Mosin Nagant project
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ianwd said:
No it not alright
Hang it on a wall in a darkened room and don't touch it in case you rub off the fingerprints left by the soldiers that once used it. Obliterating the prints destroys it's collector value. If you do have to move it again then handle with great care, don't disturb the spiders that live in the barrel.But they didn't, did they? And it makes a world of difference if the work was done in a national armory or in a home workshop.
In this day and age, it would be really easy to post a description of a rifle, describe what it is, and what is planned, and whether it is a good idea or not. This is a classic example of a relatively rare rifle that has been lost as a collectible, the customized rifle being worth less than the total value of the unaltered rifle, the parts added, and the labour expended.
In this day and age, it would be really easy to post a description of a rifle, describe what it is, and what is planned, and whether it is a good idea or not. This is a classic example of a relatively rare rifle that has been lost as a collectible, the customized rifle being worth less than the total value of the unaltered rifle, the parts added, and the labour expended.
So the moral of the story is perhaps it is a good idea to check if the milsurp you have obtained is rare or not. Then you could make an informed decision to modify it or not.
Personally I don't favour modifying (sp?) rare items just for the sake of preserving historical pieces. Not so rare is ok to modify but not sporterize. I too want to put a PU scope setup on my 91/30 - now I'll research it out to make sure it is not some rare piece (most likely not rare) - but just in case. Lesson learned.
Personally I don't favour modifying (sp?) rare items just for the sake of preserving historical pieces. Not so rare is ok to modify but not sporterize. I too want to put a PU scope setup on my 91/30 - now I'll research it out to make sure it is not some rare piece (most likely not rare) - but just in case. Lesson learned.
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canuck98k said:
I was going to do just that with my Mosin until I handled a rifle with a scout scope. They are horrible and worse than useless at anything other than low magnificatrion. In any case it's much more satisfying to do a project that actually involves some metalwork.
I was under the impression that low magnification was the hallmark of a scout scope.
You won't be able to pop feldgrau helmets over at the Red October Tractor Factory,Vasily, but surely you'll hit that whitetail or gong. Just how bad is your eyesight?
I need glasses for reading, for seeing long distances my eyesight is perfect. My eyes became out of focus at short distances about two yrs ago. I can see the front sight on rifles just fine, but the rear sight is out of focus so I can't line up the front sight with the rear without difficulty.
It's his gun, he's happy, so it goes. Now the rest of you with originals can see thier value go up, which is the whole point of your argument, so he's just helping you out. - dan
- dan
Yup, and I'd do another in a heartbeat, if the condition warrented it. - dan
And that's the point, not every surplus gun is WORTH saving, sorry, but it's true, May as well build something useful out of them. - dan
People make mistakes all the time. Look on the bright side. Now your exceedingly rare variant is worth that much more. - dan
There is a place in Saskatoon that does very nice nickel plating, I'm thinking about having mine done. Seeing that I am going to improve it I might as well go all they way and do it properly. The rifle below is my inspiration, only mine will have a metal flake electric blue stock instead of red, I think it will look unique.
Spencer said:There is a place in Saskatoon that does very nice nickel plating, I'm thinking about having mine done. Seeing that I am going to improve it I might as well go all they way and do it properly. The rifle below is my inspiration, only mine will have a metal flake electric blue stock instead of red, I think it will look unique.
I was thinking about stucco to water proof my Finn (It shoots prety good by the way) but now i have seen this picture .....
I dunno how rare my other Nagant is all non matching bits from all over . wait a min it could be a Finn , there was about 10 of em in the store i bought it from . but it had Свойство stalin Иосиф
stamped on it
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