Mosin Nagant project

THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL FINISHING TOUCH, Budasac. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT TO DO---SHOOT THAT BABY. IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF YOU COULD POST A SHORT VIDEO OF YOUR FIRST SHOTS AT THE RANGE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE ! ! !

IN ANY EVENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TARGETS, AFTER YOU GET DIALED IN……..
 
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Budasac said:
Thanks Joe! I'm pretty happy with it. I take pride in being able to say I built/modified something myself. Most of the time it's furniture or cars but, firearms are cool too.[emoji41]

My brake arrived in the mail today. I got lucky with my thread job, the brake clocked perfectly and ended up with the ports at 12:00 when fully tightened down. I was assuming I would have to adjust the threads since I didn't want to use a crush washer but, sometimes things work out. (Not usually but, sometimes.)

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Looks great! You mind me asking what muzzle brake that is and the thread specs?

Great work!
 
ColumbusJBR said:
Looks great! You mind me asking what muzzle brake that is and the thread specs?

Great work!
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I bought the brake from a seller on EBay, it was just listed as a .308 cal brake. The threads are 14x1 LH. I chose that particular size thread based on a measurement of barrel thickness at the end. Most "Mosin Brakes" that I saw were listed as 15x1.5 threads though.
 
Budasac said:
Meh, I don't think it had much value to begin with. To me it was simply an old *** that would otherwise never get used. It served as a cheap platform to experiment with and have some fun. To me it's worth much more now, and I enjoy the process. It has nothing g to do with money or value.

If I come across a nice Mosin with matching numbers I'll likely pick it up and restore it just so I can take it out once in a while and shoot it side by side with my "bubba" Mosin.[emoji6]
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I agree with you. Mosin's are a dime a dozen, and modifying them gives you practical gunsmithing skills. While none of mine are modified, that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to get another and make a long range gun out of it. Looks good!
 
That's a good looking conversion. I cringed at first when i saw another Mosin cut up, but I've got a safe full of them in varying condition and build years. The later years are find to convert, IMHO, due to the high number of them made and the piss poor job they did machining them. Corners were cut and they put out the best rifle they could at the lowest cost and as quickly as possible.

I bought one at Dunhams a few years ago on Black Friday...well, 7 of them actually, for $70 each. The kid behind the counter broke the stock on one as he dropped it in the box...split the stock about 4 inches long from the butt forward. I ended up selling that one for $150 and the guy threw in a Mossberg 722 that hadn't been cleaned in the two years he had it...he even lost the factory sights. They guy sporterized the Mosin, and Mossberg sent me the sights for the 722. I cleaned that rifle up and sold it for another $100. I made $180 from that Mosin. LOL

Anyway, the guy did a piss poor job on his conversion...to the point that it won't even fire now.

You, however, gave that old rifle some love and made it into something that, had this technology and money had been available at the time, Vasily Zaytsev would be proud to shoot. Bravo on your hard work.
 
stringpicker said:
That's a good looking conversion. I cringed at first when i saw another Mosin cut up, but I've got a safe full of them in varying condition and build years. The later years are find to convert, IMHO, due to the high number of them made and the piss poor job they did machining them. Corners were cut and they put out the best rifle they could at the lowest cost and as quickly as possible.

I bought one at Dunhams a few years ago on Black Friday...well, 7 of them actually, for $70 each. The kid behind the counter broke the stock on one as he dropped it in the box...split the stock about 4 inches long from the butt forward. I ended up selling that one for $150 and the guy threw in a Mossberg 722 that hadn't been cleaned in the two years he had it...he even lost the factory sights. They guy sporterized the Mosin, and Mossberg sent me the sights for the 722. I cleaned that rifle up and sold it for another $100. I made $180 from that Mosin. LOL

Anyway, the guy did a piss poor job on his conversion...to the point that it won't even fire now.

You, however, gave that old rifle some love and made it into something that, had this technology and money had been available at the time, Vasily Zaytsev would be proud to shoot. Bravo on your hard work.
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Thank you, I put quite a bit of time into it and enjoyed the entire process. I'm looking forward to shooting it this weekend but, they're calling for snow and 12 degree temps at the range. If I can convince my buddy to go I'll be there though. (It's his club, I'm not a member).
 
Budasac said:
Thank you, I put quite a bit of time into it and enjoyed the entire process. I'm looking forward to shooting it this weekend but, they're calling for snow and 12 degree temps at the range. If I can convince my buddy to go I'll be there though. (It's his club, I'm not a member).
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Those are perfect operating temps for the Mosin...she was build for that.

Keep us updated with the range report. Don't look for accuracy the first time out, look more for repeatability. Once you have her firing well and repeating, then dial in the scope.
 
stringpicker said:
Those are perfect operating temps for the Mosin...she was build for that.

Keep us updated with the range report. Don't look for accuracy the first time out, look more for repeatability. Once you have her firing well and repeating, then dial in the scope.
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THAT MIGHT BE PERFECT OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR THE MOSIN, BUT I DOUBT IF THEY ARE EVEN TOLERABLE FOR THE SHOOTER. THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT THE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDUCIVE TO DIALING IN A SCOPE. TOO MUCH RANDOM BODY MOVEMENT, WHAT WITH SHIVERING, AND THE CHATTERING OF TEETH. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE IF IT GOES BANG EVERY TIME, AND THAT WILL PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, Budasac…...
 
If the Russians could do it in the bone chilling -22F temps of a Salingrad winter, there's no reason an American can't do it in 17F degree temps.
 
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BigBill said:
First awesome project.

I'm a collector. I build supporters from parts or junk rifles with sewer pipe bores. My last two mauser supporters cost under $150. I can pass these supporters I built and saved down to my family members for hunting and target rifles. There just as accurate as any new rifle. Both my 7mm and 8mm mausers came out awesome. I'm working on a '1894 FN barreled action that bubba screwed up. I'm building it in 7,62x39 for my grandsons first deer rifle. His next gun will be a short barreled 98 action in 7mm mauser.
There are collectables then there are sows ears that we ca
turn parts into a fine hunting rifle.
I don't like to take or touch a rare gun. But with over a billion round receivers manufactured we won't miss it. Built it and enjoy it.
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I agree, don't think I've ever seen a negative comment made about someone taking a Springfield 03 or 03A3, or a Mauser and sporterizing it, yet thousands have been done.
The Mosins are examples of engineering that was done because it was badly needed at the time,ie; it was built for use by an uneducated person and was easy to repair and maintain.
Also don't think yours is an example of a bubbafied Mosin, that is usually referring to a poorly done modification, yours is far from that.
At the core, this is a fine rifle, it has taken elephant, rhino, elk and a number of other game animals, it has also been converted to a thousand yard target rifle many times and used sucessfully at that.
And, the initial purchase and the ammo are inexpensive to buy, so enjoy working on your rifle, fine tune it when you are finished with the other work and enjoy it.
As an aside, lay the 7.62X54R cartridge next to a 30-06 or .308 cartridge, and study them for a while, the 7.62X54R is a wicked looking cartridge if you study it for a while, and it's ballistics are similar to the other two.
olcop
 
olcop MUST BE KIDDING, sheepdog. INVARIABLY, I READ COMMENTS OF A NEGATIVE NATURE ABOUT ALL SPORTERIZED MILSURP WEAPONS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BRAND, OR THE QUALITY OF THE WORK. COLLECTORS CRY AS IF YOU MURDERED THE LAST DODO BIRD ON THE PLANET………..
 
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sheepdawg said:
:eek: You're kidding aren't you? :eek:
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Not kidding at all, I've been handling firearms for over 50 years and don't recall any negative comments about sporterizing other firearms, but when someone mentions a Mosin it seems to provoke all types of emotions.
But, I may have led a sheltered life;)
olcop
 
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Very Nice, Bud. Never thought of smithing my 91/30, though - just enjoying shooting (and cleaning) a piece of history - but I can tell you loved doing it.
 
bobojones said:
Very Nice, Bud. Never thought of smithing my 91/30, though - just enjoying shooting (and cleaning) a piece of history - but I can tell you loved doing it.
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Thanks. I did enjoy working on it. I enjoy projects in general and building things. I've been slow at work and I'm home today so I went to Home Depot to grab some supplies for another project to keep me busy tomorrow in case I'm home again. Gonna build a few Bullseye boxes to sell at my club or on EBay. Keeps me busy and maybe I'll make a few bucks.
These are two that I made previously. The one on the left I gave to my buddy and the other one is my current box.


Still planning on shooting Sat. Weather be damned.
 
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