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Picked this one up during the holidays, thought it would be a good Christmas present to myself. The rifle was advertised on one of the common listing sites of arms as a "1970 M39". The picture clearly showed it to be in an M28/30 stock although little else could be determined from it. Intrigued, I took the chance and bought it over the phone.
The rifle turned out to be a 1970 M28/30, in a post-war (what else) stock. It has a 2-stage trigger, shimmed action, but no barrel sleeve as my other M28/30 does. The tang date shows the receiver to be a 1913 Izhevsk, with the normal mix of various manufacturers stamps on the remaining parts. I knew from other references these late date M28/30's existed, but this is the first one I've come across. Although most of my collecting interest is in WWII and earlier rifles, I like this one a lot.
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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 you will find the missing aluminum sleeve will make little to no difference in the accuracy. Until recently I owned and shot 23 of these wonderful rifles and found that to be the case in my shooting of them. Some of them slug out at close to 308 but if you buy different kinds of ammo and check the bullets with just a vernier caliper after buying them you will find certain ones are close to 309 or so in certain lots. The rifle will do well with them and ok with others. I have never seen any signs of the dreaded over pressurization everyone fears but that is just my experience. Everyone has their own way of breaking in a barrel and mine is simple, I go shoot it period and dry clean with a Stainless brush between 5 shot groups. I'm sure I will hear other methods now but it ain't gonna change what I've been doing for 30 or 40 years regardless. Congrats on finding a real oddity not seen often! Bill
PS still selling the others at local shows as I have cut down to about half that now.
Easy solution to getting rid of the remaining half of the 28/30 hoard. Cardboard and a sharpie marker, make a sign and put it on your table. Finn M28/30 Mosin rifles, $30 each, you will be relieved of them in ten minutes. Folding money is easier to haul back out to the car once the shows over.
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
Junk Yard Dog wrote:Easy solution to getting rid of the remaining half of the 28/30 hoard. Cardboard and a sharpie marker, make a sign and put it on your table. Finn M28/30 Mosin rifles, $30 each, you will be relieved of them in ten minutes. Folding money is easier to haul back out to the car once the shows over.
I like this solution! I would even volunteer to take one for the team a drive up to WV and “overpay” at a rate of $50 per 28/30 to help you with this problem Bill! I bet I could even arm twist a few other forum members to pitch in!
Junk Yard Dog wrote:Easy solution to getting rid of the remaining half of the 28/30 hoard. Cardboard and a sharpie marker, make a sign and put it on your table. Finn M28/30 Mosin rifles, $30 each, you will be relieved of them in ten minutes. Folding money is easier to haul back out to the car once the shows over.
I like this solution! I would even volunteer to take one for the team a drive up to WV and “overpay” at a rate of $50 per 28/30 to help you with this problem Bill! I bet I could even arm twist a few other forum members to pitch in!
Junk Yard Dog wrote:Easy solution to getting rid of the remaining half of the 28/30 hoard. Cardboard and a sharpie marker, make a sign and put it on your table. Finn M28/30 Mosin rifles, $30 each, you will be relieved of them in ten minutes. Folding money is easier to haul back out to the car once the shows over.
I like this solution! I would even volunteer to take one for the team a drive up to WV and “overpay” at a rate of $50 per 28/30 to help you with this problem Bill! I bet I could even arm twist a few other forum members to pitch in!
ROAD TRIP TO WV!!!
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NO ..... It's called a "group buy"!!
Dolk you are on to something here! But come on, you know you want to go bump around in the woods in WV!!!
Your right, forgot the decimal point and the zeros after it, $30.00, what was I thinking?
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
Bill
