Shin71

I am in the middle of cutting down a Mosin-Nagant barrel to about 18" so that I will have a truck/trunk gun. I have a JMeck scope mount with a burris scope and a bent bolt.

My only thing is cutting down the barrel. I would like to do it myself in my shop but do not want to spend the money on the tools for this one time thing. I am looking at a hacksaw, a few metal files, brass round head screw and valve lapping compound.

I do plan on cutting this a little long for that "Oh S#!+" moment so that I have the option of taking it to a smith and just dropping the money but has anyone else done this.

I am a military armorer but have never cut down a barrel before.