The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Everyone gets older and stupid shit seems to happen, nobody escapes that indignity. On a good day I might remember where any of my calipers are, never mind the sizing dies.

Todd, the board member who was making them, passed away some years back now. There was an imitator, but I believe that outfit vanished during Covid. So far as I know nobody is making these gauges at the moment. You could set a search on eBay and keep an eye on Gunbroker.com in case someone puts one ...

Buy an Enfield, or put them up for sale. Someone would buy them.

M24 Lotta rifle with heavy German barrel. These are a treat, I know because I have had mine over 30 years now. I hope you took very careful note of any shims that were under the action around the action screws when you took that apart, and you put them back exactly where you found them. https://russ...

My guess is that's a bringhome from Korea or Vietnam with that look and lack of import markings, I don't even see any post war refurb stamps. That is a very nice find.

Looks like you have a non Soviet proof stamp on the left side of the barrel shank by the wood line. Did you acquire this rifle in a country outside the USA? Someplace in Europe maybe? I know proof testing firearms including surplus ones is mandated in Germany for instance.

I will soon have a 1937 Singer featherweight for sale, but I am not sure if it's strong enough to punch through thick leather. I could have had you a bigger Singer at one of the estate sales I did over the weekend for around a hundred bucks. That one had a wicked sharp looking needle that could prob...

Nice job Steve, make sure you put your name on them as maker. If not then 50 years from now someone will be left wondering who made their favorite holster they found at a flea market someplace.

Any of the things mentioned could be the case, or this is just a training rifle that was rebarreled in 1978. Some years back someone commented on a video I posted on youtube about having been marksmanship trained with the M39 during his military service in 1982, so these rifles were still around and...

Yea, one look at that and I can think of a few people who would have put you down just on suspicion it's the zombie virus spreading. Health wise you have been a train wreck of late, and knowing this the Doctors ignore you for something like a prescription update? Unfortunately I am hearing similar s...

Nice reasoning. If some guy sticks a leg out and trips a waitress at the diner causing her to dump a bowl of hot soup on my head the waitress is getting a good tip and the bowl is going right up the joker's ass. The one who caused it all needs to suffer, even if it's only in higher insurance premium...

No problem, many don't realize that the Mosin does have a safety, when cocked you pull back and rotate the bolt head. If memory serves you rotate it counterclockwise, if I missremember this someone will be along to correct it. Not my favorite safety, I prefer to unlock the bolt, and remove the round...

Nice, years back I bought one of these, not sure where it is just now, but I still have it.

Somebody had to "fix" what ain't broke.

Welcome to the board.

Hello everyone! I’m a new member but been around for some years. Reason for signing up is to get in touch with Vic Thomas again. Been more than ten years since I last had contact with him. Would anyone of you be so kind to send me his contact info? Best regards Carl from Norway This isn't Vic's boa...

AR issues are legendary once you get outside the major manufacturers. There was a major rush to get AR lowers and parts kits to market before the 1994 Clinton crime bill took effect. There were parts being made by fly by night outfits that never made a gun part before and they were sold before leavi...

Century had issues with a lot of stuff they built, I remember similar problems with the FAL's they built in the mid 90's. The receivers were by Imbel for most of the earlier builds so they were OK, but you had misaligned sights, broken parts, that sort of thing. I never trusted them after seeing tha...

Airsoft toy would e a major improvement on the Maddi's wood set. Nasty color, warped buttstock, crude. Despite looking like a reject from the Pakistan mountain gunmakers village it never failed to function and was fairly accurate. Have never seen another Maddi since the early 90's, next Egyptian rif...

Sometimes you just have to go with your gut and grab it when it's in front of you. I have done that many times, mostly I made out in the end. Buying in ignorance is a gamble, but that's how I got many milsurps back before the internet. Hungarian M52 sniper, Finn M28/30, Finn M24 Lotta rifle, Finn M3...