The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

I said "that was the case" too frequently... whoops

You "may" have accumulated-hardened cosmoline in the chamber. Check it out and see if there is some. I use long wooden stick "Q-Tips" (get them from $ Stores, gals use them for makeup). Soak the tip is solvent anc CAREFULLY dig around in the receiver area at the throat of the ch...

I finally got to take my MN 91/30 to the range and needless to say I am excited to save up to get another one! The only problem I had was often times when i'd go to chamber a round, the bolt wouldn't go back into the locked position. The bolt would closed, but it couldn't lock down. The only thing I...

Hahaha thanks everyone! So far I'm loving what everyone has to say on here. I think what I'll be doing is leaving the safety/anti-theft on during storage and when I take it to the range; just leave the bolt open. :thumbsup: I'm going to try and take it to the range today if the weather is permitting...

Fair enough! I kinda figured that was going to be the case, thanks!

Hey all! I'm new to the forums and this is my first post, but I wanted to go ahead and brush a topic that I was most curious about. The safety. I just purchased my first Mosin-Nagant 91/30 (also my first rifle) and while I was cleaning the rifle I noticed that it was pretty difficult to pull the saf...