Any Mosin Nagant nuts in here?

[Thorpe]

Just went and (almost) picked up a 1943 Mosin Nagant in really good shape today. I say almost, because for some reason, I got put on a govt hold... (never happened to me before) Get to pick it up next wednesday (worse case scenario) Looking to stick a timney trigger and boyd stock on it... Will post pics before I get it stuffed into the safe... My first Commie iron!

[Mr_RPM]

government hold...that sucks. I wonder why?

I have a group of friends who love them and all own at least 1. I have been looking at them as my next gun because of them but not sure yet. (looking into longish range rifles)

I wonder if the hold is a recent thing or just random.

good luck

[bigred44]

The G/F got me one for my birthday in September. Pretty cool gun with a nice wallop to 'em and pretty cheap to shoot. Haven't killed anything with it yet, just the paper and a couple poplar trees. Took it out for PA deer season one day but didn't see anything. Come spring time I'll see how much damage it will do to a woodchuck.

[Thorpe]

The bs hold... Happended to my father (62 yrs old) and a buddy, same age as me (30) and another buddy who is 29... Luck of the draw I guess. Good thing is, they all got their gun, after a few days. I really want to find a m38 that isnt shot out...

[jays375]

You need to look at the Schmidt Rubin K31.They are one straight shooting gun.When I first saw one thought no way with that goof straight pull bolt.The trigger on them is very light alot of creept though.I can crank out five shots off hand at a pie plate set at 50 yards and hit all five times.

[bkm]

I've got a '46 Hungarian M44 Carbine. I've really got no complaints other than its got a very notchy bolt. I prefer my 8mm K98 Mausers but its hard to beat the price of ammo for the Nagant.

[harryredtrike]

i love mine.it will kick like a mule though.ive shot through 1/4 in. steel crazy.

[corndawg]

ive got a 1937 soviet m91-30 thats still using all original pieces, (barrel, stock, bolt, reciever ect..) i love it, cant beat it, espicially for the price. got mine with 2 amo carriers, a tool that im not sure what to do with,what appears to be a powder tin, sling, and bayonet. got it on sale for $89 at duhnhams and ive heard they can be found cheaper at shows and such. i got lucky on getting an all original one as i just told the lady to pick one out for me since i was buying it on a whim as just a cheap gun.

[300rman]

the nagant is anything but a semi-long range rifle. they shoot accurately to 1000 ish yards with the ironsights.....you slap a scope on there, 1500 yards shouldnt be much of a problem to reach out and slap someone. and best part is, the rifle and ammo are dirt cheap.

[Thorpe]

On youtube there a guy shooting at 1000 yards... But he has to compensate 32 FEET high on his target!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2M1hC4c0tc

[Chazz of Blades]

46 Nagant here. I have three total, two long rifles, and one carbine(with the bayonet and all).

[Thorpe]

Carbine with the bayonet is the m44. I think my next will be a m38...

[Leadfoot71]

I had a Nagant. I nicknamed it "The Thunder stick". It really had a solid kick and one helluva bark. Don't know too much about it though. Bought it at a garage sale for $100 and it came with 200 rds of ammo. It was great medicine for sick raccoons and skunks here on the farm. It was about the best rifle I owned 'til I bought my new Remington Model 700 22-250.

[Thorpe]

Glad to see you back John! (may turn into my new 'yote gun!)

[300rman]

On youtube there a guy shooting at 1000 yards... But he has to compensate 32 FEET high on his target!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2M1hC4c0tc

thats a hell of a compensation....the sliding iron sights were more than adequate for that range when we were shooting.

[Leadfoot71]

That'll sure put the hurt on a 'yote! It was deffinately a lot of fun rolling a raccoon with one. I sure miss mine everytime I buy ammo for the 22-250.

Here's a cool site for ballistics of various ammo. http://ballisticscalculator.winchester.com/

[edog]

I have had 3 of them......I just picked a new one....never been shot...still had the casmaoline all over it. $150 new. I had a carbine with a Dusk to Dawn Banner series scope, advanced technoligy's stock and SS bent bolt kit. I could hit florescent bricks off hand at 400 yard with ease with my hand loads...Noslor Ballistic tips. My long rifle one I just picked up is highly accurate at 500 yard on a rest with open sights.

[ironchop]

M44, 91-30, and a Finn M27 here....like the action on my yugo mauser better but these 91-30`s and variants are the cat`s ass...the M44 is the loudest and has by far the largest muzzle blast of any rifle I own

[Thorpe]

So got the permission from NICS to pick up my mosin... The gun shop is about 45 minutes away, and didnt really feel like taking the drive today. Stopped by another local shop, and found a really clean 1932 91/30 with the hex reciever, wood in pretty decent shape, barrell is nice and clean... So I decide I will pick this one up instead, when Dammit !! I got put on a hold for this one too! What the heck is going on here??? About to get myself a UPIN. Never had a problem buying guns before this mosin idea....

[Leroyy]

Yes Im one !I bought my 1st one 1946 M44 20 years ago for 50 bucks and the value hasnt went up much,M38 M44 are cannons!!I love to shoot my 91/30s!!
And yes 1/4 plate no problem.

[Leroyy]

I have a friend that is a FFL dealer he told never use your SS# they already know who we are I have yet to have any problems [Nock on wood]

[Greiver430x]

I have a short barreled one with a bayonet... Picked up 400 rounds for 100 bucks... I only paid 25 for the gun so I spent 125 total, however the look on the faces of people when I let her rip on the state owned range is priceless... That thing looks like a black powder cannon with the fire ball it spouts...

[the1208]

1 thing to remember if your shooting surplus ammo most of it is what they call berdan prim it is VERY corrosive when you are done shooting wash the gun down with water and run a very wet patch down the barrel. Then clean it as you would any other gun. Oil will not stop the corrosion ask me how I know.

But besides that very fun to shoot.
For those of you looking watch what you pay you can find them cheap my pop called and said the new Cabelas flier has them for sale for 98.00$

[Nightmare]

This is actually one of my weirdest hobbies ever. It started at 20 years old, I just could not stop buying surplus rifles at gun shows. I though It was the greatest thing in the world to buy a rifle for 90 bucks covered in cosmoline. Yes, I was not your typical young man. I was so into surplus rifles at one point, I had m44 nagant, m91-30 nagant, swiss k-31, arisaka in 7mm, spanish mexican mauser in 7x57, russian capture k98 mauser, budapest 8x56 straighpull, and a british enfield. I may ever be missing a few.

Although, in general I am a gun collector.

[Thorpe]

Cabelas flier has them for sale for 98.00$

Buddy just called me last night and said Cabela's has them for 89 this week...

[Thorpe]

Just picked up my '32 Izhevsk Hex Mosin... Will get a few pics up after I get all the cosmoline off....

[Mr_RPM]

old thread but I did post #2 and boy it has been a while. Yesterday I bought a 1943 M91/30 izhevsk with the full bag of goodies and bayonet (that i drummel tooled to fit today) at my local shop. I have been "interning" there for a while now and had to have one after learning so much about them. we got plenty of surplus ammo still too =)

I now know all about the NICS check system now btw, and luckily i didn't get delayed :P

[hatc200x1]

46 m44 carbine here. has all matching serial numbers and got it with not one round shot threw it.

[daniel_250r]

i have a 1941 izzy here. along with an svt40 and two russian sks's

[jays375]

Schmidt Rubin K31,good shooter.

[Mr_RPM]

I shot the M91/30 for the first time yesterday and it sure was a blast. gun came sighted in...=) Had no problem hitting cans and 1qt jugs at 40-60 yards.
only cost me 10 bucks to shoot for over an hour with friends.

[Scootertrash]

If you are using surplus ammo make sure you rinse the barrel with hot water and then run a oiled patch or 2 thru it. That surplus ammo has corrosive primers. ;)

ETA: Like the stuff you get at Fleet Farm in the green metal cans or the boxes with Russian (or Bulgarian, or....)writing on them, like this:

164321

[Mr_RPM]

I ran a pot of boiling water strait down the barrel with a funnel. helps dry faster when its real hot. (then patches of solvent then oil)
and yeah they are surplus from my work. shot a round into ice and dug out the round from the ice to find it in almost perfect shape. being an FMJ all it did was slightly bend so when you roll it down a table it slightly wobbles. I was surprised to see how good of shape it was in after shooting into solid ice

[Scootertrash]

Yea those FMJ bullets hold up pretty well. I have a .50 BMG around here somewhere I dug out of the ground after I had the chance to shoot a Semi Auto .50 cal. It was hardly deformed at all.

Good call on the HOT water, I failed to add the hot part in. :P

[Mr_RPM]

I got a 1953 Chinese Mod. 44 carbine type 53 mosin nagant recently and boy do I love it so far!

[Thorpe]

I picked one of those up too!^^ Its a beater, but I kinda like it that way!