A Russian stranger at that. My son made a smoking deal on a 91/30 on Friday, a '36/52 MO Izhevsk. The previous owner bought it 10 years or so ago and it had sat in his closet ever since. We shot it for a while until the mosquitos started winning. It was fun, I bet it had been a year since I shot a Mosin. I had forgotten what a satisfying punch the old rifles give. We were shooting at about 75 yards and the sights were dead on. (which surprised me)
I brought a ammo pouch with assorted surplus on stripper clips and some of what we were shooting was very hot. It was dinging our best steel targets, and slaughtered the 1" thick mild steel blind flange that I repurposed as a target. It was penetrating the mild steel about 5/8" inch deep.
It was all good!
I shot a stranger today
I shot a stranger today
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Shit, for a moment there I thought I would be able to boast I knew a fugitive wanted for first degree murder. MO rifle, not as cool a find as there were back when we thought they were for fighting zombies, or space aliens, but still cool enough in these days of little to no availability or selection. I found a lot of the refurbs were pretty close to being dead on with the bayonet attacked, and some that were like that even without it.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Sounds like a real good deal coupled with a real good time shooting it.
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Neat, most of those old finds are plagued with rusty parts. I'm talking about the rifle Steve, not you.
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No offense. I have plenty of rust parts myself. I have tried just about everything from WD-40 to Viagra and nothing seems to help. It won't be long before I am ready for recycling.Longcolt44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:35 pm Neat, most of those old finds are plagued with rusty parts. I'm talking about the rifle Steve, not you.
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Should we be preparing for the estate sale? Will there be food? Steak with biscuits and brown gravy? 75% off for board members?SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:23 pmNo offense. I have plenty of rust parts myself. I have tried just about everything from WD-40 to Viagra and nothing seems to help. It won't be long before I am ready for recycling.Longcolt44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:35 pm Neat, most of those old finds are plagued with rusty parts. I'm talking about the rifle Steve, not you.
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
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Hey now, us fellow Southerners get first dibs........Junk Yard Dog wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:32 pmShould we be preparing for the estate sale? Will there be food? Steak with biscuits and brown gravy? 75% off for board members?SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:23 pmNo offense. I have plenty of rust parts myself. I have tried just about everything from WD-40 to Viagra and nothing seems to help. It won't be long before I am ready for recycling.Longcolt44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:35 pm Neat, most of those old finds are plagued with rusty parts. I'm talking about the rifle Steve, not you.
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