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So I just bought a Mosin Nagant
14 Mar 2015
| Rides A Red Horse
Posted on 03/14/2015 6:27:53 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse
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To: mountn man
I've got one with a sewer pipe bore due to poor cleaning after using corrosive ammo. I can still hit watermelon sized rocks off hand @ 200 yards.
To: ModelBreaker
“Then.... bada bing*. . You got her.
Yup. That approach almost always works. :)”
Sighhh,,,, I know. My marriage was like Vietnam. I won every single battle,,, but somehow I lost the war. I cant understand it, I mean,,,, I won every argument.
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posted on
03/14/2015 9:21:14 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
My '31 Tula and I salute you, sir!
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posted on
03/14/2015 9:28:57 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(The Avatar is back by popular request.)
To: DesertRhino
“Sighhh,,,, I know. My marriage was like Vietnam. I won every single battle,,, but somehow I lost the war. I cant understand it, I mean,,,, I won every argument.”
Fine. :)
OK. Go ahead. :)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Above all, buy some ammo and take it out and SHOOT IT!!!
I predict that with the first thump in the shoulder you'll be hooked.
Above all things, shooing Mosin's is fun. Secondly, it's relatively cheap. But focus on the fun. Shoot it a lot and before long you'll realize you're not a bad shooter.
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posted on
03/14/2015 10:30:47 PM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Flu season: Wash your hands.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
CORROSIVE PRIMER ALERT. Until the late 1980s or early 1990s, Russian 7.62X54R ammunition was loaded with corrosive primers. That's why the bores and operating systems of Russian small arms were chrome plated — to prevent corrosive primers from ruining weapons. Chrome plating is impervious to these corrosive primer salts.
If you buy surplus and it says corrosive, it IS and it will destroy your rifle's barrel unless cleaned out. If you're unsure whether or not the rounds are corrosive, use a bullet puller to remove the projectile and powder. Pop the primer against a piece of bare scrap steel and put outdoors for a couple of days to see if rust forms. If it does, you have corrosive ammunition.
Current bore cleaners are not formulated to deal with the residue of corrosive primers. The cure is cheap — hot, soapy water. Clean the bore (and bolt head) the day you fire the rifle, dry, lightly oil, and repeat for three more days. All the corrosive primer salts will be removed. The key is the four day cleaning regimen.
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
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posted on
03/15/2015 12:01:40 AM PDT
by
mfish13
(Elections have Consequences.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse; Daffynition
My 1939 Tula sniper
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posted on
03/15/2015 5:07:56 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: DesertRhino
Wife freaked? A day or two later, start offering helpful opinions on her shampoo, makeup, etc. Shes gonna tell you have no idea what youre talking about.HEY! Stop it with that logic thing. It does not work for wives anyways.
To: Viking2002
I have a ‘32 from the same arsenal. Hex receiver and I love it.
L
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posted on
03/15/2015 8:44:15 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
“We made customized pads for our rifles in Afghanistan. Ill probably do the same for this one. Ive shot one of these but Ive never had to modernize one.”
Modifications are an issue with a lot of folks.
Some folks believe that a weapon of this history and heritage should be preserved, and I agree if they have one of the good pre-war models.
Mine, however, is slave-made junk — round receiver, badly turned barrel, unreadable/crooked stampings, etc. so I had no qualms about doing some mods that would make a purist puke.
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posted on
03/15/2015 8:56:23 AM PDT
by
JJ_Folderol
(Diagonally parked in a parallel universe...)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Ive heard bad things about the Chinese models. Thats why I wanted to go Russian.Decisions, decisions! Little dark exotic ones vs. taller blonde hotties. Like 'em both!
Oh...wrong kind of models?
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posted on
03/15/2015 12:19:53 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: elcid1970
What emerged was a like brand new SKS.Take it out on a sunny day and run 100 rounds through it. You'll be amazed at what seeps out.
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posted on
03/15/2015 12:59:22 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: gundog
Oh yes, cosmoline is like crabgrass. I know the gas tube is still full of it between the metal & wood.
The stock is bare dry wood. I need to seal it with Tru-Oil or something. And I haven’t been able to pry the butt pad off.
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posted on
03/15/2015 1:07:49 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
To: elcid1970
Don’t know why you’d pry off the buttpad. But I’d take it out and shoot it...or set it in the sun on the hood of a hot car. Cosmolene will bleed out of the wood.
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posted on
03/15/2015 1:10:38 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: gundog
So...don’t refinish the wood for a while. And I expect the gas tube will weep cosmoline when I fire a few rounds.
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posted on
03/15/2015 2:56:19 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
To: elcid1970
And places you thought were squeaky clean will start oozing.
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posted on
03/15/2015 3:11:45 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: JimRed
Yeah, I realized right after I mashed the “post” button...
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posted on
03/15/2015 3:24:35 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
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posted on
03/15/2015 3:29:29 PM PDT
by
Stentor
("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/15/2015 3:35:17 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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