Mosin Nagant 91-30

[Christoefor]

Big Five Sporting goods has Russian 91-30s in excellent condition for $79.00 with bayonet and sling. Opened five boxes and found a 1942 rifle. Very accurate with czech silvertip ball,puts my AK-47 to shame! 79.00s for a World War Two rifle is hard to beat. Not sure how long they will be on sale.

Kris

 

[thefitzvh]

I will never buy from big 5 again, after the way I was treated when I wanted to remove a bolt to look down a barrel. I was treated like a common criminal, and admonished to emtpy my pockets before I'd be allowed to handle the rifle without it's lock on it. Even though the guy I was talking to sees me all the time in there, buying guns and ammo (or at least, used to)

Get a C&R. Don't do business with people who don't trust you.


James

P.S. On a positive note, the mosins I have are my favorite guns. I don't know what it is about them, but they rule

 

[Bainx]

Hey Chris, welcome aboard.
As a matter of factly, my 91-30 is 1942 vintage also.
These guns are a scream! Wish I had Big 5s in my area.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Not sure why, but 3 of my 5 are 1942's, I wonder if that holds true across the board.

 

[MuzzleBlast]

Yeah, that's weird, mine is 1942 as well. I'm sure they made a lot of them that year. Maybe they overestimated the need for them, since the tide turned that year after Stalingrad.

 

[George S.]

The Big 5 stores in my area usually have sales every week on different Mosin rifles. One week it's the 91/30, another week it's the M38 and another week it will be the M44. All of them will be sale priced here at $79.95. All are advertised as "re-arsenaled".

I bought a 91/30 last March and it's a 1931 Izzy with a hex receiver. After hours of cleaning off dried-up cosmoline it looks pretty nice and actuall shoots fairly well with 6" groups at 100yds. I still have some problems with the bolt not opening due to the years of built-up lacquer in the chamber but it getting better.

I also use the Czech 147gr silvertip stuff but all of the milsurp 7.62x54R ammo is corrosive so carry a bottle of Windex with Ammonia with you to soak down the bolt face and chamber immediately after shooting any milsurp ammo. Then clean as usual. Wolf makes some decent ammo for these rifles that is reasonably priced and it's non-corrosive.

The Big 5 where I bouhgt mine is run by a guy who collects surplus rifles. He is very knowledgeable about the Mosins and he even brought out 5 other 91/30 for me to inspect when I bought mine. BS'ed with him for over an hour that day. I 'll be going back for an M44 soon.

Here's a neat forum for Mosin owners: www.russian-mosin-nagant.com
There's lots of information about these weapons at www.7.62x54r.net

 

[thefitzvh]

i rescued a rusted, POS m44 from a shop... paid the guy at the shop like 20 bucks or something, I don't remember.

Cleaned it up, refinished the stock, attached a red dot sight to it (the rear irons fell apart from rust) and now it's the best shooting milsurp i have...

 

[Sam Adams]

I also use the Czech 147gr silvertip stuff but all of the milsurp 7.62x54R ammo is corrosive so carry a bottle of Windex with Ammonia with you to soak down the bolt face and chamber immediately after shooting any milsurp ammo.

Sounds like something out of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" where the main character's father's solution for everything was to spray Windex on it.

Yeah, yeah, I know...ammonia neutralizes the corrosive salts and protects the metal.... I was just having a bit of fun.

Christoefor, you should get a C&R. Forgetting issues of trust, you can get surplus rifles from wholesalers for a lot less money than through a retailer that has to make its own profit margin, plus save time on the paperwork. I can't wait to receive my license, if ATF ever gets off of its collective @ss and processes my application (though my wallet can wait)

 

[ocabj]

You should mix water with the ammonia if you decide to use ammonia to clean out the corrosive salts. Ammonia by itself isn't that good for cleaning out corrosive salts. Plain old water is the best. I personally use a mixture of 50/50 water and ammonia. I run a couple sopping patches through the bore, dry patch, clean/brush a little, then oil.