Mosin Shell Shrinker?

[kBob]

Does anyone make a shell shrinker for the Mosin Nagant's 7.62x54R chamber?

I would think one in .32 ACP or even a .32 S&W based cartridge would be fairly easy to turn out.

I wonder if it might not be possible to make one that uses both the .32 ACP and the .32 S&W based shells ( up to and including the new Ruger .327) as many have found they can shoot the .32 ACP appearently safely frm some older COlt revolvers.

Might appeal to the Mosin Survivalists and those wishting to shoot a mosin lesspainfully and at ranges not appropriate for a full sized Mosin round. GOtta wonder what a 98 grain RN lead .32 S&W Long would be like out of a Mosin.....atleast something would be left of a rabbit if you shot one.

.30 Carbine shell shrinker might give some interesting options to someone that handloads in that caliber.

Of course some folks have been whining for a 7.62x25 mm carbine.... how about a shell shrinker for the mosin for that pistol cartridge? Might even be fun to try launching something like Lee's 155 grain Ruski bullet in the x25 case like a "whisper cartridge" if one reloads.

.....of course there was a Petterson Device made for the Mosin Nagant M91....

THinking about other things along that line as well.

Thoughts?

Directions to someone already making them?

-Bob Hollingsworth

 

[slzy]

i have seen them years past in 32 acp and for .308s. well made,too.somebody will remember.

 

[kBob]

slzy,

I have one in .32 ACp for use in my .308 and one with the firing pin offset in .22LR for us in my .223s.

I got them through Gander Mountain a few years back and found they work "ok" in my rifles, even if the Rim fire one is annoying as the firing pin adaptor drops free when unloading.

Marble (the folks that made the sights and the "Game Getter over under stocked Short barreled folding stock rifle) made some in the 1930s that featured a permeneant firing pin as the adapter unscrewed in the middle to allow the pistol or rimfire round to be closer to the lead of the rifling. But todays costs might be a bit for those.

My .32ACP/.308 Winchester one is just a steel shell case with a black finish that has a .32 ACP chamber in the base and an smooth bore "barrel" forward to the moth of the "case"

I can not image they would be hard for some one to crank out.

Makes me wish I had taken that machinist course a decade ago when I had the chance.

-Bob Hollingsworth

 

[JesseL]

MCA makes a lot of chamber adapters, but I don't see any 7.62x54R ones listed. You might give them a call and see if they'll do it.