headoftheholler
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I've always had an attraction / affliction with surplus rifles and the newest addition to my collection
surprisingly shot so well with it's 20 inch barrell. I've been a huge fan of short carbines, ecspecially hunting here in
the mountains. This one started life as a post WWII 1946 M44 Mosin Nagant carbine, and as typical of post war
examples, metal finish is beautiful as is the mirror bright bore that was not counterbored. I initially had plans to put my
1936 Tula barrelled action in an aftermarket stock but I shot the M44 from the bench at 75 yards using Silver bear FMJ and
was rewarded with 1 inch groups with the stock iron sights. So, ordered a pepper laminated stock from Boyds for the M44.
Price was very reasonable ($92) and fitment was perfect except for just a tad of wood I removed from the barrell channel to completly
float the barrell. It's nice to have a good recoil pad and sling swivels now. And to beat all nothing is done to hurt the value of
the rifle in it's origional configuration. I swapped in a Finnish trigger and sear, and after some hard work with some 2000 grit wet/dry
sandpaper the bolt now opens with no effort from one finger. Up next is a S&K mount and EER scope and I will have an ideal holler rifle.
Lets hear what you
think of the pics:
surprisingly shot so well with it's 20 inch barrell. I've been a huge fan of short carbines, ecspecially hunting here in
the mountains. This one started life as a post WWII 1946 M44 Mosin Nagant carbine, and as typical of post war
examples, metal finish is beautiful as is the mirror bright bore that was not counterbored. I initially had plans to put my
1936 Tula barrelled action in an aftermarket stock but I shot the M44 from the bench at 75 yards using Silver bear FMJ and
was rewarded with 1 inch groups with the stock iron sights. So, ordered a pepper laminated stock from Boyds for the M44.
Price was very reasonable ($92) and fitment was perfect except for just a tad of wood I removed from the barrell channel to completly
float the barrell. It's nice to have a good recoil pad and sling swivels now. And to beat all nothing is done to hurt the value of
the rifle in it's origional configuration. I swapped in a Finnish trigger and sear, and after some hard work with some 2000 grit wet/dry
sandpaper the bolt now opens with no effort from one finger. Up next is a S&K mount and EER scope and I will have an ideal holler rifle.
Lets hear what you
think of the pics:
