I broke another Mosin Part!!!

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This is the second Mosin Nagant part I've broke in the 1 1/2 years this rifle's been mine (bought from SIR as a century refurb). I was working the bolt a few times, pulled the trigger once and it dry fired as it should. But, the trigger stayed back and you could work the trigger back and forth freely. Upon complete dissassembly I noted the "Trigger spring and bolt stop", part 15 on Numrich, is broken in two.

http://www.e-gunparts.com/productschem.asp?chrMasterModel=1920z91/30

So, I'll call Epps on Tuesday, they had the Floorplate latch screw that disappeared last summer, and I'll try Marstar too. Baring that, I guess I'll be making a Numrich order sooner than I thought. ($13.60 for that damn part!!! :eek: ).

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It's the single most fragile part on a Mosin. Over time spring steel can get more brittle to a certain extent. Most never break, guess you're just lucky...
 
just the luck of the draw I guess. All my mosins and all my shooting I have never broke a part. Always reinforced to me how solid they were, but like with anything, things get old and sometimes succumb to decades of use.

Look, now that I said that, something is gonna break on one of my Mosins :rolleyes:
 
I got a Mosin once that did time in Syria. The spring sear was broken and welded back together, then retempered! I replaced the part with one from my spares bin, but it just goes to show that these rifles were made to be patched up and thrown back into the fray...
 
How are you guys breaking these things??? ;) I've never seen one break personally, though I have received mosins with that part already broken. 9 times out of 10, the previous owner was filing on it to try and lighten trigger pull. BAD IDEA. The correct way is to stone the sear surface and cocking piece for a smooth interference fit and a crisp letoff.
 
Claven2 said:
I got a Mosin once that did time in Syria. The spring sear was broken and welded back together, then retempered! I replaced the part with one from my spares bin, but it just goes to show that these rifles were made to be patched up and thrown back into the fray...
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Do you have a picture of the Syrian? I have an M38 that may have gone through there.
 
Aside from the board member I bought it off telling me he bought it (in issued condition) from a dealer when the Syrian stuff was being sold (Mosins, Berthiers, MAS's, Mausers), the rifle itself bears no Syrian markings. Some had arabic paint on the stock, this one doesn't. It did have the funky sear repair (now replaced) and a badly corroded stock recoil bolt (also now replaced) and the rear handguard is reworked from an M91/30 handguard - also a Typical Syrian repair. Notice the tips are different - the rear one is steel, the other brass.

Bore is about 75% or so, worn but no bad pitting. Not counterbored. There is some apreciable finish wear that is not evident in the pics and it appears to be a 1950's era Russian refurb IMHO.

second rifle from the top:
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Claven2 said:
Aside from the board member I bought it off telling me he bought it (in issued condition) from a dealer when the Syrian stuff was being sold (Mosins, Berthiers, MAS's, Mausers), the rifle itself bears no Syrian markings. Some had arabic paint on the stock, this one doesn't. It did have the funky sear repair (now replaced) and a badly corroded stock recoil bolt (also now replaced) and the rear handguard is reworked from an M91/30 handguard - also a Typical Syrian repair. Notice the tips are different - the rear one is steel, the other brass.

Bore is about 75% or so, worn but no bad pitting. Not counterbored. There is some apreciable finish wear that is not evident in the pics and it appears to be a 1950's era Russian refurb IMHO.
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Mine is in rougher shape than yours. It has the Arabic paint on the stock (I'm assuming that's what it is) and there is a refurb mark on the reciever.

Thank you for showing.
 
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