Big plans for mosin nagant
- Thread starter SVT-40 sniper
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I shoot corrosive all the time with my SVT40. It's break is integrated and not removable. I've never had any issues cleaning it. Take a couple seconds to wet it down with solvent and wipe it clean with paper towels. No rust so far after 250 rounds over three separate outings.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
^^^Me too, I mostly shoot corrosive and have yet to have any rust issues in the brake. But I flush the barrel real good with boiling water before I clean with solvents.
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- Location
- Lower Mainland
It only costs about $80 for a gunsmith to install a muzzle break for you. Although its not hard to cut your own threads. I would go slowly with your project. first start off with the archangel stock. Install the gun in the stock, shoot it, and see how you like it. If you like it, press on ward. If you don't, then you haven't gone to far into it and reversing is very easy at this point.
Yeah the svt brake is arsenal installed and on there good and tight. Easier to clean.
Removable aftermarket ones need removal to get all the nooks and crannies like between the brake and the barrel/muzzle, and the space where the brake sits against the front sight assembly.
Removable aftermarket ones need removal to get all the nooks and crannies like between the brake and the barrel/muzzle, and the space where the brake sits against the front sight assembly.
the brake is removable, but it twists left hand off and you have to remove the little pin through the gas area.....there's a youtube vid on complete takedown and reassemble .....not sayin i don't agree with you though
the brake is removable, but it twists left hand off and you have to remove the little pin through the gas area.....there's a youtube vid on complete takedown and reassemble .....not sayin i don't agree with you though
I just watched that video!!! Thanks! There's always something new to learn here on CGN!
after my current lot of corrosive is gone, im done shooting it. too much of a PITA cleaning the gun all the time.
hey OP, doesnt take much to get a mosin that shoots. heres mine; http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1178094-Modernized-mosin/page3
To sum it up, cut the barrel to 20", added a scope, bolt on bolt handle, bipod, and a stock.
you dont need to cut the barrel, i wanted a shorter gun for hunting. I'm into this gun for under $500 with optics and even with 1971 bulgarian corrosive ammo, it will shoot 1-1.5" all day
Depends on your routine and level of efficiency I guess. I can clean a Mosin or SKS after corrosive shooting as quickly as any other non corrosive shot gun. Only difference is the corrosive ones get cleaned after every shoot. Otherwise, not an issue or hindrance at all.
It seems like every thread about overhauling the mosin ends up with Archangel stock, timney trigger, cheap-ass rear sight mount with the scout scope.
OP, go ahead, I am not flaming on you, in fact I caught some of it from mosin purists few days back myself. Go on youtube, find "iraqveteran8888". He has tons of videos about MNs, he "bubba'd" quite a few of them. Very quality videos with good sound, and good instructions. If I didn't do the math (cost of MN + cost of upgrades > price of new mid-range modern rifle with scope) i'd be tempted to do something like that myself. Good luck to ya.
OP, go ahead, I am not flaming on you, in fact I caught some of it from mosin purists few days back myself. Go on youtube, find "iraqveteran8888". He has tons of videos about MNs, he "bubba'd" quite a few of them. Very quality videos with good sound, and good instructions. If I didn't do the math (cost of MN + cost of upgrades > price of new mid-range modern rifle with scope) i'd be tempted to do something like that myself. Good luck to ya.
I don't take heed of the haters that poo-poo on sporterizing a mosin 91/30...it's my rifle and I'll do what I want to it. If they wanted to preserve every one of them, then they should have bought them all...lol. That said...I hope I didn't sporterize that one in a million last surviving example...etc...hahaha.
If you're moderately handy and wanted to sporterize a rifle then you'd be hard pressed to find a cheaper rifle to give it a try on. Be conscious of altering head space and creating a bore/bullet obstruction and you'd be hard pressed to go wrong assuming it was ok to being with. From what I've seen/read many barrels had bores that weren't centered...so if the exit hole of your brake isn't inline with things you could be creating a big problem.
I took the worst 91/30 I had and cut the barrel down to 22". Figured I'd have a couple of more inches to do a retry. I did it by hand and the results were ok. I then redid it on my hobby lathe and was much happier with the results. I turned the end of the barrel down to fit a slip on brake I had laying around...milled a flat spot and pinned/silver soldered the front sight back on after figuring/guessing the front sight height. I checked the bore alignment/bullet clearance and red loctited and pinned the brake. I cut the stock, free floated and added a forend tip. Stripped, stained, finished and bedded the topside of the front and rear screw areas. Cleaned up the sear surfaces, cut the bolt handles, bent a bolt, drilled tapped the bolt body, fitted a stained wooden bolt handle. All in all a really fun tinker project. It may be hideous to some, others may think otherwise...doesn't matter to me though.
It shoots a bit better...surplus ammo pre-sporterizing vs surplus ammo post...but still nothing to write home about. It was in bad shape to being with...barrel was dark and mildly pitted, fouled like crazy, stock was soft with oil...and it not surprisingly shot large groups. Post mucking about it's lighter, handles/balances better, groups are a bit better and better shaped. Cleanup is still horrible...you can't fix a rough bore. I was considering lapping it but I suspect I'd be casting bullets for it then and that would defeat the purpose of shooting surplus for me. I really like shooting it for fun...and the gas exhaust cloud it puts out straight up is funny to see.
Still more to do...maybe. I might bed the bottom metal area and put in pillars, recontour the stock...I might chop it again and put a different brake on it. That's the fun of sporterizing something like this. Inexpensive platform to try things out on. I bought a Zastava Z5 .22LR for the same purpose. Cheap gun with a decent trigger...shoots ok out of the box. I'll mess with the bedding and stock first...then maybe the chamber and head space.
If you're moderately handy and wanted to sporterize a rifle then you'd be hard pressed to find a cheaper rifle to give it a try on. Be conscious of altering head space and creating a bore/bullet obstruction and you'd be hard pressed to go wrong assuming it was ok to being with. From what I've seen/read many barrels had bores that weren't centered...so if the exit hole of your brake isn't inline with things you could be creating a big problem.
I took the worst 91/30 I had and cut the barrel down to 22". Figured I'd have a couple of more inches to do a retry. I did it by hand and the results were ok. I then redid it on my hobby lathe and was much happier with the results. I turned the end of the barrel down to fit a slip on brake I had laying around...milled a flat spot and pinned/silver soldered the front sight back on after figuring/guessing the front sight height. I checked the bore alignment/bullet clearance and red loctited and pinned the brake. I cut the stock, free floated and added a forend tip. Stripped, stained, finished and bedded the topside of the front and rear screw areas. Cleaned up the sear surfaces, cut the bolt handles, bent a bolt, drilled tapped the bolt body, fitted a stained wooden bolt handle. All in all a really fun tinker project. It may be hideous to some, others may think otherwise...doesn't matter to me though.
It shoots a bit better...surplus ammo pre-sporterizing vs surplus ammo post...but still nothing to write home about. It was in bad shape to being with...barrel was dark and mildly pitted, fouled like crazy, stock was soft with oil...and it not surprisingly shot large groups. Post mucking about it's lighter, handles/balances better, groups are a bit better and better shaped. Cleanup is still horrible...you can't fix a rough bore. I was considering lapping it but I suspect I'd be casting bullets for it then and that would defeat the purpose of shooting surplus for me. I really like shooting it for fun...and the gas exhaust cloud it puts out straight up is funny to see.
Still more to do...maybe. I might bed the bottom metal area and put in pillars, recontour the stock...I might chop it again and put a different brake on it. That's the fun of sporterizing something like this. Inexpensive platform to try things out on. I bought a Zastava Z5 .22LR for the same purpose. Cheap gun with a decent trigger...shoots ok out of the box. I'll mess with the bedding and stock first...then maybe the chamber and head space.
