showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
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showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Sometimes rifle just find you, this is one of those instances. I decided about a month ago to start collecting 1936 Mosin Nagants due to the different "flavors" of 1936 91/30's , SCW, [SA], Trials rifles, & Tula's transition from hex to round recievers, so I was pleasantly suprised when the owner of this walked into my LGS wanting to sell it. My LGS knows I collect these "fugly Russian rifles" and he just steared him to me and a few Grants latter it was mine.
It's a 1936 Tula hex reciever [SA] 91/30, Finn matching, in an Izhevsk stock that the Finn's refinished with there infamous pine tar finish. It is also the 3rd Finn'ed MN I have bought that had a Swedish Mauser cleaning rod in it.
It will go great along side my 36 Tula Round reciever [SA] 91/30.
It's a 1936 Tula hex reciever [SA] 91/30, Finn matching, in an Izhevsk stock that the Finn's refinished with there infamous pine tar finish. It is also the 3rd Finn'ed MN I have bought that had a Swedish Mauser cleaning rod in it.
It will go great along side my 36 Tula Round reciever [SA] 91/30.
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
I love the Finn'ed 91/30's that are still in Russian stocks. It gives you a good idea of how these guys looked in their original form.
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Now there is an interesting question that comes to mind. How much fitting did it take to convert a stock that was cut for a round receiver to fit a hex receiver/visa versa? I would imagine that there was no going back.
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Very cool. Love the matched set
I believe the stocks will take both as long as they both are either stepped or non stepped. A stepped receiver wont go into a non stepped unless you do a little cutting (I think).
I believe the stocks will take both as long as they both are either stepped or non stepped. A stepped receiver wont go into a non stepped unless you do a little cutting (I think).
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
finloq wrote:Now there is an interesting question that comes to mind. How much fitting did it take to convert a stock that was cut for a round receiver to fit a hex receiver/visa versa? I would imagine that there was no going back.
I believe a stock cut to fit a hex reciever will also fit a round, but not vis-versa.
Guess I need to break these 2 down and find out.
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Honestly, I have never tried. I have not had to replace any stocks yet (on Mosins).Miller Tyme wrote:finloq wrote:Now there is an interesting question that comes to mind. How much fitting did it take to convert a stock that was cut for a round receiver to fit a hex receiver/visa versa? I would imagine that there was no going back.
I believe a stock cut to fit a hex reciever will also fit a round, but not vis-versa.
Guess I need to break these 2 down and find out.
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
I was under the impression that they could go either way. Now we are gonna need your input for sure. My SA Finned 38 Izhevsk in the pine tar stock would be a nice fit right in there by your two, cosmetically speaking that is. And it also has the same cleaning rod. But Swedish Mauser? Interesting. Where did you find that info? I have seen people call these M39 cleaning rods, but they are not. They are not the same length. They appear to have a M39 elongated slot head that appears to be soldered on. So that is Swedish and Finnish?
Beautiful rifle by the way.
Beautiful rifle by the way.
Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
desdem12 wrote:Very cool. Love the matched set
I believe the stocks will take both as long as they both are either stepped or non stepped. A stepped receiver wont go into a non stepped unless you do a little cutting (I think).
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Indeed a prize to be showen in the show case. very nice. Have my vote. Judi and her Mosin's
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Re: showcase submission / 36 Tula hex reciever 91/30 [SA]
Nice Finn capture!
A non-stepped receiver won't fit into a stock cut for a stepped one without a small amount of trimming. As far as the other way, a stepped tang receiver drops into a later stock but there is a small gap at the steps. I once had a refurb 91/30 with the Soviet 'pool cue' splice. The rifle was a '42 IIRC. The rear half of the stock had screwed in escutcheons and a gap at the receiver steps. The front half had the late style press-in escutcheons. I also had a hex Tula M44 at one point that had the gap at the steps from a standard later M44 stock being used.
A non-stepped receiver won't fit into a stock cut for a stepped one without a small amount of trimming. As far as the other way, a stepped tang receiver drops into a later stock but there is a small gap at the steps. I once had a refurb 91/30 with the Soviet 'pool cue' splice. The rifle was a '42 IIRC. The rear half of the stock had screwed in escutcheons and a gap at the receiver steps. The front half had the late style press-in escutcheons. I also had a hex Tula M44 at one point that had the gap at the steps from a standard later M44 stock being used.
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