paperboy when I was collecting Mosins I bought a coin type head space gauge from Yankee Engineering. They are easy to use, all you do is lay the head space gauge on the bolt face and close the bolt gently until it stops and hopefully it does not close all the way. Most people say all you need...
They sell a scope mount for the Mosins that replaces the rear sight and no drilling and tapping is required. I will try to find a link to them.
Scout Mount Ordering Information and Current Availibility - Darrell's Scout Mount Forum - Hunting - ParallaxBill's Curio & Relic and Military Surplus...
What ever you do make sure the vin number on the title matches the vin plate on the car. I bought a car in Illinois and looked at the vin plate and title and missed that there were only three one in a row on the title when the car had four ones in a row on the vin plate. It was a hassle to get...
I have only taken my M1 Garand to the range two or three times and have only seen one other guy with one. Nobody at the range seemed to be interested in them. This was at Winamac.
Counter boring is the drilling out of the muzzle to get back to better rifling in the bore. This is supposed to help the rifle shot better. Can not help you on the pens marks have not seen them or heard about them.
I thought that the LT-2 sight adjust worked on the M44 but it only works on the 91/30 and M91
Collecting and Shooting the Military Surplus Rifle (2005) - Surplusrifle.com
This is what I did to adjust the sight on one of the M44 I had. Took a small heavy duty c-clamp and ground down the...
rambone to adjust the point of aim on the M44 you move the front sight the to the direction that it is off. You can move the front sight with a punch and hammer but it is better if you use a sight adjustment tool.
Collecting and Shooting the Surplus Military Rifle: Adjusting the Rifle's Front...
At only six feet in diameter and weighting 95 pounds, sounds like it would be good in a city neighborhood. Smaller than that 10 foot satellite dish that is just sitting useless in my back yard.
I am unemployed at this time. I work in the field of road construction and the last three years have been slow for me. Thought last year things were going to turn around but the company I worked for got bought out by the competition and they shut the plant down, I was working at. Hopefully the...