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So I picked up my first Mosin Nagant at the local show this Saturday. The guy had crates of 'em and I looked at pretty much all of them. priced 99-119.00, I asked why and was told the higher prices were for better furniture. Anyway, the one I picked sorta of called to me...odd as that may sound it became the one of the bunch. All the numbers match, even the bayonet, the stock is perfect with very little dings and the sort and the rifling...I looked for the muzzle to be counter bored and it is not. The rifling seems perfect like it has never seen any real use...I would call it un-issued. Having just signed up here I do not yet know what arsenal...I'm at work and it is home. I can say it was manufactured in 1942 and it came with 2 ammo pouches, the tool kit with pouch and the oiler...and of course a sling...I'll have to figure out how that goes on there Now I read that it is recomended I check the headspace? well that or cross my fingers and keep my head low? OK OK I know...I'll probably buy the guages just for my Grandkid's sake...sheesh! and besides, I'm still on the mend after catching a 5.56 round to the leg last Labor Day weekend
OK but I have to warn you...I have a cheap camera and I'll never claim to be a photographer.
Looks like it is a Tula rifle...it may be a standard old rifle but this one is mine...
Pic looks just fine, nice rifle, and welcome to the forum
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Thanks guys...I brought her into work today, kind of a "show and tell" fortunately firearms are encouraged 'round these parts so it's not unusual to open a drawer and find a pistol tucked in there...most the folks around here are LE so safety is paramount...'cept for them ricochets...so now I'm looking at a good cleaning and if I read right, I should seperate the action from the stock and use boiling water, hoppes, lube it up properly and a good citrus wood cleaner for the stock. That's the plan and now I find myself looking at other models...M44 etc. I am a shooter not a collector so I avoid the wall hangers as it were. but then again, these are so reasonably priced it's hard to resist...
hillmillenia wrote:I am a shooter not a collector so I avoid the wall hangers as it were. but then again, these are so reasonably priced it's hard to resist...
That's what he says now!
Heck, none of us are photographers (I don't think). If it's not totally blurry, it's a good photo!
That's an excellent photo! and very nice rifle!
Get a shot of the barrel shank with all the writing on it!
Shooter not a collector. Those words sound like many others in the Mosinitis 12 step program! Mosinitis, Milsurpitis, all the same thing. Nice rifle, nice picture, even a nice shooters rest. Welcome to a fun new world and get that m44- you'll be so glad you did.
Nice rifle, get the M44. You will be glad you did. They are a hoot to shoot. And then get ya a 38, and then get ya some Finns. But of course then you will need....how big can one post be????
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BuckeyeSgt wrote:Nice rifle, get the M44. You will be glad you did.
+1 I have a variety of Mosins, but I find my 1946 M44 gets shot the most.
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She's a beaut....But she has many sisters and they do work well in pairs
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Usually these old girls have "Country Cousins" Finns, Poles, Chinese, Germans................
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could
identify their corporate sponsors."
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and even though they're older women,I LIKES ME SOME OLDER WOMEN
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
"I think Congressmen should wear uniforms,
you know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could
identify their corporate sponsors."
"When I die, I want to be facing my enemies surrounded by their dead bodies and piles of spent brass"
"Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain
Old post but yes, in 2011 I was at a friends shooting AR's at a steel plate at much too close a range...3 of us and yours truly catches a ricochet to the shin...Doc said it'd work it's way out over time...and May 7th of this year was it...I posted to "extraction" to youtube, surgery performed by my wife after about 5 years. [bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fuKtH2RWwk[/bbvideo]
hillmillenia wrote:Old post but yes, in 2011 I was at a friends shooting AR's at a steel plate at much too close a range...3 of us and yours truly catches a ricochet to the shin...Doc said it'd work it's way out over time...and May 7th of this year was it...I posted to "extraction" to youtube, surgery performed by my wife after about 5 years. [bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fuKtH2RWwk[/bbvideo]
Ouch! Good deal on the update, now tell us about all those Mosins you have aquired since 2011. You should have
at least 15 to 20 by now.
You were how close? ? Shooting .22 pistols at steel one a round went whrrrr inches from my head, 50 ft. I yelled whoa stop. We need to angle the target. I also got hit by .223 shrapnel at 25 yd. one time. just small pieces. Back it on up.
" There are two kinds of people, the good people and the ones that aggravate the hell out of the good people"
Now I read that it is recomended I check the headspace? well that or cross my fingers and keep my head low? OK OK I know...I'll probably buy the guages just for my Grandkid's sake...sheesh! and besides, I'm still on the mend after catching a 5.56 round to the leg last Labor Day weekend 
