7.62x54R barrel?

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I was wondering if anyone knew of a place that sold new 7.62x54R barrels as I want a project for the summer and am thinking of building a 7.62x54R that would shoot milspec ammo with atleast decent accuracy and isn't a mosin nagant. Thanks! (not sure if this was the right forum, but all help is appreciated)
 
Can offer McGowen and Shilen barrels in 311 and 312 bores.

Been there, tried it. The surplus is not worth the time or money to play with. Arguably, the orig milspec rifle shoots them as good as they are going to shoot.

However, if you go build such a rig, there are now really nice match bullets that can really help get the most out of older cartridge designs.

Jerry
 
Mystic Precision said:
Can offer McGowen and Shilen barrels in 311 and 312 bores.

Been there, tried it. The surplus is not worth the time or money to play with. Arguably, the orig milspec rifle shoots them as good as they are going to shoot.

However, if you go build such a rig, there are now really nice match bullets that can really help get the most out of older cartridge designs.

Jerry
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I would at most be expecting 1 MOA out of this rifle build, I also have no problem hacking a mosin as I'll buy one and keep it original aswell. Do you think it'd be possible?
 
If you mean, can a rebarreled MN shoot MOA with quality bullets and handloads?

Yes, they have been turned into precision sniper rifles in Eastern block countries for decades. It is their Rem....

There are now a boat load of US suppliers stepping up with all manner of bling for the MN.

Timney triggers - big problem with crappy trigger pull and safety solved.

Promag will have a great looking and fitting precision stock WITH det mag - feed and capacity issue solved.

Get creative with the bolt handle/knob

Side scope mount (not a fan of cantelever mounts).

Mcgowen is even looking at offering "prefits" of sorts - see their website.

NOW, the big question. You have thrown a fairly big pile of money at a $100 receiver of humble heritage and potential. You end up with something that is unlikely to keep up with a modern plastic fantastic of very little cost and no way will it even come close if you tune up these modern receivers.

I have built my WWII and WWI project rifles back in the day. I loved them and they did perform very nicely BUT are they good value? not in your life.

if you can do the work yourself or have buckets of disposable money, have at it. The overall cost is only going to differ by the cost of the action for a full on tack driving modern precision rig.

you gotta really love that 7.62X54R or have a warehouse of ammo that you just inherited. Otherwise, look at the total build budget vs what you are going to end up and decide for yourself.

If you are lucky, you can get a rack MN that shoots decent and many do. Chop the barrel, dress it up a bit and just enjoy it for what it is.

BUT if you are on a mission, I can help with pretty much all the parts.

Jerry
 
Ganderites idea of using a "take off" 308 bore is worthwhile. Order a reamer from Pacific Precision and tell them what you are doing. They will build it with a tapered throat to accomidate the slightly over bore size bullets and you would be up and running at a reasonable price. Look for a 1-10 twist barrel though as most of the older target rifle barrels used by the DCRA guys were slow twist like 1-13 or 1-14 to run the lighter military ball ammo.
 
Unless I was handloading some decent quality 308 bullets througha 308 barrel using good quality brass, I wouldn't put much efford into a mosin action. Mil-surp rifle for milsurp ammo= fun plinking. milsurp ammo for match barrel=pissing into the wind.
 
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