The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

The reason I was asking is I bought a cheap holster on eBay. It came yesterday. The leather was in really good condition, soft and supple. The stitching was shot, the thread rotten. I restitched the thing, applied some leather conditioner and it is now a nice holster. It is a perfect fit for a 1917 ...

Old West gear, post Civil War, pre 1920s? I am most interested in holsters.

I also prefer the SKS over the semi-auto AK.

They were tough enough to survive two world wars. I have never seen a broken one either and at one time I owned 75 of them.

One thing is certain about Mosin Nagant rifles, it is that nothing is certain. You have a nice rifle; congrats!

What do they say? "Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings kill people."

Those are really nice. I tried a couple of times to carry a pocket watch for daily use. They don't launder well.

A1RADIOMAN wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:37 am Have you tried Numrich Gun Parts Corporation

Thank you for the suggestion, but that was my first stop.

for a CZ 52 pistol?

A followup to the story about the pawn shop where I had the consignments. I was able to pick up the pieces, undamaged from the owner. The guns were in the only corner of the building with a little roof left. The building was so badly damaged they tore what was left down. He set up in a temporary loc...

Thanks for the work. Had you not mentioned that you changed, I would not have noticed, and that sounds like a job well done.

Has anyone heard from Mike? I am getting a little worried about him.

I think that I have seen an uptick in general interest in vintage revolvers lately. Ten years ago, they were really inexpensive in pawn and gun shops everwhere. Back then I became interested in older top-breaks. I have since given or traded all of my topbreaks to my son. I still like my swing-out cy...

I drooled over that list of rifles many weeks and succumbed to my lust on many occassions.

That is a "wow" rifle to me.

A few years ago, Covid time, I picked up a 2500 IMI FMJ BT Match bullets for my .308 - Didn't even have a .308 at the time but it was part of a large reloading lot at an estate sale and I wanted the primers, powder, and especially the linotype pigs !! Two still sealed 1000 round bags and one half u...

At this point, I am happy with hand stitching. It really slows down the process, but I am in no hurry.

No machines. Hand stitching.

Or at least some kind of home. Here are some of my latest home-building attempts. These are my designs, obviously a variation of a theme of one piece holsters. I am having a ball learning a new skill.

And the stock was altered by Beaver International.