Joe Williams
Shooter
- Jun 26, 2008
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Well, it is!! LOL Got my "new" Mosin Nagant 91/30 from Crawfordsville Big R today. The box describes it as being in "Very Good +" condition. I don't know about such things, but it looks awfully good to me. The bore looks very good, rifling deep and no pitting, at least that I can see through the cosmoline. No pitting on the exterior of the gun, no major dings. Muzzle is silver, do these things have chromed barrels? The stock isn't clobbered, the bolt operates smoothly and with authority. It looks to me like the numbers matched, and if I understand what I've read about "forced matching," I don't think they are.
Cathy and I are very excited to own a piece of history, though Cathy insists it's my gun. If she lets me get it away with calling it "our" gun, the debate over who gets the next gun goes on LOL. It's just really neat to own an old gun that judging by the date on the receiver, 1942, has almost certainly seen service against the Nazis and helped save the world.
Think I'll need to find a scope for it. My eyes are getting older, and the front sight isn't overwhelmingly easy to see. I understand there is a scope mount that slides in in place of the rear sight. Anyone know about these?
Bought a couple boxes of Brown Bear 203 grain SP ammo, so sometime between now and Sunday I hope to be able to make some serious noise! I keep hearing these things kick like mules, then other people say it's not bad at all. One of the guys at the store compared it to being somewhere between a 16 guage and a 20 guage, recoil energy numbers put it as being less than Sean's Super Bantam Youth Mossberg 500 20 guage with slugs. Can't wait to find out.
Gonna be spending some time at 7.62x54r.net studying up on what all the marks mean, and learning what there is to learn about the rifle. It looks like a 1942 Izhevsk 91/30, that was refurbished at the Ukranian depot at some point, but that's about all I've figure out so far. If anyone else knows, give a holler! Hopefully, I'll also find instructions on attaching the sling LOL.
This is my first ever military surplus gun. I'm kind of thrilled and excite
A boy and his gun
Receiver markings
Some of the bolt markings
Buttplate markings
Stock markings
Magazine floorplate markings
Cathy and I are very excited to own a piece of history, though Cathy insists it's my gun. If she lets me get it away with calling it "our" gun, the debate over who gets the next gun goes on LOL. It's just really neat to own an old gun that judging by the date on the receiver, 1942, has almost certainly seen service against the Nazis and helped save the world.
Think I'll need to find a scope for it. My eyes are getting older, and the front sight isn't overwhelmingly easy to see. I understand there is a scope mount that slides in in place of the rear sight. Anyone know about these?
Bought a couple boxes of Brown Bear 203 grain SP ammo, so sometime between now and Sunday I hope to be able to make some serious noise! I keep hearing these things kick like mules, then other people say it's not bad at all. One of the guys at the store compared it to being somewhere between a 16 guage and a 20 guage, recoil energy numbers put it as being less than Sean's Super Bantam Youth Mossberg 500 20 guage with slugs. Can't wait to find out.
Gonna be spending some time at 7.62x54r.net studying up on what all the marks mean, and learning what there is to learn about the rifle. It looks like a 1942 Izhevsk 91/30, that was refurbished at the Ukranian depot at some point, but that's about all I've figure out so far. If anyone else knows, give a holler! Hopefully, I'll also find instructions on attaching the sling LOL.
This is my first ever military surplus gun. I'm kind of thrilled and excite
A boy and his gun
Receiver markings
Some of the bolt markings
Buttplate markings
Stock markings
Magazine floorplate markings
Nice .. I love my mosins 
