Mosin Carbine Accuracy

I bought it to shoot it but had some intention of possibly selling it in the future. I figured they would go up again in price at some point. Having said that my intentions have now changed. I find it to be very light and handy in the bush, it shoots great, ammo is relatively cheap. I think this rifle may have a permanent home with me now.

Best of luck with your Mosin.
 
JDForBrkFst said:
Fiddler, I have mine on 400 when running LVE. Considering filing the front sight down to bring i to where I want it as this is now my go to round.

Mark J, I'll have a look at that post. I'm curious about the trigger geometry bit. I knew about how SKS triggers can be dangerous if the sear? angle was incorrect. Mine was close but required a little tweaking to ensure safety.
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The sear spring was bent so the rifle would fire as soon as the bolt was closed. The picture shows the problem (two bends) and a good example. A lot of the cosmoline (refurbished not bubba'd) have bends or twists in the sear.

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JDForBrkFst said:
Thanks for the heads up Marc, I'll be checking that spring on both the Mosins in my house.
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Welcome.
It is important to realize these are used guns. You never really know what could happen. In cosmoline is generally a good indication that they are basically safe but anyone who bought the Collectors Choice $199 M44 knows those were "rode hard and put away wet". Some recent posts about peened over locking lugs to set headspace leave even the cosmoline assumption in doubt.
 
JDForBrkFst said:
Thanks, I am happy with it. Has anyone else had the finish on their Mosin flake off in spots? Is it a sacrilege to refinish a milsurp stock? My wifes rifle is fine, but my carbine finish isn't doing the best.
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Nope... Not sacrilege for a refurb at least, if it was an original non refurb I would say sell it to a collector and get a refurb, but most of these are heavy refurb so I say why not...

 
I think mine is a refurb, it's all matching but it's in an M44 stock. My wifes is a 1939 full length, it's a beaut, I don't think it is a refurb. Not sure though, her grandfather gave it to her.

How did you finish the stock on yours? It looks great.
 
ljones said:
Nope... Not sacrilege for a refurb at least, if it was an original non refurb I would say sell it to a collector and get a refurb, but most of these are heavy refurb so I say why not...

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In ten years of looking at every mosin I can get my hands on, don't think I have ever seen a non-refurb m-38 & maybe 2 non-refurb m44.
 
98% of ww2 soviet arms have been refurbed at least once & some many more times. I would suggest using different criteria when determining whether a soviet arm is suitable for "improvement". Do your research! Mounting a pu scope on a 1940 tula m38 is an excellent way to flush $2000 down the toilet.
 
That is good advice. I didn't mention it before but I have little interest in doing any permanent modifications. Hence my being hesitant to even refinish it. The accuracy mods I did don't permanently affect the rifle, unless you count smoother trigger parts...
 
desporterizer said:
A fresh coat of shellac wont hurt anything. Stain is the killer cause you have to remove wood to get it off.
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A pound of garnet shellac flakes will do about 30-40 rifles. Best part about shellac is it dissolves completely in alcohol (methanol (methyl hydrate), ethanol, etc.) so I can be removed without sanding, stripper etc.
Apply 4-8 coats, let dry for a day or 2 and flatten with extra fine steel wool. Looks nice and hides those nasty recent bruises.
Only precaution is it will flake or wrinkle if it gets too hot so you have to watch the hand guard on a hot summer day with heavy shooting.
I think the "Shellac Shack" has 4 oz. samplers which would be good for a few Mosins, SKS and SVTs.
 
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