The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Definitely a T53, and it sounds like a good buy, all matching number T53s aren't that common.

Nice! My first was also a '40 Tula!

Two completely different items, the first photo is a cleaning kit, the second photo is ammo pouches.

Pull the bullets with pliers, dump the powder in an ashtray and throw in a match.

What do you mean, that's not safe? It was the way they did in on the Air Force range where I learned to shoot as a kid.

Very nice! The VEPR is on my list, I was going to do the wood stock but I may be rethinking that now....

jurob wrote:Get a photobucket account. Download the ap and you can send pics from phone to photobucket.

From photobucket cut the IMG link of the picture and paste it straight to here in its own line.

What he said, I do it that way occasionally.

Nice shooting!

It was also hot and sweaty on the range in Arkansas where I was today.

In had the range all to myself today for the first test of my new Finn! A few observations: 1: The M91 sights are a whole lot better than M91/30 sights for accurate shooting! 2: If I load 5 rounds the second round will not loads, the interrupter seems to be worn and the second round manages to move ...

UPDATE I bought the gun. I cleaned it up real well, got rid of all that cosmoline... It seems the bolt is only super loose when the gun is cocked.. Also, I put a spent round (empty casing..) in the chamber to see if the bolt would tighten up on it, and the bolt refuses to close with the casing in t...

I wouldn't mess with it, I have found that the loose bolts are far less likely to suffer from sticky bolt syndrome. :pointup: Yep, my first Mosin was a 40 Tula I picked because the bolt felt tighter than all the others in the crate. At about round 8 the bolt gets tight, I have tried every fix ever ...

I wouldn't mess with it, I have found that the loose bolts are far less likely to suffer from sticky bolt syndrome.

Nice! I love my Marlins!

I have a couple with slightly loose bolts, they all check out and function just fine.

I used electrolysis on some Roman coins once, never again, as Zeebil says it just leaves a cratered mess.

Awesome!

It's the sight spring on my "new" Finn M91. Everything else that is marked is Tula.

So, I took it apart, I really wanted to know what was under the tang, so, here it is: http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/MikeBcos/L1040461.jpg What is that? Some kind of weird Russian date? :chuckles: A number under the barrel: http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/MikeBcos/L1040457.jpg The b...

Just picked it up, my 4473 was delayed, as it always is when you're a foreigner, here's one overall photo, I'll pull it apart tonight and check it over. Bore and trigger are both excellent. :mrgreen: It has a teeny import mark on the muzzle. http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/MikeBcos/1942%20Fi...

Bore and trigger are good, I didn't pay $400 because I told them it was incorrectly marked.

These are the photos I grabbed in the store today, I'll get some better ones later: How did I do? http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/MikeBcos/1942%20Finn/IMG_8229.jpg http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/MikeBcos/1942%20Finn/IMG_8238.jpg http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/MikeBcos/1942%...