Picked up a Mosin Nagant

[DoubleJ]

1943 Soviet.  Wanted one from before the war but, for $40, who can argue?  shot it yesterday.  Needs some sighting work but shoots very nice.  It needs a good scrub though.  Anyone with experience with these guns want to make a few dollars cleaning this thing up for me?  Not looking for a refurbishment or anything, I just want to get the crap off and properly oiled for storage.  The thing feels like it has about a gallon of oil on it.

[Jason]

$40 thats a sweet deal.

[DoubleJ]

I wish they would have had 10 of them

[lokidog]

I have owned two, a long barreled Finnish one and a carbine, both are very accurate as I was whacking bowling pins at 200 yards with surplus ammo.  I even shot a deer in WI with the Finnish one that I gave my dad.  Too bad the safeties are so cumbersome.  $40 is a great price. 

If you buy surplus ammo, be sure to check the first few cases after you fire them as I had one batch that about every third case would split... funny, I still have a bunch of them left....

[DoubleJ]

I have owned two, a long barreled Finnish one and a carbine, both are very accurate as I was whacking bowling pins at 200 yards with surplus ammo.  I even shot a deer in WI with the Finnish one that I gave my dad.  Too bad the safeties are so cumbersome.  $40 is a great price. 

If you buy surplus ammo, be sure to check the first few cases after you fire them as I had one batch that about every third case would split... funny, I still have a bunch of them left....

If you're willing to part with excess ammo, make me an offer.  I blew through a 20rd box yesterday in about 10 minutes.  $16.99 goes quick

[lokidog]

I would not want anyone to risk shooting those cases that tended to split.

I do, however, have reloading dies that I would be more than happy to loan you if you have a press.  Unfortunately surplus ammo cases are usually not reloadable.

Check out Sportsmans Guide  $86 for 440 rds  http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/440-rds-762x54r-fmj-147-gr-ammo.aspx?a=235122  for surplus or

20 rds for $10 here  http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/silver-bear-762x54r-174-grain-fmj-ammo-20-rds.aspx?a=472409

I think the sights are calibrated for the 174gr bullets but am not sure.

Here is another useful website  http://7.62x54r.net

[DoubleJ]

The surplus I've seen in the 440rd drums is 147gn.  How do I calibrate the sights for a lighter grain?

[lokidog]

I think you would just have to shoot it and see which detent they line up with.  The "battle sights" are set for something like 200 arshins, there may not be much difference between the bullets.  An arshin is, I think, a little over a yard.  With the 147's you might just have to determine your "hold under"  rather than hold over.     The price is right on the 147s enough that you can just go shoot to shoot.

[phishisgroovin]

Mosin Nagant Rifle Sight Fix

watch it and be happy

[FC]

  How do I calibrate the sights for a lighter grain?

I removed the front sight from my Mosin and drove the post out through the bottom of it. I then thinned the base of the post until I could drive it up higher (from the bottom) in the original base, I set the post higher than I thought I would need, put the rifle back together and took a hammer and drift to the range with me. A little tap-tap-tap here and there and I had the rifle dialed in.