Posted on 07/27/2013 3:09:24 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Was old school even during WW2, but still effective, and much-loved by snipers.
I’ve got a 1937 Mosin Nagant. Man, does it kick!
Cultist ping
The one pictured is one of the most attractive looking ones I have ever seen.
I had a Chinese made one which would sometimes totally lock the bolt with Chinese ammo. I would have to take a block of wood and beat it open.
I gave it to a guy and he never had that problem. It must have been the ammo as he used a commercial soft point.
Thanks, I’ve been negligent in maintaining my Mosin Shrine.
With some models, this procedure is actually recommended in the instruction book.
Yes, there actually was an instruction book.
Went out of print in 1933 or so, but still...
The only thing better than a Mosin is ..... TWO Mosins! (Each with the own two cases of SPAM can ammo. And a lot of swabs.)
That is the well documented "sticky bolt syndrome."
Fairly simple to eliminate.
Before long, I’ma have to bust open one of my spam cans
and take pix of the whole system for bragging rights on
a shooting group I post at sometimes.
Dang I love that rifle, it just tickles my cockles.
Life Below Zero was a great show. If you watched the guy kill the muskrats, I’m surprised he takes the time to skin them for only five bucks for the fur. I have a friend that lives that lifestyle up near McKinley Alaska. No job, smokes a lot of pot and drinks a lot of beer. Used to post on Facebook but then abruptly quit in March.
Thanks, I wish I had kept it now.
They never explained why the Inuit women at their location have to have a bar code tattooed below the lip.
I have a couple of Nagants and as you say they kick like hell. However, if you buy a lace up pad for the butt-stock, they are quite comfortable to shoot.
As an added bonus there is still a lot of cheap 7.62-54 corrosive ammo available. Corrosive ammo is not a problem. Clean your weapon promptly and you will have no corrosion.
I do the following:
Immediately after shooting I spray brake cleaner down the bore to get most of the crud out. I then follow with ED’s red on a bore snake.
Formula for ED’s Red is a follows.
1 part acetone
1 part mineral spirits
1 part Mercron Transmission fluid.
I make it a quart at a time for less than 4 dollars.
This gives you a solution that is both polar and non polar and thus cleans very well. The Acetone and Mineral Spirits will eventually evaporate leaving a thin lubricating film of Mercron.
Caution: The Acetone will play hell with the finish of weapons and plastic stocks if you get it on the stock. I only use it on oiled wood stocks such as on the Nagant, M1 Garand, 1903 Springfield, etc.
Shake you bottle of ED’s Red each time you use it, as the emulsion will seperate on standing.
BTDT
Now here's some really elite Mosin ammo. Polish light ball from the 1950's, on stripper clips no less.
The funny thing is, I can shoot the ammo and then sell the strippers on eBay for more than I paid for the ammo.
I put on Mosin shoots in Como, MS. 200, 300 and 600 yds. Prone, slow fire. Nothing but the sling for support. Pistol silhouettes. Lotsa fun!
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