My Nagant..

[Mosin-FAL]

I have lemon oil, maybe I'll give it a good wipe down.

Next question.. The muzzle obviously was re-crowned. Shiny, un-blued. Normal? I would have theought they would have blued it after the counter bore/crown.

[cj1964]

That shellac looks great on a nice clean refurb, but my experience is that it's not very thick or durable! Once you've got some damage (scratches/gouge) lemon oil and a paper towel are enough to take away a little more shellac around the edges and thus I agree - those bubbles will blend out with cleaning/time and not look so bad.

[rideandslidejim]

At least from my Chinese # 53 the muzzle is shinny on the very end , and they have supposed not to have been refurbished. So just because it's shiny mean crowned ??????

Jim

[Mosin-FAL]

This is mine, looks like a fresh crowning.

[rideandslidejim]

Not being any kind of a expert ( there are many here ) i would say you are correct, as it looks like a fresh refurb.

Jim

[rideandslidejim]

Is there any counter boreing? ( does the rifling come all the way up to the muzzle ) ?

Jim

[Mosin-FAL]

Thats why I wondered if they blued then counter bored and crowned it. Got it at Big 5 still covered in cosmo so someone else didnt do it.

[Mosin-FAL]

honestly I cant tell if it's counter bored. How deep does that go?

Never mind, not counter bored, a bullet wont drop all the way in.

[desdem12]

Big 5 rifles are from century or from PW arms. They are all arsenal refinished and some are counterbored and some are not. There used to be a chance of getting a non refurbed from them that slipped by but chances are getting slimmer. The rifles from big 5 are the same as everywhere else.

[Mosin-FAL]

It's through CAI. Not counter bored. I was just wondering why the muzzle wasnt blued like the rest. Not a big deal, just made me curious is all.

[desdem12]

It likely was polished to take the nicks out of it when refurbed. The bluing on most rifles dissappears from that area when shot first anyway. I am sure they polished it up to take the nicks out. I have 10 91/30s lined up and there is not a whole lot of difference between the refurbed and non refurbed, just a little patina.

[racerguy00]

I've had a couple of refurbs with the shiny end of the muzzle and they were from different importers. I would say the just cleaned up a slightly damage muzzle after blueing but still during the refurb process. Not sure why they did it in that order.

[Mosin-FAL]

Thats cool, thanks

[Mosin-FAL]

A few more pics of random markings

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice clear tang marking on that one