WyomingWhitetail
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So i was in the farm-ranch supply store that has a sporting goods section the other day looking at guns and they had probably 30 Mosin Nagant rifles on the shelf for like 90 bucks apiece. Now i know this is going to rile the history purist but is there any reason why one wouldn't make a decent sporter, and im not talking hacksawing the barrel of 2 ft and running the stock through the band saw and calling it good. Im thinking is there any reason that you couldn't take one and do like im doing in my Mauser build. Basically find one that is already beat up or modified, strip it clear to the action, new barrel, new trigger, new stock, and rework the bolt. Now ive never looked at one so i don't know how there built or been inside one to see just how everything works but other than the goofy magazine they look like you could make a attractive rifle out of them. I haven't really look at parts but the only problem i could think of is trigger but it looks like timney offers one. i don't imagine these are as highly finished as some of the Mausers but for just a nice little shooter i don't see why not. And for those who are going to say just buy a Remington it will be cheaper, right now i have access to the machines to do the work so it just costs me parts and i paid more for my Turkish Mauser action then a Mosin would cost.