Mosin - Nagant conversions

[ccsniper]

those m38's are selling for about the same as a new sporting rifle now.

 

[dirtyjim]

you can convert a mosin to just about anything if you have the skills & equipment.
here is a pic of my 220 swiftAI conversion.

its on a remington m91 receiver, the barrel is from a remington 722 that originaly was chambered in .222, i re-threaded it for the mosin then rechambered it to .220 swiftAI. i also bushed the boltface for the .473 dia. casehead, modified the extractor & the ejector/interuptor. i'm going to replace the ati stock with a european classic from great american & add a swedish q/r sidemout.
right now i have under $200 tied up in it.
i have a few more mosin projects in the works and on the drawing board.
this barrel will be chambered inthe 7mmx54r wildcat and i'm going to build a stock for it similar to the mini-windrunner.

this barrel is from a russian maxim machinegun. its bore isn't that great so it it doesn't shoot good i'll just have it rebored to .338 cal for a 8.5x54r wildcat.


i'm also planning on building a target rifle in 6.5 vostock and a dg rifle in 9.5x54r.
i'm going to order the barrel & a .375 neck & throat reamer for the dg rifle this weekend.

 

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Re looking for a Mosin nagant in Alaska

Thanks for the chatter.

I teach at UAF in Fairbanks. We also have a policy restricting firearms in campus buildings, but I can get an instructional dispensation for something like this. For the longest time, our department had an armory with guns that could be checked out for field work (ie anti bear). Things are a little different up here in AK, where 15 minutes from town you become part of the food chain ... and not the top ;-}

Any more leads would be great. I'm keeping an eye open at our shows and will make a run to Anchorage over the summer as there are more stores. If anyone knows of one in Anchorage, I'd appreciate a shout.
Also, my needs are really for a prop that's not functional, so if anyone has a relatively inexpensive non-functional example, it love to hear.

Thanks

Mike

 

[Brimic]

Check gunboards.com for M91s for sale.

This guy has a bunch of them, most are finnish captures or reworks:

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?151452-WTS-Mosins-lowered-prices-updated-5-APR-2010
#14 and #15 would be closest to original condition.