The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

La Riviere Du Plain wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:43 pm Does that look like aftermarket shellac of finish? Should I put mineral spirits to take of the shiny finish?

I'd leave it as is.

We'll need to see pictures.

The before the tru oil pic is about the way it would have looked originally.

He got the paint off and it turned out great. His pics were lost in the recent forum outage.

You know, I don't do much (any) hunting for many years now but, when I was hunting, they counted the points on one side and that was the point count. Like above, it has 4 on each side would be a 4 pointer. I see these guys on TV calling the above a 8 pointers. What the Hell? What is correct now??? ...

Here is a pic of it with an ad that I found.

I shot a .380 version of this. It was the stiffest pistol I have ever handled. It was hard as hell to rack the slide, but it fired fine.

Yes that is altering. We don't condone that. It is refreshing to see you read the rules and asked. Thanks.

You'd be better off buying a working one. Then you'll have the heirloom, and a functional one.

Take it all apart and use lacquer thinner on the metal parts, that should dissolve the paint. I would try mineral spirits and a rag on the wood. You want to get the paint off without sanding or bleaching out the wood. Test it in a small out of the way spot first. What kind of moron paints a rifle li...

Nice.

Do you pull the trigger guard down to field strip it? Under the barrel there is a plunger, you push it in, rotate the barrel cap 180 degrees and the cap comes off, remove the slide lock (Falls out), remove the slide, pull spring out then the barrel. Hammer comes out in an assembly (Like a cassette)...

Do you pull the trigger guard down to field strip it?

My guess is Bubba.

Nice one Sonny!

It's a refurbished1943 Izhevsk 91/30. It looks like a nice solid example. Although not rare or uncommon.

A quick ebay search shows a reproduction for almost $300, and a couple of originals at 850 and 900. I guess that is the going rate these days. If the same guy you got your rifle from has the bayonet, it seems that he has a good bead on the prices.

Snek123 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:28 am Any idea how much are genuine M39 bayonets going now? I have a chance of buying one from the same owner as the rifles and hes asking about $650 for it.

They are high, because they are rare.