Got my type 53s in.

[Booger]

I ordered two chi com nagants (Type 53). I restored one and the other will soon get an Archangle stock. This is the one i redid. I wish i had taken before pics. I restored it and brass bedded it. The metal is in excellent shape, but the wood was trashed. The stock was broke in two just behind the bolt. It is all maching, even the stock ( thats why i chose this one to restore ). Something i find odd, this stock was trashed, yet all the metal was excellent. The bore looks new. The numbers match so i assume the stock and the metal saw the same action. All the chi coms ive worked on are similar, good bores but trashed stocks. I guess Chu wood is not the best.

I put about 50 rounds through it today and it seems to be one of my more accurate Mosins.
Now I'm waiting on an Enfield and Swiss straight pull.

 

[jbmauser]

Nice job restoring it! These are pretty hard to find up here from what I saw when I was collecting M44's at one time.

 

[SA85M1]

Chu wood is pretty soft...not the best choice for a military issued rifle..the one I have has beat to a snot wood too..

 

[fenceline]

Looks good! Would love to have one.

 

[EL34/6L6]

Want! Reveal your source damnit!

 

[Booger]

Want! Reveal your source damnit!

I've got a buddy, here in Texas, who got in a shipment at his shop. It is Zeroed in Armory. Probably not much use to ya'll being it is in the lower 48.

 

[Booger]

Nice job restoring it! These are pretty hard to find up here from what I saw when I was collecting M44's at one time.

Thanks. This was a tough one. It was a booger working around all the arsenal markings.

 

[collector67]

The jungle environment was not kind to these rifles. I've seen some pretty chewed up Type 56 SKS's in the States before. Still, pretty cool history behind them!

 

[JP]

This recent batch was imported into the USA by Century Arms and they came from Albania.