The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Manually pushing a piece of lead through your bore to then measure the slug and determine your bore diameter will NOT result in leading of your barrel. If you want the best accuracy out of your reloads, slug the barrel and get a measurement of the actual bore diameter to get a better starting point ...

And maybe not a Type 1 rear sight, now that I am viewing it on a larger screen than my old phone...

Very cool find! Not just the training device, but unless I am seeing it wrong, the rear sight itself is extremely rare to find still attached to a weapon. That looks like an original sight that would have been replaced after spitzer bullets were adopted.

53mm vs 54 mm refers to the case length. The 'D' marking indicates that the chamber was configured to be used with the D166 bullet. If you can chamber a 7.62x54R case without issue (bolt closes easily into battery and then if you chamber and extract a round unfired and find no evidence of rifling be...

New England Westinghouse WWI contract inspection mark?

According to Terence Lapin's book, page 226 seven symbols E F H K P R S are believed to be inspection marks, although all of the illustrations in his book have an arrow mark pointing outward conjoined to the center left of the symbols

Be careful. There are far more reproduction M39 bayonets than surviving originals. I would suggest that posting images on the internet for authentication purposes may not be the best approach. Decent (not Great) reproductions can be found for under $150.00. why not the best idea? By the way, ive do...

Be careful. There are far more reproduction M39 bayonets than surviving originals. I would suggest that posting images on the internet for authentication purposes may not be the best approach. Decent (not Great) reproductions can be found for under $150.00.