Anyone here shoot Mosin Nagant? If so, what ammo do you use or do you hand load?
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I have 10 Mosin's and love to shoot every one of them. Surplus ammo is dirt cheap and handloading for surplus rifles is a waste IMHO. I have shot about every bit of surplus out there and can only give the advice to stay away from Albanian and 1950's Bulgarian ammo. The Czech silver tip is great stuff.
Hootbro
Hootbro
just clean the barrel thoroughly ASAP to prevent the corrosive salts from damaging the bore
Oz technique for old military rifles and potentially corrosive priming is to put the barrel in a bicket of boiling water with some dish washing liquid, and use the patch as a "pump" to pump water up and down the barrel.
When the barrel is really hot, and been well washed, it will dry quickly.
Then oil well.
When the barrel is really hot, and been well washed, it will dry quickly.
Then oil well.
I figure I must have had some of the Albanian stuff as my bolt refused to open without the help of a mallet. I cleaned the bore area using a drill and 20 gauge brush as this was suggested by MosinNagant.net but it still happened. I don't see that there are any burrs in the chamber area so I'm going to have my gunsmith check the head space this weekend. I'm figuring the problem will go away when I try different and possibly higher quality mil surp. I think the stuff I was using was either overloaded and the cases simply expanded too much on detonation.
Anyone used any of the Wolf ammo in these?
Anyone used any of the Wolf ammo in these?
Hootbro,
You only have 10? My son, go out and get thee more Mosins'
Do you have any Finnish Mosins'? I have a Finnish M39 and I noticed immediately, when I compared it to my Russian 91/30, that it is a much superior made rifle.
You only have 10? My son, go out and get thee more Mosins'
Do you have any Finnish Mosins'? I have a Finnish M39 and I noticed immediately, when I compared it to my Russian 91/30, that it is a much superior made rifle.
I have a Fin M39 also and ditto on the "superior" part.quote:
Originally posted by Scotto:
Hootbro,
You only have 10? My son, go out and get thee more Mosins'
Do you have any Finnish Mosins'? I have a Finnish M39 and I noticed immediately, when I compared it to my Russian 91/30, that it is a much superior made rifle.
Back to your stuck ammo problem. Was the ammo brass cased? If so, probably was Albanian.
Also, a real Mosin man will shoot a M44.
Hootbro
Hootbro,
Not sure where the ammo came from, it was brass cased. I'm probably going to stick with the new stuff or start reloading my own.
The M44 are extremely difficult to find; at least they are in my neck of the woods. I consider myself very fortunate to have found the M39 when I did.
Not sure where the ammo came from, it was brass cased. I'm probably going to stick with the new stuff or start reloading my own.
The M44 are extremely difficult to find; at least they are in my neck of the woods. I consider myself very fortunate to have found the M39 when I did.
I don't mind the kick of the M44, but the muzzle blast quickly makes one the least popular person on the range.
My M44s/Type 53s seem to have oversized chambers too, sort of like the No. 4 Lee-Enfield. M39 chambers seem to be much tighter, probably better brass life.
Back when I did handload I did up some nice "recreational" rounds with (IIRC) IMR 4139 and 110 gr. HPs. Very nice in the M44.
My M44s/Type 53s seem to have oversized chambers too, sort of like the No. 4 Lee-Enfield. M39 chambers seem to be much tighter, probably better brass life.
Back when I did handload I did up some nice "recreational" rounds with (IIRC) IMR 4139 and 110 gr. HPs. Very nice in the M44.
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