The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

A couple of other questions.Since my father in law was know to have fired this gun alot should I still check the headspace? Also as far as the sling ,alot of the pics of Finns that I've seen have leather slings on them.Should I get a leather or canvas on?I've found a original leather one online but ...

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.I took the gun apart to clean it this morning and yes it did have 2 small shims under the receiver that I will put back in the same spot.I'm going to leave the gun as is except for getting a sling for it.I'm not sure what year or origin of the receiver is.I to...

So after seeing a guy shoot his mosin last month at my local outdoor range and learning the history I've been wanting one.I told my wife I wanted one for christmas but we couldn't find any for sale locally.There is a local gun show next weekend that I was going to try to pick one up at. Anyways me a...