The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

This must have been the rifle they used to teach the line workers how to stamp. Cool! I have a demo gun! ;)

Cy

Here are the final pics:
Cy

As promised here are some pics of the T53 with the dark stock. It has a ton of markings on it, think I got them all. Lots of the little round ones with letters/numbers inside. topbuttofstock.jpg leftsidestock1.jpg leftsidestock2.jpg leftsidestock3.jpg rightsidestock.jpg rightsidestock2.jpg rightside...

Looks like a very nice T53, congrats!

Cy

Although new to milsurp arms and also a new T53 (pair) owner I had been watching ammo prices for the last few months as i considered making this purchase and have seen it obviously going up and getting spotty to find. A local shop had part of a pallet left for a fairly decent price so i jumped in wi...

Here are some pics I took while cleaning the second T53 I picked up recently. Any comments are welcome. The steel butt plate has no markings visible at all. Really not that much going on compared to the other rifle. I'll have to get those, maybe week after next when I have some time. The inside stoc...

Longcolt, I'll check length in the morning when I start cleaning the lighter colored rifle (#2 in my mind). The finger groove is definitely shorter on the light gun. Anything of particular interest anyone would like for me to check while I'm getting to know these guys? The bore of the first gun (dar...

Very nice acquisition!

Cy

One more thing, its hard to see it clearly but the darker rifle (I call it #1) has a bad crack in the lower butt of the stock (classic position). I'm going to start researching how to fix it (keep it from getting worse at least). I really want to be able to shoot both of these rifles, even see if my...

Yeah, Buds had 91/30s and the T53s in stock for maybe a week and they were all gone! I was not really "ready" to buy anything but under the current climate and popularity of these rifles (and variants like the 53s) I decided that for the price I could not wait. I'm quite bummed though as I...

Yeah, I've just barely looked at these guns really but will be doing more and starting the cleaning process today. Ordered these from Budsgunshop.com but it looks like they are already sold out again. :| I'll take some more photos as I break down the guns for cleaning. Any way to check the headspace...

boltside-both-t53s.jpg Just got these today, have not cleaned them up any as of yet. Any comments welcome, can't wait to shoot them! Cosmoline does not really look that thick on them and the actions are quite smooth even though still dirty. Bores are dark but appear to have good rifling and i think...