What’s the fastest way to get a Mosin-Nagant?
The FASTEST way?Go to your local gun shop (not a big retailer that also carries guns, but an actual gunnshop!).. Tell the guy you want a good Mosin-Nagant rifle, with an excellent bore and excellent stock, and you’ll pay him $700 ‘out the door’ for it if he can get it there and get the paperwork started in a week.Thats the FAST way… pay about twice the going price, and have someone find it for you.A slightly better way is to call a few wholesalers and see who is carrying any at the moment.. they ARE getting a little scarcer, but I’ll bet if you call Century International Arms, J&G Sales, and a couple others you can turn up in about 30 seconds of googling, and you locate one, then have your dealer order it (he’ll probably want 20% over cost so he can pay his bills and feed his family), you’ll be able to get one. Doesn’t guarantee a really nice one, though.If you want a really nice one, keep looking! Check pawn shops, gun shows, local gun shops, and keep an eye out. They turn up regularly. Decide HOW perfect a rifle you want, and what it’s worth to you.If you REALLY want an absoluely PERFECT rifle, matching serial numbers and markings, perfect bore, perfect stock, etc? It’s gonna cost you about four times what a garden variety used one will.If it was me (and, with other rifles, it HAS been me!), I’d focus on the condition of the bore. Everything else is easier to upgrade later, the bore is hard and expensive to “fix”. Any way you cut it, replacing the barrel will cost you more than the rifle cost.Good hunting, and best of luck finding your perfect Mosin-Nagant!
Mosin nagant 91/30 bent barrel?
Ok so i was rebuilding my mosin nagant 91/30. i had to put the barrel in a vice and use a hammer to get the sights front and rear off. My big worries is now that some how i have bent the barrel. It don't appear to be bent but..... I'm afraid to shoot it don't want a failure and lose an eye and or hand. I also worried that the rust in the chamber, and from re bluing has weakened the gun over all. Not i didn't put the action in the vice and hammer the muzzle i put the part i was hammering closest to the vise. So every one tell me what to do and is it safe to fire?
Mosin Nagant m44 Russian rifle?
I have owned dozens of Mosins and the 7.62x54r is a fine deer cartridge. You may have to own more than one rifle to find one suitable for deer hunting....remember these are military surplus and while they can be accurate enough, some will be worn to the point that they are not anymore. It's sort of a gamble to find one worthy of a hunt. I usually find one in three is good enough. In terms of accuracy, you will have much better luck with the medium length 91/30 over the short carbines. The sights are not that bad....there are guns with worse sights. Too many people are soft from using scopes so the art of actually shooting with sights has been lost. A little practice and patience will cure that. The best factory soft point ammo comes from Sellier & Bellot. Found easily online, order yourself some boxes of it and practice then hunt with it. I have a M44 heavily modified into a Scout-style rifle with forward mounted scope, synthetic stock and "Y" sling that I use for hog hunting. It's a champ and has put bacon on the table every time.
How do i know what kind of mosin nagant i have?
If your trying to figure out what type you have I would take the first step by looking at what country its from, if its Russian your going to have the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol or a star and an arsenal mark saying its from either Tula or Izhevsk, Izhevsk rifles will commonly have an arrow inside a triangle and Tula rifles will usually have an arrow inside of a star. There's also a sleight possibility that you could have a Sestroryetsk arsenal one but its highly unlikely being as the last Sestroryetsk was made before the rise of the Soviet union and most rifles made before then were updated into newer models. Chinese, Finnish and so on are all different from the russian ones Finnish ones were made by SAKO, Tikka or VKT (Valtion Kivääritehdas or States Rifle factory). I have never herd of an M8 but maybe your thinking of the russian M38 carbine which was a shorter nagant the the standard 1891/30 model. M44's and type 53 (China's copy of the Russian M44) all carbines are around 40 inches long. the M1891/30 is about 48 and 1 half inches long without bayonet. Theres just so many varients and such its just hard to list it all. Theres a great resource on 7.62x54r.net its a little test with all kinds of pictures to help you identify your mosin. Just gather some information from your rifle or have it with you and a ruler or yard stick to check its length. http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinID.htm#length
What kind of metal is a mosin nagant bolt?
the bolt is NOT stainless! they do rust. if you didn't oil it long enough they'll start rusting, wouldn't take long for pitting to occur. they're high carbon steel. polished so they look shiny. it's so hard a you need several hacksaw blades to make a nick on it. yes you can blue it. don't know why you'd what that, it's not pretty when blued. it's probably easier to have it super-polished (so it won't rust easily) or chrome=plated than blued, and it'll look better.
If you were to use a Mosin Nagant as your big game rifle?
I have two Polish M-44s and they were made in the early 50s and I actually prefer either of them over my Mini-30s. I use only Prvi Partizan round nose soft point with 150 grain bullet.The Polish Mosins are every bit,if not more, smoother action,smoother trigger pull than any type of Mosin Nagants that I have seen. Big game for me is a 250 and over hog.
What are the characteristics of a K98 and a Mosin Nagant?
Well, you can't really compare the two rifles. You see, the Mosin Nagant is a series of guns, just like the Call of Duty series of games or Twilight series of movies, while the K98 is a specific model or installment in the series, just like how Modern Warfare 2 is an installment in the Call of Duty series.The Mauser 1898 is a series of rifles, the K98AZ and K98K are two specific models, the Mosin Nagant is a series, the M91/30 and M44 are specific models, etc., etc.I assume you are talking about the two most common variants of the Mauser and Mosin during World War 2, the K98K and the M91/30, respectively. Here it goes…The K98K is a carbine, and not a full length rifle. Most were made during the 1930s for use by the new Wehrmacht as a replacement to the G98 and the Weimar Republic G98 conversions.The K98K was a precision built rifle with new iron sights, nice, specially built bolts, and the decent 7.92mm Mauser rifle round (often incorrectly called the 8mm Mauser).The M91/30 on the other hand was a full length rifle designed around 1891 for use by the Imperial Russian Army, but was later refurbished around 1930 for the Soviet Red Army. They had long barrels, clunky iron sights, and tough bolts, but were great at arming the huge army that the Russians had because they were easy to manufacture. The round used in most Mosins was the 7.62x54R, which was longer than the 7.92mm round that the Germans used, albeit thinner. This gave it a longer range, yet roughly equal stopping power.The longer barrel on the Mosin also gave the rifle a longer range, although it made it awkward to carry. Also, the tough bolt on the Mosin made it almost impossible for accurate rapid firing.The shape of the Mosin was designed during the 19th Century, where bayonet charges were the norm. Therefore, the Mosin Nagant was very straight and hard to fire from the shoulder and do the bolt at the same time. It’s also worth mentioning that the Mosin had many more variants, including the M39 and M44 carbine variants, and the rare sawed off Obrez, used during the Russian Civil War.Nowadays, both rifles are still used, although for different roles then 1942. Many K98s were sporterized and converted for hunting and sport shooting, while many M91/30s found there way into insurgent and rebel groups around the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Many have been spotted in the hands of the Taliban, ISIS, and Ukrainians on both sides of the Donbass conflict.Hope this helps!