Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

You didn't hit the target so you say these rifles are only good to 200 yards? You probably just need to adjust your sights.

I like the nostalgia of the WW II rifles but the 44's kick quite a bit and my ancient body is suggesting i need to stick them in a corner and stay with my AR's.

Russian rifles were always sighted in with the bayonet attached/extended whether it was a 91, 91/30, or M44. It does throw off my Russian M44 quite a bit if I shoot it with the bayonet folded. Not so much with the Hungarian M44s. My Russian one will easily hit a man-sized target out to 300 yards which is as far as I've tried it to this point.

I use a slip-on recoil pad on all of my mosins when I plan on shooting them more than a couple of rounds. It also increases the length-of-pull to where they fit me better.

Matt

I like shooting the m44. I don't think the recoil is that bad and mine is accurate at 150 yds. That's the max range at the club. My 91-30 has had the sights adjusted for shooting w/o the bayonet installed as was the m44. Me thinks he isn't a very good shot.

I cut the bayonet off with a dremel. You can hate me, but they are a dime a dozen and it certainly made the rifle handle better. Put a M39 Finish Trigger on it and a recoil pad. The best thing about the rifle is the excellent muzzle flash. Especially when its overcast or sundown.

I would suggest firing any gun of a solid bench rest to determine the true accuracy of the gun. Firing it in the bed of a pickup in a propped up prone position isn't the most stable.

You can hate me

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I hate you.

How can you now enter endless discussions on whether the bayonet changes POI?

And you Tuco'd an M44 (see The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)? I suppose the corpse of the M39 lies brazenly in your closet?

So you got the shooter that you wanted by cutting the value of a marginally valuable rifle, that was made in the hundreds of thousands, that you owned. You are a bad man.

Next, I suppose you bulged the barrel of a pristine Model 1892 French Ordnance Revolver by insisting on shooting it. No, wait. I did that. Well really, Fiocchi ammo did that. My reloads are made with better care than their Classic line seems to be.

Hate me I do. My rifle, my dremel. My M39 lies in a state that is unchanged from the day I received it except for a couple thousand rounds down the barrel.

I did take a bone stock Ruger Mini 6.8 and sent it to ASI for $1200 worth of upgrades. It is now everything Ruger wished it to be.

I took a Remington No 5 Roller with a beater stock and a barrel and that was extemely rusted and pitted and converted it to 45 Colt with a heavy 16 inch barrel. You would be surprised what a No 5 shot out rusty pitted barrel goes for these days.

As for the Model 44. I love it just the way it is (now). Bayonetless. Did I mention that it was un-issued when I got it?

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I cut the bayonet off with a dremel.

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Hey Einstein, why didn't you get a screwdriver and remove the bayonet lug screw.
You also could have knocked out the drift pins to remove the complete mount.

Hey Einstein, why didn't you get a screwdriver and remove the bayonet lug screw.
You also could have knocked out the drift pins to remove the complete mount.

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Came to post this. I just removed the screw on mine.

You can remove the screw or the whole assembly. Just removing the screw leaves a nasty appendage on the end of the barrel. Removing the whole thing while workable, leaves you without a front sight. You could remove it, fix it, and then put it back on, but now you've performed an unnecessary step. Cut the thing off, and use a belt sander to round it off. You can do that by buying a spare sight/bayonet assembly, I didn't. So what. If I want one with a Bayonet, I am simply buy one or fix the one I have. No big deal for a rifle that was made by the millions. Maybe some day I will remove the sight, thread the barrel and then move it back just a hair.

i bought an M38 that didnt have the bayonet to begin with, also they were used less so bores and condition are generally better than M44s, and its even lighter.. if you want a shorter mosin like an M44 without the bayonet, just get an M38

I have a Type 53 which is just a Chinese version of the M44. Actually everything interchanges on the two rifles I think. Mine came with Russian furniture and bayonet, I think.

It's my truck rifle. I paid like $150 for it. I keep it in a gun sock with a stock she'll holder stuffed with 8 or 10 rounds. I like it for when we head to the cabin off season. Good medicine for anything we might run into (coyotes or two legged ). Plus it's just kinda fun to let off 3' firebolts

I will say, be careful when you are shooting it with the bayonet folded and your supporting hand placement. My buddy wasn't careful and put his hand too far forward. The recoil gave him a nice little screwdriver tip love bite

I couldn't think of a better truck rifle than a type 53. I used an M44 and made it my own. The fireball is the cure for what ails you.