The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

That's it. That is the ultimate SHTF scenario. And they survive because it is a community. The lone wolf doesn't make it. People are not tigers. Even real wolves don't make it alone. They live in packs, just like people. Why do you think people and dogs clicked so well? If you're making your bug out...

...I believe that the best preparation for civil disorder it to avoid it. Vote, vote smart, and if possible vote often. :D If it happens it's a high probability that you are f***'d no matter what you do, the chances of long term survival in a true collapse of social order situation are astronomical...

so what if a beat up M N came from a truck driver 1,000 miles from the front lines, or some guy pulling guard duty in the mud and never took care of it. a lot of beaters never saw combat. just saying. we will never know . like i said i will in the future NOT alter my Mosin Nagants. Are you saying a...

Junk Yard Dog wrote: Good, they will be useful in testing your next few hundred Mosins

I knew these things breed at night.

I have seen the advice to use boiling water to clean corrosive primers, and I can see the sense in it. Previously I have been using ammonia from blue window cleaner and Hopp's 9. After yesterday at the range I simply boiled a pot of water and tried pouring it down the chamber and out the barrel. It'...

... LOCTITE ANTI-SIEZE grease silver stick apply to all areas that make metal on metal contact with a very light coating ... As someone suggested I removed the extractor from the bolt that was giving me trouble tonight, and sure enough it looked like toenail fungus was growing under it. Clearly I f...

... Kind of odd when you think on it, didn't they think that in 20 or 30 years they would come up with better weapons than they had at the time, all they had to do was look back on what the previous generation had used, and compare it to theirs. ... The mindset changes slowly. One thing I have obse...

I think our classification of "corrosive" and "non-corrosive" probably wouldn't have made much sense to the military planners. Their classifications would have been something more like "stable for years" or "stable for decades (centuries)" when specifying the ...

Junk Yard Dog wrote:Just get another extractor and replace it.

Is there an easy way to press the extractor out of the bolt head piece?

This stuff is starting to multiply. Does it breed in the dark?

The firing pin is for sure stout but that is not what makes it safe to dry fire a Mosin. When there is no cartridge in the chamber the firing pin forward motion is stopped by a surface on the cocking piece coming in contact with with a surface at the back of the bolt body. There is no impact on the...

Yes, isn't that crazy new is more $ ? Then again shooting an old one may be a crap shoot vs a new one being a new gun you shoot and enjoy it. But the cost kills that idea for me. :b sad: The thing that I find most insane about many modern reproductions is that everyone tries to think of the reprodu...

Rimmed cartridges like the Mosin uses can be forgiving of less than perfect headspace, you can get away with field gauge headspace, however this will likely impact accuracy. You guys help me understand a little if you can please. My "rifle" experience is mostly black powder. My cartridge ...

I keep a piece of soft pine 2x4 nailed to the worktable, I push the end of the pin into it, push down the bolt so the cocking piece will spin, and spin it off in a second. I'm working on an out of town job, so I'm working in a hotel room. And this is the first Mosins I have owned. I just ran across...

Now why did I think you would suggest I take the bolt apart. Makes good sense of course and I am always looking for a lazy short cut. Thanks for the advice. I'm starting to work on it now. Saturday night is kinda slow around here anyhow. :thumbsup: JGC Here's the best way to take it apart that I fo...

I have only two Mosin's and just by coincidence both are 1943 Izhevsk. I picked them up a few weeks ago in a cardboard box without being allowed to examine them - cheap. Both are in pretty decent shape. Not awesome, but my God were they packed in enough cosmoline. I think you could have packed the p...