Mosinitis, is the polish hit worth it?

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In an epic attempt to buy 2 M44's in one day, I'm going to look at a Radom tomorrow, right after I buy a Hungarian M44. I did a search and managed to find some listed here for around 175, the one I'm going to look at is 200. I know theyre supposed to be the finest Mosins around, ought I hook this one into my veins? What are your experiences with these? Accuracy? Buyers remorse? I'm gonna buy something, choices between the M44, A VZ52/57, a trio of Manlichers, a MAS 36/?(with the grenade launcher)...I love decisions like this...
 
Well my disease is of the mosinitis kind. I don't have the MAS or Mannlicher strain, so personally the only thing I find that works to soothe the itch is a little 7.62x54R cream.

The only remorse you should have from the M44 is the pissed off look from the guy shooting beside you at service rifle with his puny little AR. :p
 
The Pole ones ROCK

They are made and finished like the finest hunting rifles and shoot great...better than any of the LONG barreled Rusky crap.

On the other hand...A MAS with Grenade launcher is pretty cool...but where ya gonna get boolets for it?
 
Blah blah blah Klunk ;) Some of us like the long barrelled crap....and the short crap....and all mosin crap in fact.

But yea Ollie, the Poles are considered the best of the 44's. At the prices you can get them new and still in the cosmo, you'd be silly to pass one up and not keep it forever.
 
I don't know about the Hungarian M44, but my Polish one shoots like a dream :D ! Long and thin or short and loud, I like them all :p .
On a side note, I saw a Pole M44 go at the Lethbridge show for $350, no sling :eek: . I gave him advice on where to get ammo, but bit my tongue on the price he paid for the rifle.

(E) :cool:
 
I'd buy the M-44 first then get my paws fast on the VZ-52/57 because nice examples are getting scarcer by the minute.
BTW, Mannlichers are something very nice to own and it doesn't hurt to get a nice example of these rearsenaled Mas before Bubba, and, and .... you get the idea...:p
PP.
 
I've had my Polish M44 for nearly 2 decades. It's a keeper. One of the best buys I ever made. Accurate, cheap ammo, nice finish. I have no intention of ever selling mine.
 
Drop me a PM if you pass up the MAS36 and the guy will entertain deals coming from the internet.

I'm looking for one, even one rebarreles for .308WIN
 
Skippy said:
Drop me a PM if you pass up the MAS36 and the guy will entertain deals coming from the internet.

I'm looking for one, even one rebarreles for .308WIN
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If it is rebarrelled, OK. If badly converted to .308 Win, be careful. I've seen so many bad reamer jobs it's frightening! If the barrel hasn't been setback deep enough before reaming the new chamber, the bottom part of the brass will be unsupported (due to the wider casehead of the 7,65 French) and will stretch too much which almost guarantees a casehead separation. I witnessed such a thing at the shooting range on first firing with a converted Mas-36. It became an instant wall hanger. His owner didn't even want to sell it to anyone.
I told him he should have it converted to 30-284, which is a very good wildcat and is done on the barreled action with a pull-trough reamer. Maybe he'll try.
PP.
 
IMHO, they are about the same, being about the same case capacity and being military rounds of the same era, designed for use in bolt and semi-auto actions alike.
Too bad their cases aren't easy to duplicate from existing factory ammo of other caliber because they are very competent cartridges, fully the equal of our .308 Winchester.
PP.
 
7.5 French is VERY easily made from 6.5x55 brass. One step - size and you're finished.

Or, you can buy new Hornady brass from most Hornady dealers which is what I do. correct headstamp and all :) Uses normal 7.62 NATO projectiles but has greater case capacity than .308 - it's more comparable to the .30-06 actually, only a much shorter round.
 
Claven2 said:
7.5 French is VERY easily made from 6.5x55 brass. One step - size and you're finished.

Or, you can buy new Hornady brass from most Hornady dealers which is what I do. correct headstamp and all :) Uses normal 7.62 NATO projectiles but has greater case capacity than .308 - it's more comparable to the .30-06 actually, only a much shorter round.
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YEEH! :eek: Hornady has 7,5 French brass? since when? I refrained myself from getting a nice Mas 36/51 just because of brass rarity!:(
Do you think Higginson has some or do you import it?
PP.
 
I bought mine off e-bay. No problem. It's made by Hornady, sold as "Frontier" which is what Hornady sells under in Europe. Came from the US though.

Worst case, get winchester 6.5 Swede brass, resize in a standard 7.5 French die and you're good to go - doesn't even need to be trimmed.
 
If I were to buy a 7.5 then and begin reloading for it, what tools would I need... My dad reloads a lot, but I've never really reloaded rifle shells. I'm wondering if all I'll need is dies and brass, or more?

This is obviously a newb question, so try to be gentle. Maybe a quick walk through of the loading process, assuming I have 7.5 brass, .308 bullets and nothing else.
 
Skippy said:
If I were to buy a 7.5 then and begin reloading for it, what tools would I need... My dad reloads a lot, but I've never really reloaded rifle shells. I'm wondering if all I'll need is dies and brass, or more?

This is obviously a newb question, so try to be gentle. Maybe a quick walk through of the loading process, assuming I have 7.5 brass, .308 bullets and nothing else.
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Apart from the bullets, appropriate powder and large rifle primers, you'll need 7,5 French dies (Lee makes' em), a trimmer setup for trimming your brass; Lee makes a cutter on which you screw a depth rod for the specific cartridge, and a shellholder with a hex drive. You buy the universal cutter and the screwable base once and the depth rod and the shellholder for each specific cartridge you want to trim.
Now, you'll also need a press, a powder measure and a powder scale.
A good reloading book can be helpful. If you don't have one, try the powder and bullets manufacturers' sites.
Good luck!
PP.
 
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