The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

6.5x52. I love mine. Makes my arm sore so I don't shoot it much, but it is fun when I do

By dark, I mean carbon/rust/ contaminates absorbed all the light rather than having a sheen.. That bore you show is pretty much what I call a 'good' Mosin bore.... His kind of resembled a train tunnel

I'm thinking it might be a firing pin issue.. The bore I don't think was a sewer pipe type rough, and he brushed it and patched it multiple times I have a spare bolt that we can try swapping parts out of.. I would have NEVER bought this gun, but I think he was in love with the stock. It IS a nice lo...

No stripper clips, however those are the packages just degraded. He treated it as corrosive as I told him to... I don't think the ammo was bad if it was stored correctly, but for sure it had gotten wet hence me calling it flee market special... He got some silver tip surplus ( which I have a pile of...

I checked it and it was close to spec according to my original multi tool but slightly over, but it does not line up with the hash marks, not that they are the end-all.. I told him to pull it apart and clean it, and then the firing pin protrusion could be adjusted... I also told him that most of the...

Friend of mine just picked up a '48 M44 in really nice condition overall, except the bore. I looked at it when he bought it and suggested that it probably wasn't much of a shooter and was a big risk with that bore. Couldn't see anything, just pitch black.. He bought it anyway. cleaned it up and fire...

In todays ammo market, you might do better to take up reloading if you want match quality ammo. This makes me sad. Do you have any available factory ammo recommendations for match? Perhaps the S&B 180 gr soft or PPU 182 gr JHPBT? Are there any true surplus ammo manufacturers that are legit when...

Target Sports USA has the S&B 180gr in both soft point and fmj. Probably as good as you will find right now. But being serious, even Cheap Wolf/ Tula/ Red Army STD, ect... will be as accurate as the rifle itself With a reloading press, right now powders are fairly easy to find and primers can be...

I took the Carcano out on Christmas to put a few holes in my burning barrel out back... Seems to be plenty accurate with the commercial .264 PPU ammo.. I have loaded about 20 rounds of Hornady 140gr SST's in 3 different loads that are just above the minimum charge on the Hornady load chart. Have not...

Ok so I spent my first time at the bench today... I took the internet advice and bought the Hornady case holder for Carcano as Lee supplies the same holder as 30-06 which can't be perfect although it may 'work' First problem was, the decapper/ EZ expander was not tightened down and first case pulled...

Oh ok, that's kind of what I was thinking. I was watching too much youtube

Friend of mine gave me a Redding single stage press to go along with the Lee Challenger that I just got, and asked if I could reload some .243 for him as it's his rifle of choice usually but ammunition is expensive. He managed to collect 5 cases I cannot find any brass for .243 but found that .308 b...

So, am I going paranoid by thinking about shoulder bump and setting up a sizing die exact? I was just reading on it, bump gauges, setting it back .002 ect... but I really have no clue. If I follow the directions on the FL dies, to adjust the die down until the shell holder touches the die. Will it s...

Friend gave me an older Redding Boss single stage yesterday and a Redding 1400 case trimmer lathe. I don't know about using the trimmer as I have the Lee quick trim and the dies are cheap. But the press I will set up in tandem

bunkysdad wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:14 pm You got lucky on this one that you checked it when you did. It could have been unattended for a couple more years and been a different story

Probably. I may see if there is trade in value in it though, to grab a wood stock 10/22.

This is a slippery slope, now looking at Springfield M1A's, not really a military rifle but spiritual successor/ close as we can get to an M14.... But, probably not for a while

Well, here is my new bench. I used some douglas fir 2x8's that I had and the rest was basically scrap. I was going to use mitered supports to the wall but I cut 2 2x4's down and couldn't get the angle right on the miter saw, so legs was the answer... It's going to have a fold out or pull out as well...

My work bench has a metal chop saw, drill press and a vice on it. There isn't much room for anything else without cluttering it. Which is why I'm considering a separate bench. I've thought about a fold out leaf for the case holders/ supplies while I'm working. My powder, primers and dies will be sto...

How strong does my reloading bench need to be? I was considering a 2x12, attached to the studs in the garage with support braces on every stud.

But would 1" material be enough? I have intentions of adding a turret press eventually

The nominal bore of a Carcano 6.5 is .268. Hornady and PPU both make .267 bullets, but sold out everywhere.. Hornady may have stopped producing theirs but I don't think there is an official word on that. PPU loaded ammo is .264. I plan to reload with Hornady 140gr FMJ spitzer .264 bullets as I found...