The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Anything I can find to reload with at the time, PPU is pretty good and the brass is ok to reload, I have shot everything from 123 grn and up, have 3 M39's and all shoot better then I can do with them, if buying then maybe PPU would be my suggestion other then reloading to get the sweet spot for each...

1937 Finnish M27, one heck of a shooter, gives my M39's a run for the money, hand load for all.

It's probably my 1937 Finnish M27, estate sale bought from a collector of many Mosins.

I have 2, One is a 1941 PL marked Sako marked and second is a 1943 also Sako marked, now to try to get pics up.

What was that W.C. FIELDS said, oh ya, a sucker born every minute or something like that, still true today.

Yup, pretty much what I thought too, is kinda fun to take to range and have people go "what the heck is that, it that a sub-machine gun?" Nothing but a plinker to me and so have fun with it, looks alone make it worth while to take out.

Picked up a Kimel AP 9mm from a friend who said he got it from a friend in Chicago a long time ago, it looks new and he said he only shot it about 3 times as it scared him. I have read up a little on it and am aware of its weak points. I took it out to shoot after a good cleaning and was surprised a...

Its probably my 1927 laminated hex 91/30 but the 1944 Tula ex-sniper is a close 2nd, keep the 1944 Russian M44 for unsuspecting new shooters who my daughter has come out with us to play, Flame thrower!

Gotta agree with you on this ammo, my son who is a Marine recently came home from deployment in the Yeman area if ya know what I mean, anyway he has been training with the Marine sniper unit attached to his battalion and became friends with the head sniper of that unit, they have been shooting all s...

I am with all of you on this, nice to have but its part of a weapon and should be treated as such.

Have KT1945, 2294 need 95081 and TO284

Also get some heating pads, ice bags, ibuprofen for the (pains) joys of shooting a Mosin, once you start, you can't stop! And have fun learning about a piece of History too.

Who gets the job of trotting all the way over there to change the target? That's the trouble when shooting up at my friends 275 yard range. We shoot from a small hilltop, then take the car over to change targets. Spotting scope is a necessity. Chopper? No, not with me on it, if the Lord wanted me t...

I've got a K31 Swiss that works well for me with an added cheek pad. ;)

Thats what I thought too, its just on the barrel end where it meets the wood of the hand guard and stock. Also found that the plum color might be due to some kind of contamination's in a re-bluing process but that does not explain why the color is also present at the covered over screw holes for the...

Went to local Wally world, no .22 to be found, plenty of other stuff and 3 box limit only applies to .22 if in stock.

More pics in sun light,

A few more pictures, I can see that the color extends onto the barrel itself and that the barrel has been painted black too, will try to take some more pictures in daylight to get better contrast and color, what do I have?

Ok now I am interested in what I have here, what with the "plum" colored barrel as that is exactly the color it is, been trying to get a good color description for this and thats it, any further ways or leads to investigate this? Thanks.

Some more pics 1944 Tula