Rebarreling
10-25-2017, 03:16 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,902
Right - "if limited to a myosin action for some reason..." I don't think I'd play in any game where I would ever find myself limited to a mosin action... Can't think of any reason a guy would get stuck with one?
10-25-2017, 06:36 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: central Ky
Posts: 2,867
Well, actually I recently won a bet by hitting a 12" gong at 500 yards from a "sporterized" Mosin Nagant I only paid $70 for at a pawn shop. The previous owner had put a aftermarket barrel on it, did a very good job of fitting & crown too. He had put a set of Rem 700 sites on it & put a turned down LONG bolt handle on. All I had to do was D&R the receiver, put a inexpensive scope on it (old Weaver K-4 steel tube with microtrac I'd had lying around for years), a buddy sent me a new aftermarket stock for it & I bedded it, and put a Timney trigger in it. I even used cheap Prvi Partizan 150 gr soft points in it. The bet was to take a old milsurp, and total investment of less than $500 to consistently nail a 12" gong at 500 yards. I won that easily.
10-26-2017, 01:49 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,646
Well, actually I recently won a bet by hitting a 12" gong at 500 yards from a "sporterized" Mosin Nagant I only paid $70 for at a pawn shop. The previous owner had put a aftermarket barrel on it, did a very good job of fitting & crown too. He had put a set of Rem 700 sites on it & put a turned down LONG bolt handle on. All I had to do was D&R the receiver, put a inexpensive scope on it (old Weaver K-4 steel tube with microtrac I'd had lying around for years), a buddy sent me a new aftermarket stock for it & I bedded it, and put a Timney trigger in it. I even used cheap Prvi Partizan 150 gr soft points in it. The bet was to take a old milsurp, and total investment of less than $500 to consistently nail a 12" gong at 500 yards. I won that easily.
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10-26-2017, 02:18 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: central Ky
Posts: 2,867
Oh of course! In fact, a gunsmith with not even counting his labor, cannot even sporterize a Mauser or Mosin these days for the cost of a Ruger American or Savage Axis! I was not trying to say it's automatically better or cheaper than buying a modern new budget bolt rifle, but possible within the price range of selection. These days, it just don't pay anymore to sporterize a milsurp rifle. This started changing on a HUGE scale about 10-15 years ago, or a bit less. The budget rifles being offered today are simply incredible, especially for the price vs performance!
