Mosin Nagant Bayonet Issue

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houlie347

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Hey everyone, so I just picked up a mosin nagant for good price and it finally came in the mail today. I think I found out why the price was so cheap. the bayonet is on backwards and stuck right good! has anyone had this issue and or any remedies that may work. Does the release button need to be depressed when installed backward? Id like to exhaust my options before heading to a smith.
 
Yep. You can get some penetrating oil in there to help, but you're going to be beating it with something softer than what it's made from

Mosin bayonets are NOT meant to fit the rifle backwards.

Hell...most of the time they don't fit the right way 'round either! ;)

But that tight fit no doubt goes to the Russian doctrine whereby it was rarely, if ever, removed to begin with.
 
Ive tried a block of wood and hammer but it wont budge, this is why I'm wondering If the button needs to be pressed in or if the bayonet needs to be rotated or something before removal, I may need a second set of hands if this is the case. currently it is on the right side of the rifle.
 
the release button dose not need to be depressed the bayo is just stuck on there ,spray some penetrating oil on it let it sit for a bit use a bronz hammer or a regular hammer to tap it off
 
Perhaps a pencil torch to just the Bayo might help. Get it to expand a thou or two. Then beat the thing off with a brass drift and big hammer. My thoughts anyways
 
All of mine have come with the bayo on (BACKWARDS berger) all came off easy except one. Just kept working on it, doing nothing radical and it eventually came off.

Soak in oil, gentile heat and keep banging away on it, it will come. If it's really stuborn a upgrade to a heavy brass drift punch and a mallet should work. Clamp the rifle well and work around the bayo, not just on one side. Tape up the finish on the rifle to protect from drift scrapes and errant mallet blows. Good luck.
 
All Mosins were packed in crates with the bayonet on backwards, for obvious reasons. It will tap off with a mallet and block of wood as described above. The bayonet makes a good conversation piece, but has no practical use otherwise. You can ream the inside of the bayo with sandpaper if you want it to come on and off, but again it serves no purpose.
 
fiddler said:
All Mosins were packed in crates with the bayonet on backwards, for obvious reasons. It will tap off with a mallet and block of wood as described above. The bayonet makes a good conversation piece, but has no practical use otherwise. You can ream the inside of the bayo with sandpaper if you want it to come on and off, but again it serves no purpose.
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All crates of Mosins I have inspected had the bayonets packed neatly in the bottom of the crate with wooden and felt dividers... with a top bracket nailed in place to prevent the bayonets spilling out during transport etc.
 
Desert_Fox said:
All crates of Mosins I have inspected had the bayonets packed neatly in the bottom of the crate with wooden and felt dividers... with a top bracket nailed in place to prevent the bayonets spilling out during transport etc.
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Not in the last crate that I bought.
 
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