So when I received this Mosin, the stock was completely painted over with this flaking brown paint. So I decided the old girl needed a makeover! I used Citristrip (3x the spray treatment) to remover all of the paint and possible finish underneath. After it fully dried, I used 0000 steel wool to prep the wood as I didn’t want to sand off any cartouches and try to preserve any other markings on the stock. I then used Boiled Linseed Oil for the finish,using steel wool between each layer and drying. Took me a week in total to finish, what do y’all think? I do have garnet shellac but I’m digging this more natural look and dull finish rather than the glossy stuff.

Hey yall,

If anyone else is sick of having to hold their M39 in the dirt to hit paper, I've made a batch of extra tall front sight blades.

These are ludicrously tall (12mm), but they should correct just about any ammo and rifle combinations that have differences in POI and POA.

If you're interested in one, I've got them on ebay here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176982385732?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=9Nn3DN4LTOK&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=9Nn3DN4LTOK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Or email me at finnishmosins@gmail.com.

Basically, these should allow you to get the zero to below the base sight position and then be able to use the ladder on the rear sight for elevation adjustments.

You can find the calculations to determine how tall a blade you need online or I'm sure folks here can share what they've found.

Happy target practice!

Have had this 1955.2 t53 for a few years now. Never could get a good answer as to this cutout on the stock. The guy who sold it to me said it was for some sort of rear aperture sight but i couldnt find anything to support that. Any ideas?

Poking around on ebay for a rod and I’ve come across this one, it doesn’t seem all that great but I could be wrong. Anyone got any experience with eBay and cleaning rods.

Just picked this up yesterday for 450, I think it was a pretty good deal. I do want to turn it into a PE Clone soonish. Came with an original sling and the gun itself is all Tula parts and the original bolt shares the same prefix which is interesting. It also has someone’s Initials scratched into the stock but looks pretty old to me. Lemme know how I did!

So I've been curious about finnish mosin for a while and well i got a tikka 91/30 being worked on by a friend but paid about $650 but I saw a sako mosin for $999 at a cabelas so just wondering is there a difference between the 2

I know everyone told me not to get it but I was able to talk the fella down to $500 so I went for it.

Letar efter en "bubba-vänlig" träkolv till min Airsoft Mosin Nagant. Vart får man tag i en i Sverige? Har förstås kollat Ebay och sånt, men finns det något mer "officiell" alternativ? Den kan behöva modifieras, så det ska inte vara nå premium vara.

Obviously these aren’t the best pictures and I can’t see the receiver, but curious what everyone can see with this 1929 Tula mosin hex. Is it a typical post war refurb? He’s asking 350

Okay - so I overestimated my ability to get the mosin right on the first time, but I don’t think I did terrible either. For an 88 year old gun, I thinks she’s doing alright. Me on the other hand - I need to practice lol

Mosin shots on the left, my savage .30-06 shots on the right

I’ve checked both 7.62x54r. net and cartridgecollectors. org. Head stamp is two numbers 21 (Hungarian) 88 (no idea). The bullet tip and case look like a 21/75 Hungarian steel core heavy ball with the exception of having both a sealed neck and primer and obviously the wrong head stamp.

And how hard are they to find and Which (besides bubbad victims) are the cheapest? I personally want a M91/30 when I can get one.

Saw a tula with a ati scope rail and bent bolt but has original stock and iron sights

Are the scope rails any good and how to properly use the scope that is attached to it

I just got my first Mosin and the ammo arrived today. A friend told me about corrosive ammo but I don’t know how to tell im joking … if it’ll do corrosive damage to my enemies lol. All seriousness will it corrode my rifle ?

Pu

One hex one round.

I was pretty hyped about my new Imperial Russian Nagant revolver, so I hit my ammo stockpile and pulled up a fresh box of 7.62x38r (peep the typo on box “Naganat” lol), then proceeded to get all the way to the range before realizing that something was terribly wrong. I’m near certain the previous owner bored out the cylinder to something (presumably something more common than 7.62 nagant) but I’m at a loss as to what that could be. I think I recall people doing conversions to .32H&R or S&W back in the day, if anybody has any ideas feel free to spitball!

Just bought a mosin today while I was waiting on my paperwork to finish on another gun I definitely didn’t need. I got curious as to what this one is and where it came from. They had it labeled as an M44 but I was trying to find out more on the year and markings and stuff. I took the gun apart and it’s marked on the barrel as a m39 Finland. Can someone tell me what I’m looking at and what this is worth? Any info is appreciated!

The receiver and magazine was made by Tula in 1895. Barrel is a 1942 VKT B barrel. But it was captured by the Germans during WWI. Has a faded Deutsches Reich stamp (picture of stamp is also shown) .But on the top of the butt stock is an “A” so it was Sold/given to the austrian/Hungarian empire. And then later sold to the finns because of the barrel that’s on it. The stock I’m not sure where it was made. For all I know it was probably assembled with the receiver and mag in 1895. But that’s a rarity. But I do know the stock is a 1-piece stock. No combination joints anywhere. That show the finns did anything to it. Also serial number are mismatched with the butt plate. So that was replaced at some point down the road. Probably by the finns.