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Welcome to the board, that's a dark one, but indoor flash tends to kill the red highlights in the shellac. Have fun shooting it, I assume you checked the headspace?
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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I really like those older Izhevsk rifles, yours has very crisp markings! That crest is perfect. I have to find it, but I remember reading that hex Izhevsk rifles are rarer than Tulas, it wasn't until the war that Izhevsk started cranking them out.
Both my pre war 91/30's are fantastic shooters, yours should be too!
Welcome to the boards and congratulations on your first Mosin. Metal and wood both look really good on that one. So how did you and the rifle do at the range? Were you shooting the surplus or commercial in it?
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Don't listen to these guys, they are all trying to butter you up. That 'thing' is a commie sewer pipe POS. It's not worth the money it will cost you to ship to me to dispose of properly. I'll give you $17.82 for it.
Seriously that is a very nice rifle. I hope you enjoy it (and the rest of it's cousins that you buy) for many years to come.
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:Welcome to the board, that's a dark one, but indoor flash tends to kill the red highlights in the shellac. Have fun shooting it, I assume you checked the headspace?
Thanks.
I actually got lazy and just used my phone for the picture taking and no flash was involved. However my lighting source was pretty bad as it was my room lighting that was casting shadows everywhere so I had to position myself to avoid blocking the light....but that just caused the bright reflections you see in the picture.
As for headspace, you guys are probably going to give me heck as I know about the gauges etc., but the condition of the gun was pretty good, I trusted the gun store's appraisal and did some chambering with snap caps etc....but yes, dumb lazy risk.....
Lotema wrote:Welcome to the boards and congratulations on your first Mosin. Metal and wood both look really good on that one. So how did you and the rifle do at the range? Were you shooting the surplus or commercial in it?
The range was good! To my surprise, windage was pretty good, but I was shooting embarrassingly high. Iron sighting at 50M was okay and easy to compensate, but then trying to hit something at 100M was not natural. I ended up placing another target below the one I was aiming for and targeted the lower bullseye to hit the center of the higher target...lol. Other than that, grouping was pretty decent and overall pretty happy with it.
I was shooting surplus, so I've been pretty picky about cleaning it after I'm done.
There's just something about these classic rifles that I can't explain why I have an affinity to.....
Congratulations and welcome to the club! What a beauty.
Be careful, Mosins have a way of multiplying in the gun safe. Sometimes 1 by itself can reproduce, but as soon as there are 2, there seems to be no stopping it. The 91/30 is the gateway Mosin, and it leads to much harder rifles.
Junk Yard Dog wrote:Welcome to the board, that's a dark one, but indoor flash tends to kill the red highlights in the shellac. Have fun shooting it, I assume you checked the headspace?
Thanks.
I actually got lazy and just used my phone for the picture taking and no flash was involved. However my lighting source was pretty bad as it was my room lighting that was casting shadows everywhere so I had to position myself to avoid blocking the light....but that just caused the bright reflections you see in the picture.
As for headspace, you guys are probably going to give me heck as I know about the gauges etc., but the condition of the gun was pretty good, I trusted the gun store's appraisal and did some chambering with snap caps etc....but yes, dumb lazy risk.....
Trust...but verify.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
I think that you did very well, after my 1st Finn I ordered nothing but Russian Hex receivers from both Arsenals from the mid 20's - 30's and am very pleased.
Just wish that I had gotten into 91/30's earlier and less $$$, but still pleased to have gotten on board w/ these specimens.
Now w/ the PU's and M44's in the '40's I love them all