My 91/30 mossin nagant project

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Duzell

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OK I received my 91/30 from big five last night. Has all matching serial numbers and came with a bayonet, ammo pouches, sling, tool kit to adjust the pin?, and a barrel cloth cover. The rifles metal parts are like new. The stock is nice and fresh with some varnish flaking off. Bolt action is smooth and quick, much better than what I was expecting. Did a tactical. Run with it and its weighted well. It was 203$ but due to being on special 3day sale it was 109$ which is a great deal. I'm planing to take it to a gunsmith to check out all the parts and see if there is anything wrong with the mechanical parts and see if there is anything in need of tweaking or repair before I go test fire it.
My plan with the gun is simply to keep the original parts as is. I will buy a mote Carlo stock , tri rail mount, scout scope, bipod, cheekrest/amoholder . These will be merely Bolton parts so as not to alter the rifle.
The plan is to be able to swap between the standard mode of the 91/30 to a sporter sniper rifle mode. It seems easily attainable and all the main mods will be done to the Monte Carlo stock not the standard stock. I will keep barrel length and maybe get a muzell break if I can ever find one for a 91/30.
This process dosnt seem that it it will be very costly. While keeping it were it can swap between modes makes the rifle a gun to playground with. And since the standard mode will not be altered its historical look will be available at any time.
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OK so far I've located the stock,rail mount, cheekrest/ammo holder, and stripper clips
The scope I want needs to be long relief so I believe I should look into scout scopes. I also want an illuminated sights in the scope. But not finding any worth the price. Can anyone recommend any such scopes that arnt to pricy?
 
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It was $203 before the sale :eek:? I don't change a thing on my M/Ns so I don't have much more to add other than I would shoot it as is and save the money for ammo.
 
OK I received my 91/30 from big five last night. Has all matching serial numbers and came with a bayonet, ammo pouches, sling, tool kit to adjust the pin?, and a barrel cloth cover. The rifles metal parts are like new. The stock is nice and fresh with some varnish flaking off. Bolt action is smooth and quick, much better than what I was expecting. Did a tactical. Run with it and its weighted well. It was 203$ but due to being on special 3day sale it was 109$ which is a great deal. I'm planing to take it to a gunsmith to check out all the parts and see if there is anything wrong with the mechanical parts and see if there is anything in need of tweaking or repair before I go test fire it.
My plan with the gun is simply to keep the original parts as is. I will buy a mote Carlo stock , tri rail mount, scout scope, bipod, cheekrest/amoholder .
These will be merely Bolton parts so as not to alter the rifle.
The plan is to be able to swap between the standard mode of the 91/30 to a sporter sniper rifle mode. It seems easily attainable and all the main mods will be done to the Monte Carlo stock not the standard stock. I will keep barrel length and maybe get a muzell break if I can ever find one for a 91/30.
This process dosnt seem that it it will be very costly. While keeping it were it can swap between modes makes the rifle a gun to playground with. And since the standard mode will not be altered its historical look will be available at any time.
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OK so far I've located the stock,rail mount, cheekrest/ammo holder, and stripper clips
The scope I want needs to be long relief so I believe I should look into scout scopes. I also want an illuminated sights in the scope. But not finding any worth the price. Can anyone recommend any such scopes that arnt to pricy?
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OK here we go, adjusting the pin refers to adjusting the protrusion of the firing pin after you have disassembled the bolt completely. Glad it was on sale because thats about all they should sell for is around $100-$130.
Here are some web sights that are loaded with solid usable info,
www.tickbitesupply.com scope can be found here and other parts
www.7.62x54r.net best site for info and research
www.surplusrifle.com good info
Ammo is at a lot of sights good price would be $169 for 880 rounds delivered.

Spread the word I have ammo pouches for sale for $3 ea. or 2 for $5 just like the one that came with the rifle.
 
 
ok after taking the gun apart and cleaning i found a place on the barrel where water had gotten in and had caused rust, whoever had the gun before me zinc treated it and painted it a little black around the edges
 
i have a 91/30 that shoots just fine. i would like to make it into a sniper rifle when i can but otherwise it will stay like it is.
 
whoever had the gun before me zinc treated it and painted it a little black around the edges
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That "whoever" was a Russian arsenal where it was kept after being reconditioned. Remember, you bought a military surplus rifle!
They are great shooters just the way they come, but if you want to try the old silk purse out of a sows ear thing, have at it.
 
I bought two of these rifles, one to leave alone, the other to modify. I paid $99 each, that is the going price. I had my choice of round or hexagon chambers, was told they are basically the same, took the round ones.

I bought them because the ammo is so darn cheap, and so are the guns!

I bought the go, no-go head space tools to make sure they were safe to fire, and they were.

Now, I ruined one when I did a scope mount for it. The two holes went all the way into the chamber. I loaded a round, shot it, had a heck of a time opening the bolt again. When I finally got it open I found two holes in the brass from the screw holes for the scope mount. I have a guy that is going to re-barrel the gun so I can still use it.

So, if you want a scope be careful of what you do!

I also put a plastic stock on the gun. It looks cool, but is now uesless unless I replace the barrel.

I could care less about keeping these guns in their original condition. There are 1000's and 1000's of these things out there for sale, $100 seems to be the going price. Buy a few and put them away if you want, buy a few more and make them into whatever you want.
 
OK test fired it at 50 yards and all x/10/9 area. 100 yards got weird it was hitting below or above target. I adjusted the rear sight to 100, my dad thought it was me till he shot and it did the same to him. We set target back to 50 yards and all x/10/9, had us scratching our heads. So it shoots well. I was planning in getting a Tri rail mount that I found it doesnt break or ruin the rifle it seems. It just bolts on easy peasy, and is strongly secure.
 
Rear sight should/is good out to 100 yards and the sight is marked in meters.
Rough estimate is 3.3 feet = 1 meter
 
Look down the barrel from the muzzle, with a light. Many of the reconditioned MN 91/30s have the last 1 to 2" of the rifling counter bored - that is smoothed by over bore drilling - because of damage to that area caused by using the Soviet steel cleaning rod. Also look at the crown to make sure it is symetrical and not chipped or oval shaped - that is another common ailment with the 91/30. When I worked in a gun shop a couple years ago, I had the opportunity to handle HUNDREDS of these guns - as the shop sold close to 7,000 pieces over a 7 year period. The vast majority came out of long term storage in the Ukraine and Beylorus - put there by the Soviets in 1946 or so after arsenal check-up and refurbishment.
 
If you want a mount that's quality, and does not require drill and tap, get a JMeck mount and bend (or buy one) a bent bolt.

http://www.jmeckscopemounts.com/

Just making you aware of another option in case you wanted to use a standard eye relief, higher power glass.

And do yourself a favor and look at getting a Boyd's stock instead of the ATI plastic one. No offense to those that like 'em...
 
What's the difference in the Boyd's stock? I looked at them and they are nice.
And thanks magnum ill definitely look into that.
and I don't know about conversions... I set the rear sight between 100-200 yards that seemed to help but still not hitting target
 
Oh I'm drooling over the fiber optic sights.
Are they easy to install?
would I need a gunsmith?
And that would definatly help
 
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