nagant???

I bought a repro MN Sniper. Since it came bubbaed, I had no qualms about tuning it up a bit.

Trigger: It has a lot of creep. I stuck a shim under the trigger bar, held against the bottom of the receiver with a dab of contact glue. This reduces creep by the thickness of the shim. Trigger is about 5 pounds now, and almost creep free. In this picture you can see where I used a piece of credit card plastic as the shim. I have done this to mnay of my NM rifles because it does no harm to them.

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I also bedded the action and tang and bedded in a pressure pad at the muzzle. I am in the process of developing a load with the rifle. 5 shot groups are under 1.5" and I am still working on better loads. I am getting equal results with the Sierra 174 Matchking, the Hornady 150gr SP and the Hornady 174gr RN. I am only using BLC2 because I have so much of it. I suspect RL15 would be better.

The limiting factor is the 4X scope.
 
Travis, don't forget to bed that shrunken dried out stock. Boosting the action up a bit and keeping it tight in the stock helps allot too....but then you need to sand the inner top wood aswell, and adjust the magazine mating angle, and tweak the sear/spring, might try a fiber optic tru-glo while you are at it.
 
lol thank you all apparently i seemed to have placed a certain unwanted fluid in peoples cereal and for that I'm sorry and for those who choose to mock a question i have pity for the people who responded with real advice thank you very much i guess from now on i shall only use these forums to observe people giving grief to others


happy shooting all
 
Expendable Nate said:
lol thank you all apparently i seemed to have placed a certain unwanted fluid in peoples cereal and for that I'm sorry and for those who choose to mock a question i have pity for the people who responded with real advice thank you very much i guess from now on i shall only use these forums to observe people giving grief to others


happy shooting all
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LoL... Glad you still have a sense of humor friend! Word of advice... Don't post pics of the post project result... We will flame you to the ends of the earth! LoL ;)
 
Expendable Nate said:
lol and now that this has been rather affectively high jacked i think we should end this before more "history" buffs are offended
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If its not about the history, what's the point? You have to load your own to get ammo that will turn out small groups & three boxes of high end bullets + powder will cost you more than the rifle. If you are looking for wee groups on the cheap, its not going to happen.
 
well the finnish turned some of their mosins into very succesful target rifles like the M/28-57 and from the sounds of it a few have been imported into canada i believe a member of my old regiment owns one of either the M/28-57 or M/28-76
 
hacer2 said:
well the finnish turned some of their mosins into very succesful target rifles like the M/28-57 and from the sounds of it a few have been imported into canada i believe a member of my old regiment owns one of either the M/28-57 or M/28-76
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Aye, but they had more than tweek to the trigger to get there. I have always wanted to try one of those bad boys with the lapua d166 load.
 
Expendable Nate said:
lol thank you all apparently i seemed to have placed a certain unwanted fluid in peoples cereal and for that I'm sorry and for those who choose to mock a question i have pity for the people who responded with real advice thank you very much i guess from now on i shall only use these forums to observe people giving grief to others


happy shooting all
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That's unfortunate man.
I hear you though.
Try to find the silver lining in all this BS and bad vibrations.
For every 15 useless posts/responses you will usually find one who will help you out and give you relevant info.
I try to be that guy when I get a chance to display my tiny amount of knowledge about firearms :D
Cheers!
 
Maybe the Mods could make a subsection for Bubba then people would have somewhere other than the Milsurp section to post these questions. Like the majority of people here I'm interested in these firearms for the history they have and enjoy shooting them as issued, but I also understand that many have no interest in the history and see them as a cheap rifle to tinker with.
 
smellie said:
One thing I should have mentioned is the TRIGGER on the Moisin-Nagant rifle.

These are a very odd design, the sear, sear-spring and trigger-spring all being the same part. They generally are very rough and creepy. They can be slicked up very nicely with an oil-stone and some elbow-grease, given that you know what you are doing. Many of the Finnish rifles have excellent triggers, so it certainly can be done.

If the OP will climb down off his high horse and actually READ my initial post, he will discover that I already have told him EVERYTHING else he needs to know in order to make a Moisin-Nagant turn out acceptable targets.

Perhaps the OP would find more fun by getting something more impressive, say, a Wingmaster. He could trick it out with all kinds of goodies, such as a folding ATI pistol-grip stock, an ATI tube extender, Hogue forearm, S&J No-jam Follower, S&J Jumbo Tactical Safety and a 4-round sidesaddle. I would suggest adding an M-1913 Picatinny Rail, a laser, rangefinder and flashlight. That would make any old 870 truly AWEsome! Don't bother rebluing it, either; you want that battered, experienced, TACtical look!
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Smellie, here is a video of me "forgetting" how light my SAKO M39 trigger is ;)

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Expendable Nate said:
Thanks for SOME useful info I don't care about its historical value I'm curious if this rather accurate and cheap rifle can be made to shoot better at a reasonable expense
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He was pointing out that 'Nagant' is the name of a man responsible for more than one firearm design. So why would anyone who knows better assume what firearm you were referring to?

I've learned a lot from reading smellie's posts, and IMO, if he chooses to offer you some info, and goes to the trouble of imparting some historical perspective, you better believe its damn well worth appreciating. If you didn't know that 'Nagant' doesn't refer to a single firearm, then it seems to me, you could use a bit of learning.

Even dogs know not to bite the hand that feeds them.
 
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