Mosin torture test
- Thread starter davemccarthy707
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Nah, half the fun of this hobby is tinkering with guns. He even said at the beginning it was a parts gun. I never bubba anything, but I don't mind what anyone else does with their own property.
i mean his other builds, i think at one point he took a non refurb hex receiver and turned it into a hunter, this i dont mind, as it does show just how well made they were back then, but the cutting barrels and adding a pistol grip too a mosins a little much imo
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- West Quebec
Always, just for the down home accents
Doesn;t look like Part 2 has been posted yet? I wonder if they got the case out? They look to be using redneck reloads for the hot pills (i.e. czech steel cases, bullt pulled, powder dumped, new powder added, bullet re-seated. The earlier shots looked to be brass or copper washed casings of another make.
Not many rifles would survive the torture test shown above. I don;t believe an Enfield would as the bolt locking design would fail.
Rifles most likely to survive this sort of abuse IMHO:
1) Arisaka 38 or 99 - proven in actual Arlington Proving Grounds tests by Hatcher
2) Carcano M41 - Similarly performed well at Arlington
4) Mosin 91/30 - see above video
5) P14 or M1917 (except M1917 Eddystone) - well overbuilt for the rounds eventually used
Rifles NOT likely to survive:
1) Enfield - locking arrangement
2) MAS36 - locking arrangement
3) M1 - not exactly tolerant of load variance
4) M1903 - poor gas handling
5) 1888 Commission rifle - thin chamber walls
6) K98k - recoil shoulder setback prone with hot loads, would likely lock up
Rifles most likely to survive this sort of abuse IMHO:
1) Arisaka 38 or 99 - proven in actual Arlington Proving Grounds tests by Hatcher
2) Carcano M41 - Similarly performed well at Arlington
4) Mosin 91/30 - see above video
5) P14 or M1917 (except M1917 Eddystone) - well overbuilt for the rounds eventually used
Rifles NOT likely to survive:
1) Enfield - locking arrangement
2) MAS36 - locking arrangement
3) M1 - not exactly tolerant of load variance
4) M1903 - poor gas handling
5) 1888 Commission rifle - thin chamber walls
6) K98k - recoil shoulder setback prone with hot loads, would likely lock up
lejarretnoir
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If you get a chance to read P.O. Ackleys book you'll see a lot of actions he caused to destruct.
I remember reading the Arisaka was the toughest one.
I remember reading the Arisaka was the toughest one.
Ackley was contracted by General Julian Hatcher to run many of the Arlington Proving Ground rifle tests in the years immediately after WW2. Many of Ackley's findings are reported in Hatcher's Notebook - an equally good read for any firearm enthusiast.
It's amazing that two of the strongest and best-functioning rifles in the tests (the Arisaka and Carcano) have retained a persistent reputation as poorly made dangerous claptraps through nothing but ignorant gunshow lore. Both SMOKED anything the US Army was fielding at the time in nearly every performance area with the exception of rate of fire and ease of sighting when compared to the M1. But prejudices persist...
I wonder how many full-force buttstrokes an M4 carbine could give a cinderblock before becoming unserviceable. I'm guessing only one.
It's amazing that two of the strongest and best-functioning rifles in the tests (the Arisaka and Carcano) have retained a persistent reputation as poorly made dangerous claptraps through nothing but ignorant gunshow lore. Both SMOKED anything the US Army was fielding at the time in nearly every performance area with the exception of rate of fire and ease of sighting when compared to the M1. But prejudices persist...
I wonder how many full-force buttstrokes an M4 carbine could give a cinderblock before becoming unserviceable. I'm guessing only one.
antiqueguy
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the fugly guns and sporter were made from mix match guns
