Shot a stripper of my trusty crusty milsurp for the first time out of my 91/30 this weekend, and noticed the cases were splitting almost the entire length of the casing. I have shot probably a hundred or so rounds of modern brass case out of it and haven't seen anything like this. Number 5 isnt pictured because it didnt fire after two pin strikes. Should I be concerned?
Can anyone tell me about the history of this?
Now it looks like a proper gun!
Easily my favorite gun! Mosin Nagant deserves way more respect it’s fun to shoot and incredibly durable and reliable
I have a beautiful mosin 91/30 and the only thing throwing it off is chipping from the stained finish on the stock, is there a safe way to restain a mosin stock or should I leave it how it is? I’m not worried about trying to remove history I bought it to shoot and enjoy.
Happy 4th of July! Greatful for freedom to own these neat piece a of history.
Ok, here's the first mosin I ever bought, I'm thinking Izzy, '45.
It was having a nasty sticky bolt and swollen/split shell casings issue, until I probed it with a borescope.
I shant describe the nastiness I found in there, lol.
It was gross.
As I post this, the barrel and chamber are happily taking a bath in a pot of boiling water, scrub a dub dub.
Yeah, TONS of cosmoline have been coming out of it.
Next is the brake cleaner, WD-40, then LOTS of CLP, after some more surface rust removal and cosmoline removal
How far away should it be? What’s a good size steel target? Any advice for shooting steel targets with a Mosin Nagant would help
This is the post I created two or three days back, today I bought it for $500 otd through PPT. I live in California so that's basically $450 for the rifle and $50 for the DROS fees. The first thing I did after brought it home was disassemble it completely and give it a thorough clean. The tang is also having a star and 37 on it so it matches with the barrel and the stock. Almost all metal parts, including the entire bolt assembly, barrel bands and springs, rear sight slider and spring, trigger, floor plate and butt plate, have a Tula star on it. The cleaning rod has a tula hammer instead of star on it so it might be an replacement. The trigger guard does not have any tula marking on it, so I'm not sure if it is original to the gun. Still, this is the most original 91/30 I have seen and I'm very happy with the purchase :)
An M91/30, dated 1944 from Izzy. I dont know much else about it other than it looks like an ex-PU sniper rifle. Shoots fine. Obviously it's pretty rough though, and I wanted to ask for some advice.
I'd like to get it in better shape than it is now, as it is when I got it it seems to be missing most of the blueing, the inside of the stock is rotted and sponge like, as well as absolutely covered in gunk and falling apart, the front sight hood is bent to one side although im not sure if it's throwing the aim off at all, and the rear barrel band is loose and the top cover slides forward after firing.
I was looking to replace the stock, clean up the metal, and see what that does for it. Any advice on fixing it up? Maybe even convert it back into a sniper rifle someday, as the bore is pretty good. Im mostly curious about the thoughts on the front sight hood, if I should replace the whole assembly or try to bend it back maybe.
Got a sardine can of Chinese silvertip 7.62x54r at a local auction along with a separate pack of 15 rounds on stripper clips. I didnt know the chinese made steel ones since I only ever see the brass when I look them up. But it makes sense that they would. 1946 M44 will be eating good for a bit.
I decided to post an extension from earlier because the replies were very helpful.
This is a 91/30 Izhevsk from 1936.
No import mark can be found anywhere. Not even the old school “USSR”
No SCW marking on the stock anywhere.
No SA stamps to make me think Finnish
It does have some characteristics like the rear site that would make it a refurb I think.
My grandpa’s best friend from West Point gave this rifle to him approximately 1963. He said his dad has souvenired this among other guns from Korea. I did verify his dad’s service record on find-a-grave today.
My dad remembers seeing this gun in their house in the 1970s and my grandpa was not a milsurp collector and said he just kept this rifle because it was a gift.
For so long I have believed it was actually a SCW rifle and the stories just got tangled up over time.. But now that I’ve researched this gun a little more this week, other than the 1936 date, it really doesn’t have any features of a Spanish civil war Mosin?
What do you guys think?
The number on the butt plate and maybe the magazine floor were struck through and numbered again as well.
Sorry if this is too similar to my other post. I just thought maybe giving more info may help shed some theories on the rifle. My grandpa is gone and I’d really love to learn all I can.
How good would you guys rate the condition also? Thanks to everyone who reads this, I appreciate you.
Pardon the scope
I was was disassembling the bolt and the firing pin just won’t at all. Last time, I didn’t have problem with it at all. Any tips? It’s starting to fuck up the built in tool the soviets. I tried putting WD-40 in it and nothing even budging. I need help how do I fix this.
This is a 1936 non-import 91/30 that I’ve been researching.
I’m not too savvy on Mosins and I’ve been told this is a “pinned” rear site? Was that something the Soviets just did after 1945? Or when did they start this style?
Thanks in advance
Question is, how much refurb was done and how close is it to a full ‘original’ ‘as issued’ 91/30? It has the Finnish crispy two-stage trigger but does not have the Finnish two-piece stock, it also still has the Russian front sight.
Snagged this online auction without looking closely for 120 bucks. Pretty rough shape and obviously mismatched but at that price it can be a wall hanger oh well.
Still, I love the history portion and trying to interpret these markings. The arsenal mark doesn’t look like the Izhevsk mark to me but having a hard time finding anything else comparable. Haven’t got it in my hands yet so just curious if anyone can shed light on its history. Thanks!
