military surplus rifles
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NE Kansas
Posts: 1,101
Never had a mosin nagant.
The safety takes a little while to get used to, but there is a trick to using it.
A Finnish version, say an M39, will shoot like a target rifle and have a very nice trigger. The Russian guns tend to be more hit and miss since they were slapping parts together.
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 1,079
Sorry about the doubts Forkhorn, I did not want to see anyone have a dangerous experience. It sounds like you have a '98 action. That should make a great sporting gun, thousands have been used for that.
Oldtimer, that is a great piece of work on the '98 Mauser. I hope Forkhorn's comes our as well, it is a great looking gun.
Oldtimer, that is a great piece of work on the '98 Mauser. I hope Forkhorn's comes our as well, it is a great looking gun.
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NE Kansas
Posts: 1,101
Sorry about the doubts Forkhorn, I did not want to see anyone have a dangerous experience. It sounds like you have a '98 action. That should make a great sporting gun, thousands have been used for that.
Oldtimer, that is a great piece of work on the '98 Mauser. I hope Forkhorn's comes our as well, it is a great looking gun.
Oldtimer, that is a great piece of work on the '98 Mauser. I hope Forkhorn's comes our as well, it is a great looking gun.
Indeed, it's a 98. What I'm trying to do is splice a new foreend tip to the original stock. The stock was broken under the bayonet lug and then somebody then did a really shoddy gluing job. I decided to make try to make it right.
The stock itself is rather battered otherwise, but the barrel and action are in good shape. Worst case scenario is that I can't get the splice right and look for an original replacement. I'd cut the old one down and maybe refinish for a lighter gun.
I must admit, though, oldtimr is giving me ideas....
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#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NE Kansas
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