1925 Tula Mosin Nagant
1925 Tula Mosin Nagant
Just picked up a good to great condition 1925 Hex Mosin Nagant in the 123... SN range. No refinishing or work has been done to it. I like to refinish rifle stocks. Should I keep this one original and ugly?
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steelbuttplate
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Re: 1925 Tula Mosin Nagant
Absolutely keep it as is, that is an uncommon year, keep it the way it came from Russia.
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Re: 1925 Tula Mosin Nagant
Leave it as is.
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Re: 1925 Tula Mosin Nagant
Refinishing the stock is out of the question. It would be nice to see the gun though. Without pictures it does not exist. Pictures of the entire rifle and all the matching points could tell us a lot.
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Rongo
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Re: 1925 Tula Mosin Nagant
Refinishing a stock on a milsurp is just an all-around bad idea. Plan on seeing the value of the gun drop significantly if you refinish or modify the gun. It's value is as a Military Surplus gun as it was when arsenaled & or saw service. Ruskie guns were never intended to look purdy.... They were made with Siberian crap wood & slathered in Shellac. To look any other way is just plain wrong in a collectors opinion. That's how we like them here on the RMNF.
But hey, in the end it's your gun. You can use it for a door stop or even put the bayonet out, stick it in your garden & use it as a tomato stake. But please, please leave that old Ruskie, shellac slathered stock be & enjoy the old beast for what it is. They are awfully cool just as they are!
But hey, in the end it's your gun. You can use it for a door stop or even put the bayonet out, stick it in your garden & use it as a tomato stake. But please, please leave that old Ruskie, shellac slathered stock be & enjoy the old beast for what it is. They are awfully cool just as they are!
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