Recently picked one up had my pick of a whole batch they were crated and greased to all heck. It appears to have little use its a 1942 made and all numbers are original matching except the buttplate has been restamped. Just wondered if there is any saftey concerns with these rifles to check before fireing aside from the obvious degreasing. Thanks a bunch
Mosin Nagant rifle question
- Thread starter Tachunter
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Cleaning kit should come with a firing pin protrusion guage. Take the bolt out and when uncocked the firing pin should protrude from the bolt face. The guage on the little multitool will tell u if it is too short or too long. Lots of info on yourube about this. If u dont have the tool a micrometer can work.
The other possible issue is headspace which a gunsmith can easily check or you can use a go and no go guage if u can find one. There is other methods which again are easily found on youtube.
Also lots of good tips for cleaning cosmoline on there.
The other possible issue is headspace which a gunsmith can easily check or you can use a go and no go guage if u can find one. There is other methods which again are easily found on youtube.
Also lots of good tips for cleaning cosmoline on there.
I'd make sure the bolt closes all the way down and hold away from your face for the first shot. After that if everything checks out (these rifles are quite solid) have fun and enjoy, just hold it properly otherwise it might kick a bit if you never fired one, especially the carbines 
PerversPépère
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Shawinigan (Quebec)
Just get ALL that grease off the inside and especially the barrel.
I would not fear about a Mosin's strength, it's a tank. Just make sure all the grease has been removed and shoot the thing.
PP.
I would not fear about a Mosin's strength, it's a tank. Just make sure all the grease has been removed and shoot the thing.
PP.
Rory McCanuck
CGN Regular
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- Middle of Manitoba
Boiling water straight from the kettle will make degreasing a lot easier.
Remove the barrel and action from the stock, remove the bolt, pour water
into the chamber, making sure it gets into all the nooks and crannies.
Make sure you have a good insulator between your hand and the barrel though.
Run patches through until they come out clean, oil her up
Not the most refined rifle ever built, but does the job it was designed to do, and
does it well. Whole bunch of fun, too. The fireballs from the carbines are impressive.
Remove the barrel and action from the stock, remove the bolt, pour water
into the chamber, making sure it gets into all the nooks and crannies.
Make sure you have a good insulator between your hand and the barrel though.
Run patches through until they come out clean, oil her up
Not the most refined rifle ever built, but does the job it was designed to do, and
does it well. Whole bunch of fun, too. The fireballs from the carbines are impressive.
Mosin Nagant built for use and maintenance by illiterate Soviet peasant conscripts straight off collective farm, comrade! Ones refurbished in state arsenals by glorious proletarian Soviet armaments worker comrades are in excellent condition for shooting beastlike Hitlerite fascist invaders of Rodina! And do not forget shtyk when shooting! Heroic Soviet armaments workers zero Mosin Nagant with shtyk on rifle! "Bayonet" is what decadent capitalist gun nuts call shtyk! Plural is "shtyki": heroic Red Army soldiers shtyki bayonetski in Fascisti!
Have never heard of decadent capitalist gun nut blowing self up with Mosin Nagant when using proper Soviet-surplus ammunition!
Have never heard of decadent capitalist gun nut blowing self up with Mosin Nagant when using proper Soviet-surplus ammunition!
i just received mine couple days ago too! man,it makes my sks look like a laser gun!(what did i exoect for 99 dollars) i am actually scared to fire it..like,,im getting the bolt blown through my head! first shot will be from the hip or something..
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- Kinnear's Mills qc
I am agree with Jocelyn on this one. The Mosin might not be as fency as a
K98 and might not look as cool as a SKS but don't worry about your safety.
It's crude, rough, cheap call it watherver you want but its as accurate as any other milsurp as well as fun, addictive, cheap and safe to fire.
The Russians seems to never worry too much about details !! They build good reliable stuff and they build it in mass. Around 35 millions Mosin Nagant of different variation where produced over the last 100 years or so. You are not gonna be the first one too shoot it so don't be worry
Most important, have fun.
Not the Gulag, Comrade! I admit and self-denounce bourgois revisionist tendencies!
Too funny the first shot out of my mosin was from the hip
read to many headspace threads and was somwhat worried
after thinking aobut it at ~100 dollars a gun how many do you think are being sold. out of those 1000s and 1000s being sold how many are actualy getting head space checked.
i honestly will not be worried if i buy another mosin, haha
Dave
read to many headspace threads and was somwhat worried
after thinking aobut it at ~100 dollars a gun how many do you think are being sold. out of those 1000s and 1000s being sold how many are actualy getting head space checked.
i honestly will not be worried if i buy another mosin, haha
Dave
I'd make sure the bolt closes all the way down and hold away from your face for the first shot. After that if everything checks out (these rifles are quite solid) have fun and enjoy, just hold it properly otherwise it might kick a bit if you never fired one, especially the carbines
These are wonderful and reliable old rifles. I have several that I have been hunting with, and several still in the grease to preserve and pass on to younger family members. Its not like this rifle has a lot of moving parts that can go wrong. You get the head-space gauge with it the small parts kit, and instructions are available all over the net.
Its a decent caliber for any hunting with many available commercial and surplus rounds for hunting or target shooting. For those that homeload, .312 bullets become very accurate in this rifle.
Unless you like reliable rifles that last for centuries with plenty of good cheap ammunition to shoot and hunt with, this is not the rifle for you.
Its a decent caliber for any hunting with many available commercial and surplus rounds for hunting or target shooting. For those that homeload, .312 bullets become very accurate in this rifle.
Unless you like reliable rifles that last for centuries with plenty of good cheap ammunition to shoot and hunt with, this is not the rifle for you.
