(who cares right now) but you can see they are tighter than a gnat's ass. The horrible wind today wasn't helping any, I am sure without the wind they would be tighter.

The wind did suck today it blew a ammo can off my table and a plastic chair passed me

 

I will tell you I was surprised Eric didnt start a fire today while in the prone shooting position the fire ball coming out of that thing was wild and the sound it was like a cannon.

I tried to get a video with my phone but it didnt pick up the flash one of us did bring a camera so maybe that picked it up.

Sweet, your project is certainly coming together nicely! And 250 YARDS, awesome. I can't wait to see this beast in person.

NICE!!!

 

As soon as I have some cash, im buying that barrel!

I just got my heavy barrel today and the chamber face concerns me. When comparing it to a genuine russian mosin barrel, there is an extra cutout leaving the shell a slight area where its unsupported. Do you suspect this will have any adverse effect on safety? I don't want to end up with a case rupture from this slot.

 

MN H-bar with extra slot

 

 

MN original russian bbl with no slot

I am not an expert, but I just went with it. I shot almost 250rds through mine and didnt have any issues with it. I figured if it was fine for the mosin extractor groove, the other groove will be just fine.

I know it's apples and oranges, but...

Unsupported chambers made Glock 40S&W pistols go kaboom occasionally with heavy loads. On Glocks, it's real obvious when you are exceeding the pressure you should. It's called a "Glock Smiley" on the brass.

I imagine that your 7.62 x54R ammo is running at 45,000+ psi, a lot more than a pistol round. I might stand to the side for the first shot, then extract the case and look at its base for any signs of bulging.

A "Glock Smiley"

 

On a 54 round if you dont do it right we will call you poopy pants because you will :roll: :roll:

The grooves fine. If it was dangerous it wouldnt be there. Whether its in a mosin or a MG the round still behaves the same. Pistols leave much more brass unsupported than that notch.

The gun has transformed quite a bit since the last update, but I still have a bunch of work to do. I need to camo the rings, bolt, and bipod and put a coat of clear on everything. I used my Dad's BDU's from Vietnam as a reference( I know I am a youngin') but I think it came out pretty darn close. My dad has affectionately nicknamed it "the snake eater," so I think I impressed him which is hard to do. There are a bunch of blemishes and goof ups, but for my first attempt at a sporter I think it is starting to look pretty bad a$$.

It looks great, Eric. Nicely done.