Starting Soviet Milsurp Collection

No embargo for firearms from Russia. Think about laser etched TT-33s, sniper mosin Nagants and skss with mismatched mags, how do you think they came here from Russia, through Indian reserves? Forget about "embargo" already.
Most of guns and ammo was imported from Ukraine. Ukraine resumed selling surplus, but prices are different now thus importers are not really interested in. Ammo is different story though.
 
Does the shooting quality get affected by mismatching parts? Would putting a bent bolt into a regular Mosin be a bad idea?
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If you buy a milsurp which has mismatched bolt and receiver make sure you check the head space before shooting it. It is good safe practice to check the head space irregardless of matching or mismatching bolts and receivers. I am not sure what real benefit you would get putting a bent bolt on a regular mosin? They bent the bolt handle to clear the scope on sniper variants. Anyway, do what you want but make sure your rifle's head space is in spec before shooting.
 
Miscer said:
What a shame about that embargo. Is ammo also off the table? Is any being important from any surrounding nations?

Thanks for all the helpful advice. My gun safe will be bursting at the welds, but the sound of it.



Does the shooting quality get affected by mismatching parts? Would putting a bent bolt into a regular Mosin be a bad idea?



I'd rather hand load to get the most out of a rifle, but I'll probably get a few crates of surplus too.



Really? If I got a post-war carbine, that would be one of the main rifles I'd take to the bush or the range. I am much more interested in shooting rifles than just keeping safe queens.



Too vietcongey for me, sadly. Just doesn't have the same battle caliber and historic appeal. Pretty ugly gun compared to an SVT-40 or an AK.
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To each his own, one of the first rifles made to shoot that caliber and pave the way for so many other military rifles with intermediate calibers, still used today in many countries such as Ukraine, the platform and design has been used in part or in Full on so many other designs even within the last few years! Oddly enough, more than one of both my sons girlfriends thought, out of all the red rifles,, the sks was ###y, I told the boys these girls were keepers! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder i guess, and I be holdin SKS!
 
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Robbs said:
If you buy a milsurp which has mismatched bolt and receiver make sure you check the head space before shooting it. It is good safe practice to check the head space irregardless of matching or mismatching bolts and receivers. I am not sure what real benefit you would get putting a bent bolt on a regular mosin? They bent the bolt handle to clear the scope on sniper variants. Anyway, do what you want but make sure your rifle's head space is in spec before shooting.
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The original PU type bent bolts provide a longer lever arm and reduce the effort required to cycle the bolt. Changes the feel of the action quite a bit (in a good way). As per Robb's comments, if you buy a rifle that has number matching key parts (either original or refurb) you have the assurance of knowing the gun, at one time, had been checked out and everything was "in spec". But it pays to do a bit of research into the operational histories of different types. Some, like the Mosin (M91 or 91/30) have proven to be robust and trouble free designs with no history of design or metallurgical problems that a potential user needs to know about. In threads on Gunboards, most agree it's no big deal having a mismatched bolt in a Mosin- after all it's the easily changed out and unnumbered bolt head that controls headspace.

milsurpo
 
milsurpo said:
The original PU type bent bolts provide a longer lever arm and reduce the effort required to cycle the bolt. Changes the feel of the action quite a bit (in a good way). As per Robb's comments, if you buy a rifle that has number matching key parts (either original or refurb) you have the assurance of knowing the gun, at one time, had been checked out and everything was "in spec". But it pays to do a bit of research into the operational histories of different types. Some, like the Mosin (M91 or 91/30) have proven to be robust and trouble free designs with no history of design or metallurgical problems that a potential user needs to know about. In threads on Gunboards, most agree it's no big deal having a mismatched bolt in a Mosin- after all it's the easily changed out and unnumbered bolt head that controls headspace.

milsurpo
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Thanks for the info.

I think the bent bolt ergos are much nicer. I'll see if I can grab an ex-sniper that got welded-up to remove the scope mount bolts.

Were ex-snipers made from the rifles that stopped shooting as tight during refurb testing?
 
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