Yet another Mosin Nagant Thread -

there are some sites that can check the serial number on your rifle, i never really looked into that, but its worth a try.i wouldnt know any other way to check, id say wait to see if someone else knows useful sources, id actually like to know now.
i know most mosins have been in a war at some time, my own mosin was beautiful out of the box. but after disassembly i noted rust damage under the top hangaurd, and i had to treat before it got any worse. so make sure you strip her down to make sure there is no issues.

Mosin disassembly
-remove bolt by holding trigger and pulling bolt back, this will pull it out of the channel. set this aside.

-press the 2 pins on the right side along the barrel,(one at a time) this will allow you to move the rings forward and set them up front to take hand guard out(the area my rifle had water/rust damage)

-now remove the wood guard, place aside

-unscrew bottom barrel screw, remove set aside

-unscrew the screw in the area behind the bolt(top rear of rifle)

-now pull top receiver and barrel/trigger away, and pull the fixed magazine out, now watch the triger, there is a small pin that can drop out , this is replaceable , but just something to note.

now its disassembled, check parts for the cosmo thats so common on mosins, and this allows you to properly access to other parts

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My Mosin Nagant 91/30

Location: Macomb County MichiganI bought this Mosin Nagant from AIM, it arrived with all matching numbers and a bayonet. I'm not a purist, so I ordered Boyd's Thumbhole stock and a muzzle break...Threw on Arctic Grey Duracoat, smoothed out the trigger after watching several Youtube videos on the subject...I also bedded the action to the stock using Accu-glass (not that easy, but went slow and read the instruction many, many times). Then I took it to the gunsmith for safety check, he chuckled, and asked me why do all this when you can just buy a new already sporterized rifle? I simply said said that I wanted to "build" this rifle myself..Range test in 2 weeks, and when I get zeroed in and start getting nice groupings, I'll be a very happy man for under $375...Here's some before and after pics....Happy Shooting!!!

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Mosin Nagant Bolt Head measurment

I need a favor, please: can I get some measurements of the bolt head for Mosin Nagants? The measurement I need is the from the bolt face to the bottom of the bolt head through the guide channel.

On my rifle with a good chamber, a 91/30, I get a measurement of 1.4775".
On my 1st rifle, an M44, I get a measurement of 1.4725".

I don't have chamber guides but I may get a set if it comes back that the issue here is just the bolt head. I really like my M44, but I know it has excessive head space and I'm hoping all I have to do is swap that bolt head. If I use the bolt head from my 91/30, I can easily chamber a round and the action is still very smooth (much better than my 91/30), though I haven't yet fired the M44 this way.

Thanks in advance,
Sean

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