The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Honestly, I have never tried. I have not had to replace any stocks yet (on Mosins).

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.

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).

Well by the looks of things we have a consensus.

NOW ON THE SHOWCASE!

Indeed a prize to be showen in the show case. very nice. Have my vote. Judi and her Mosin's

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.