Moving Musical Mosins Around Maryland

Melnic · Feb 19, 2021

Pulled top hand guards off the 38 and 44
38 had cork and 44 had this thick gasket material. M44 is the one I relieved the wood in the lower stock between the bands.

One thing you want to do is make sure your action screws are tight

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Ponder_MD · Feb 19, 2021

Ahhh, I see! Thanks!

h2u · Feb 20, 2021

Just remember the Mosin post-shooting ritual of peeing down the barrel before you head home. Gotta save the barrel! :thumbsup:

Ponder_MD · Feb 21, 2021

h2u said:
Just remember the Mosin post-shooting ritual of peeing down the barrel before you head home. Gotta save the barrel!

LOL...I think some Hoppe's #9 will work better.

Bertfish · Feb 21, 2021

Ponder_MD said:
LOL...I think some Hoppe's #9 will work better.

Not for neutralizing the corrosive salts. Remember the thing I told you about using ammonia? Plenty of it in piss

h2u · Feb 21, 2021

See! It’s a thing

It’s only embarrassing the first time.
After that, everyone at the range usually turns away while you do it. Just make sure to drink lots of fluids if you take more than two Mosins to the range

Ponder_MD · Feb 21, 2021

LOL. Ok, I can buy a bottle of ammonia but I'm curious- the Hoppes stuff says right on the bottle that it's for corrosive ammunition. There's no ammonia in it?

Bertfish · Feb 21, 2021

I'm not sure. But what I know works is diluted ammonia.

Ponder_MD · Feb 21, 2021

Ah, I just found this on 7.62x54.net:

The potassium chloride is water soluble so it is easily removed. There are many commercial products advertised for cleaning after shooting corrosive ammo, but the time tested Hoppe's #9 is does the job as well as any of them.

Ponder_MD · Feb 23, 2021

My Elby sight adjustment tool arrived yesterday. Even with a little Kroil, the sight wouldn't budge. I haven't tapped it with a drift and mallet yet.

I'm not actually trying to adjust it right now, I just want it broken free so that I can easily adjust it at the range. My Mosin Master Accurizing kit and torque screwdriver have also arrived. I found the action screws to be very loose which is supposed to affect accuracy so I snugged them down to 15 inch/lbs.

Of COURSE it's going to pour down rain all weekend so I won't get any trigger time. :mad54:

h2u · Feb 23, 2021

Try and shoot the rifle with just the action screws tightened to see if your issues are solved - before installing the accuracy kit. I’ve always found making sure both action screws being tight are the biggest improvement for any Mosin.
Plus, with the new baseline, you can later judge if the kit helped at all.

Ponder_MD · Feb 23, 2021

h2u said:
Try and shoot the rifle with just the action screws tightened to see if your issues are solved - before installing the accuracy kit. I’ve always found making sure both action screws being tight are the biggest improvement for any Mosin.
Plus, with the new baseline, you can later judge if the kit helped at all.

Right. I will only introduce new variables one at a time.

Ponder_MD · Feb 24, 2021

Hm. Does this cross the line into Bubbafication?

http://smith-sights.com/

Red optic sight but it's discreet and can be swapped back to the original sight for authenticity.

Bertfish · Feb 24, 2021

Not in my eyes. Could put a dollop of red nail polish on it too

Ponder_MD · Feb 24, 2021

The optic sight is adjustable. Red nail polish is fixed.

Melnic · Feb 24, 2021

Ponder_MD said:
The optic sight is adjustable. Red nail polish is fixed.

Heat shrink tube on the front sight then clip to reduce height.
Some have put a brass tube on the existing post then pushed it up and down. Once fixed, they tack glue or something.

Heat shrink is cheap and easy to remove. Don't abuse it and it won't move on you.

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