Mosin Build Project

[HokieKev]

Is this cool or an "abomination"?

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/03/jeremy-s/project-build-ultimate-mosin-nagant/

 

[PJDiesel]

You'll need a case of tissues to clean up the tears flowing from most of these guys.....

 

[Alphabrew]

Personally, I'd rather have a daughter in a cat house than to be responsible for doing that to that rifle. But this is America, to each his own.

 

[Bertfish]

I mean it cleaned up, but I really prefer them to be original. As do most folks around here

 

[BlackBart]

Meh

 

[clandestine]

I would have used a side mount and a magnified scope with a turned bolt handle.

Pretty neat though.

I like my suppressed 91/30 retro PU Sniper

 

[oldman12]

I think its pretty cool.

 

[erwos]

I think some people are a bit over-sensitive. There's not a lot of options if you want a bolt action in 7.62x54R besides a Mosin... in fact, that's pretty much the only option. Seems silly to complain someone's using an old beater surplus rifle as a base for their custom build.

While the core action isn't a world beater, the Mosin can turn out pretty excellent groups with match ammo if you rebarrel it with a good heavy barrel, use a FF stock like the Archangel mentioned in the article, and maybe add the Timney trigger. The guy in the article had the right idea, he just didn't go far enough with it.

 

[gatornick]

My answer to the OPs question is both. I don't think it's right to modify these weapons, but I do think its pretty cool. My thoughts are if someone wants to do a project in which they cut a perfectly good barrel at least start with a beat up 91/30 instead of an M44.

 

[airsporter]

No way its under $800 MSRP with gunsmithing (per the video), but a pretty neat project. As a collector, I would use nothing better than an "ABB" (already been butchered) or "grade B" (scratch & dent) rifle. Recoil reduction is really impressive compared to my M38.

I would hack off the extra metal on the cocking piece to improve locktime since the new trigger has a safety.

 

[Alphabrew]

I guess this is not wildly different than taking, for example, a classic car and tubbing it out, adding a blower, NOS, etc.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

Not dig'in the stock at all.

I'd like to know if that mag is for real and if all the crappy feeding mechanisms went away. Mosin's suck for feeding. They're better off re-built as single shot toys.

An 5/16 inch allen wrench is a must for a turned down bolt handle.

Cool brake though.

 

[airsporter]

Have to wonder how long cheap Russian ammo will last, given Obama's feckless foreign policy.

 

[BlackBart]

My answer to the OPs question is both. I don't think it's right to modify these weapons, but I do think its pretty cool. My thoughts are if someone wants to do a project in which they cut a perfectly good barrel at least start with a beat up 91/30 instead of an M44.

Why, they only made 8 trillion of the ugly bastards. They can be had for hundred dollars.

 

[clandestine]

Not dig'in the stock at all.

I'd like to know if that mag is for real and if all the crappy feeding mechanisms went away. Mosin's suck for feeding. They're better off re-built as single shot toys.

An 5/16 inch allen wrench is a must for a turned down bolt handle.

Cool brake though.

Yes, the mag is real. No, Mosins don't have crappy feed mechanisms.

 

[BradMacc82]

Early production mags did have some feeding issues, reportedly that's been resolved.

If the guy knows for a fact it wasn't a rarer model, by all means, do what you do and enjoy your rifle as you want.

Chad - don't remind me about your Mosin. I got a previously bubba'd 91/30, and it's very tempting to have some fun with that. Thankfully the funds aren't there right now, otherwise it'd be game-on.

 

[clandestine]

Early production mags did have some feeding issues, reportedly that's been resolved.

If the guy knows for a fact it wasn't a rarer model, by all means, do what you do and enjoy your rifle as you want.

Chad - don't remind me about your Mosin. I got a previously bubba'd 91/30, and it's very tempting to have some fun with that. Thankfully the funds aren't there right now, otherwise it'd be game-on.

 

[BradMacc82]

BTW - I haven't forgotten about making up some subs in 7.62x54R.

 

[missing_the_cheese]

I saw that the other day as well. I thought it looked like a lot of fun to shoot! Yeah it's not a perfect restoration of the original but there's so many out there that if someone wants to hack up some I say go nuts, its your gun do what you want with it. I've always wanted a Mosin so I could go blast cheap surplus however the range I'm a member at won't let us bring them in so it's kept me from pulling the trigger.

 

[4095fanatic]

If I had a Bubba gun that was beyond hope of restoration I might consider adding a stock like that... But no way id take a good condition surplus rifle and purposefully modify it that way.