Bent Bolt for Mosin?

[jski]

I’ve seen 2 solutions for getting a bent bolt for my Mosin:

A no-weld fix:


Buy a completely new bolt:


What’s my best option with this?

 

[jski]

Not sure how that no-weld, threaded solution will hold up over time?

 

[Bcwitt]

I wouldnt trust that. Leave it the way it is or weld it.

 

[4v50 Gary]

I'd make a heat sink and heat and forge the bolt down.

 

[entropy]

Learn to live with the original straight bolt handle.

The hammered down bolt handle really sucks, you actually have more leverage with a straight bolt handle.
If you think you have to do this to clear a scope, there are other ways of scoping a Mosin that can be reversed without permanent alterations needed. If you are trying to recreate a PU or PE sniper on a non sniper or ex sniper rifle, don't.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

They have drill less scope mounts on ebay. I had one on mine for awhile. With a scout scope. It mounts where the rear sight is.

Low Profile Mosin Nagant Scope Mount for the 91/30, Picatinny Style Rail. USA | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Low Profile Mosin Nagant Scope Mount for the 91/30, Picatinny Style Rail. USA at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

 

[Remington1911]

Yes the long eye relief scopes and a mount that uses the back site. The one I have works well.

I would say if you want a "sniper" I agree with above, just don't. There are enough "fakes" out there you should find one for a tick more then a "normal" mosin of like condition.

In days of old SOG sold them and I bought one for right at $300 IIRC. I would never try to pass it off as something that it is not, and that makes all the difference. If you own it own it for what it is. It really is fun to play enemy at the gates.

 

[Hillbilly Hydrographics]

ive had mosins with the scout scope set up using the original rear sight base and they worked well. The one i have now the guy i got it from in a trade worked for boeing makin airplane parts. He machined a downward bolt handle then machined the bolt to accept it and bolted together. And he had modified cantilever scope mount and its professionally drilled and tapped to receiver. So there is options depending on just how bad you want a more traditional scope set up and have to have downward bolt handle to accommodate it. It does make loading more trouble with the set up on mine cause you cant use stripper clips have to drop a bullet in and push it down for each round. Its not to much trouble but still isnt as nice as just stuffing 5 rounds down into mag quick. Ive owned and been shooting the mosin in pic for 6 years now and havent had first bit of trouble from it.

 

[toivo]

You do what you want, but remember that one of the ways to operate a Mosin bolt rapidly is to reach across with your left hand to cycle the bolt while keeping your right-hand grip in place. If you bend the bolt handle, you're going to make that more difficult if not impossible.

 

[LoonWulf]

Id Just buy a bent handled bolt body, they used to be 50-80 bucks. I did a bolt thru handle thing on one if mine, and it held just fine, but finances required i spend zero on the gun and I wouldn't do it again unless i had to.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I picked up a full-dress Arkangel Mosin with the screwed-on "bent" bolt handle.
Hey, it was cheap - and different.
Works pretty well, too.

 

[jski]

Yes, I was thinking of mounting a scope and that won’t work with the original T-bolt. The Russians themselves used a bent bolt for their Mosins with scopes.

 

[earlthegoat2]

If done properly, and it is within the skill set of a DIYer, the screw on bolt handle modification is just fine.

Like so many other old wives tales and superstitions, it got its reputation from the first moron that did the job badly and not the millions of subsequent successes.

 

[toivo]

Yes, I was thinking of mounting a scope and that won’t work with the original T-bolt. The Russians themselves used a bent bolt for their Mosins with scopes.

That makes sense. I would imagine that snipers are less concerned with rate-of-fire.

 

[4v50 Gary]

View attachment 1171753 And he had modified cantilever scope mount and its professionally drilled and tapped to receiver.

Not saying that what you have is bad but the reason why the Soviets abandoned the cantilever mount was that under combat conditions theirs didn't hold zero. Hence they went to the side mount for their 4X PEM scope.

 

[entropy]

The PE and PEM used a Base mounted to the front receiver top. The PU used the side mount.

 

[JSneezy]

This one does require welding, but I have it on mine, and it is about as good as it gets. It's designed to work with their scope mounts, which are about the most solid I've seen. They also have one with the ball at the end like the original bolt handle, or a threaded one where the handle can be switched out.

Mosin Nagant “Teardrop” Bolt Handle – Rock Solid Industries