My First Mosin, 1925 Hex ex Dragoon...what do you guys think?

If you like a darker rendition, just treat the bare wood with pine tar, let it dry a few days then apply shellack on it.
You can get a very nice cherry tone by mixing iodine tincture with orange or blonde shellack.
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brapjack said:
i found a video by a guy on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/user/Iraqveteran8888/videos he does a lot of how to's, including a trigger job on a mosin... was thinking of trying this after i get my first groups and then doing a comparison.
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I went off a Youtube video as well, but can't remember who put it out. Made aluminum shims out of a beercan (thinner than pop), altered my sear angle slightly (be careful, both of the angle and the heat) and polished the sear surface with a buffing wheel. Doesn't even feel like the same trigger now. It's still heavier than any factory rifle I own, but is much more managable.
 
y'know, I found a very old can of pine tar when I was cleaning out in the workshop a few weeks back. Could make for some interesting experiments. I assume that it gets reduced with something like turps or mineral spirits? Not sure where to find the iodine, unless that's a drug store item.

I've not tried the Moss Pawn & Gun method of trigger jobs. I guess I'm lucky that my rifles all have quite tolerable triggers and that the only truly horrible ones were on rifles belonging to other people (that long mushy pull where it lets off long past when you expect it to). My Finn 91 has a very heavy pull, but it breaks so crisply that I'd not change it for anything. I just apply a bit of grease to the sear surfaces when I'm cleaning and tell myself that it's helping. ;)
 
brapjack said:
i found a video by a guy on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/user/Iraqveteran8888/videos he does a lot of how to's, including a trigger job on a mosin... was thinking of trying this after i get my first groups and then doing a comparison.
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Thanks, I'll be trying mine out as well in a couple weeks. If it has too heavy a pull, I'll start looking at that video pretty close.
 
You will have fun with your 1925 Mosin. I got my 1925 hex from Trade Ex awhile
back and after a laborious bore cleaning, she shoots pretty decent with
cast boolits.

Installing a Huber trigger on these rifles makes a huge difference for consistent shooting.
Enjoy your new rifle even if you don't modify it much.:)
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That is a Gorgeous Mosin my friend! the tula Hammer on the hex reciever denotes pre-91/30 you can decipher the markings if you search on 7.62x54r.net they have like every kind of marking and its meaning.... i just picked up a 1931 91/30 hex reciever. no pics yet. yours is def rare tho. sweet rifle.
 
Hey dude you're in Woodstock? me too... hey Canadian Tire just got a crate of Mosins in with some sweet hexs in there.. i got to hand pick mine because im going to help clean them but there's about 4 hex recievers left out of the 2 doz. pretty sure i saw an ex-sniper PU in the lot.
 
Mosin's definitely go BOOM, haha. I'd suggest getting a recoil pad. These things tend to cause some pain around the 100 round mark

Bah...suck it into your shoulder and have at it. Some folks in another post were rambling about how hard kicking the M44's were, so I went out and hammered 100 + rd's through mine Notice the middle row in the spam can is missing, it was a full can about 45 min's before the picture was taken...and the clamp on bipod lasted about 15 rds on the 39 too

The 44 got so hot that the cosmo started oozing out of the stock ( my 13 year old was shooting the M39, and it yes it's got a rubber recoil pad...she is 13 after all ).
Nary a bruise. But you've got it pull it tight and bear down on it, It's not made of crystal, hang on to that sucker.
And BTW...no offense intended:D
 
tokguy said:
Mosin's definitely go BOOM, haha. I'd suggest getting a recoil pad. These things tend to cause some pain around the 100 round mark

Bah...suck it into your shoulder and have at it. Some folks in another post were rambling about how hard kicking the M44's were, so I went out and hammered 100 + rd's through mine Notice the middle row in the spam can is missing, it was a full can about 45 min's before the picture was taken...and the clamp on bipod lasted about 15 rds on the 39 too

The 44 got so hot that the cosmo started oozing out of the stock ( my 13 year old was shooting the M39, and it yes it's got a rubber recoil pad...she is 13 after all ).
Nary a bruise. But you've got it pull it tight and bear down on it, It's not made of crystal, hang on to that sucker.
And BTW...no offense intended:D
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My thoughts exactly. It's not an elephant gun, just lean into her and you'll be fine! I've got a fresh crate of Czech, three untested Mosins and two untested SVT's. Soon as we get some warmer weather (-40 windchill for tomorrow) there's gonna be a hell of a bang!
 
kennymo said:
My thoughts exactly. It's not an elephant gun, just lean into her and you'll be fine! I've got a fresh crate of Czech, three untested Mosins and two untested SVT's. Soon as we get some warmer weather (-40 windchill for tomorrow) there's gonna be a hell of a bang!
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Mosins work great in -40 Manitoba winters!!

Ask me how I know;)
 
Got to try to find myself an M39. I'm missing out on Mosin nirvana.

My uncle gave/lent me his M27, though, and it's an interesting one. The butt of the 2 piece stock has what I am certain is a double struck German capture cartouche, meaning half of the stock was from a WWI rifle that the Germans got a hold of and then later sold to the Finns. hope to get to shoot it soon.
 
Last year I spent a -30 day testing my handloads in surplus rifles. Believe it or not some of the best groups I've ever shot were on that day. My guess is the rifles never get hot and therefor kept the groups very tight.
 
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