Mosin Nagant project

[Budasac]

Thank you for sharing your project. Congratulations and fantastic craftsmanship.

That is one beautiful rifle.

Excellent work.

Budasac, good job on that Mosin's bolt handle.

Thank you all for the kind words. I had a good time building this rifle and I'm looking forward to getting it all dialed in and putting lots of rounds down range with it (when it gets a little warmer).[emoji6]

 

[vonn]

Good job and awesome range report dedication! Come back with a show and tell when you get it dialed in on a nice day. Enjoyable posts,Thanks.

 

[Frank237]

I'd be interested to know what it does for a couple of five shot groups, off the bench at 100 yds.

 

[Budasac]

I'd be interested to know what it does for a couple of five shot groups, off the bench at 100 yds.

Me too. It's gonna have to wait until the weather warms up a little though.

 

[one eye joe]

GREAT WORK, AND A GREAT RANGE REPORT, BUDASAC. NOW YOU CAN RELAX UNTIL SPRING. THAT RIFLE HAS THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT SHOOTER, ONCE YOU GET IT DIALED IN…….CONGRATULATIONS

 

[fkienast]

Were you suing commercial ammo or surplus?
What range?
Rifle seems to shoot pretty good. I was wondering about how accurate it would be once that barrel was released from the military stock.

 

[Budasac]

Were you suing commercial ammo or surplus?
What range?
Rifle seems to shoot pretty good. I was wondering about how accurate it would be once that barrel was released from the military stock.

Ammo was PPU.
Range is Easton Fish and Game.
Currently the barrel is free floating but, the Arch Angel has an adjustable barrel tensioner towards the end of the stock so, once I get a chance to spend some time with it, I'll be able tune it a bit.

 

[Budasac]

A little bit of an update. On my first range trip with the Mosin it was 7° and breezy. The gun was shooting 2' low and I had to put a makeshift shim under the rear scope ring to get it on paper.

When I got home I pulled the rail off and made some adjustments to level it out a bit. I also replaced the rings with a set of adjustable rings to give me a little more wiggle room.

I was supposed to head to the range last weekend but at the last minute the plans fell through. I've been itching to get the rifle out again and also test out a Coach Gun I had picked up so today, on a whim, I headed out to a local 50 yard indoor range that's pretty close. I hate going there because it's always crowded (and I have to pay by the hour) but I had to test these guns out.

Anyway, I put 50 rounds through it before switching to the shotgun. The barrel was smoking hot when I was done.... It was a good 10 minutes before I could even put it back in the case.

I didn't dial it in perfectly, I just got it close enough since I was under time constraints. I figure I'm gonna have to make adjustments when I get it out to 100 yards anyway.

So, here's a 15 shot group (indoors) at 50 yards with milsurp ammo.

 

[one eye joe]

THAT'S GREAT, Budasec. A CLICK OVER TO THE LEFT, AND THAT GROUP MIGHT BE SOLIDLY IN THE X RING. DEPENDING ON THE EFFECT OF ONE CLICK, YOUR GROUP MAY BE A REPEAT OF THE ONE YOU SHOT--ONLY THIS TIME AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE X RING…..

I SOMETIMES DRIVE MYSELF CRAZY TRYING TO GET SHOTS PERFECTLY CENTERED IN THE X RING, WITH AN OPTIC THAT IS NOT CAPABLE OF THAT FINE OF AN ADJUSTMENT. SOME OPTICS, ON LOW RECOILING FIREARMS, WILL HOLD A POSITION 1/2 WAY BETWEEN CLICKS. I DOUBT IF THAT WILL BE THE SITUATION WITH THE MOISIN. IN THAT CASE, YOU MUST PICK THE SCOPE SETTING THAT GIVES YOU THE LEAST DEVIATION FROM PERFECTLY CENTERED, AND LIVE WITH IT. COMBAT / HUNTING ACCURACY IS LESS PRECISE THAN TARGET ACCURACY. YOU CERTAINLY HAVE EXCELLENT COMBAT / HUNTING ACCURACY, AND VERY RESPECTABLE TARGET ACCURACY . IMHO, YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THAT RIFLE IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. IT SHOULD PERFORM VERY WELL AT LONGER DISTANCES, IF YOU DO YOUR PART…...

 

[vonn]

Looks like you are getting it dialed in real well. Keep us posted when you get a chance at longer range.

 

[BB Gallini]

Hello, I've seen pictures of people's archangel mosins and one other neat thing some did was put 3D textured vinyl self stick 'carbon fiber' sheets on the flat 'framed in' areas of the sides of the stock and also on the cheekpiece. The fake carbon fiber is nicer than cheap contact paper, it's used for vehicle side mirrors, ventshades, doorpillars,etc. It is cheap on ebay.
Anyhow, nice job.

 

[one eye joe]

Hello, I've seen pictures of people's archangel mosins and one other neat thing some did was put 3D textured vinyl self stick 'carbon fiber' sheets on the flat 'framed in' areas of the sides of the stock and also on the cheekpiece. The fake carbon fiber is nicer than cheap contact paper, it's used for vehicle side mirrors, ventshades, doorpillars,etc. It is cheap on ebay.
Anyhow, nice job.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A NICE TACTICOOL TOUCH, BB Gallini…...

 

[69camfrk]

This Mosin kind of does it for me....

Project Build: The Ultimate Mosin Nagant - The Truth About Guns

 

[Budasac]

This Mosin kind of does it for me....

Project Build: The Ultimate Mosin Nagant - The Truth About Guns

I saw that when I was doing mine but I wanted a project and, other then the camo job, he really didn't do all that much work to it. The scope mount uses existing mounting points and since it's a scout set-up there's no need to turn down the bolt. All he really did was thread the barrel and paint it. (I do like the paint job though.) I was debating getting the OD stock and doing a snakeskin type motif on it. Since this was my first time airbrushing a firearm I chose to keep it simple though. Maybe my next project I'll get a little more wild.