Ugly Mosin Nagant!

[leadcounsel]

Just got an awesome Mosin for a great price of $225 otd.

This thing has seen some real love. It's a 1933 Izzy hex bolt that was cut down to 19". The bolt handle was professionally turned down, the bolt is very smooth and not typical of MNs, and the trigger is crisp and light. Breaking "like glass" would not be an overstatement on this trigger! The stock appears to be a Boyds or similar with a cheek rise comb. There are aftermarket iron sights installed and they appear straight. The bore is crisp and shiney, and crown well-done.

It's really light and handy. Whomever did this build clearly took a lot of time and care on it. I wouldn't be surprised if there's $300 in work and materials on this bubba'd MN, in addition to the original cost of the rifle.

It's non-matching, so of lesser historical significance other than the 1933 hex izzy build.

I just got it and haven't fired it yet, but wanted to share my latest awesome fine. I just took this quick picture with some Russian insignia and stuff ...

I bought my first Mosin M38 for $50 in 2007, and have been a collector of these since. I have many of them, and this one is particularly cool.

 

[1911 guy]

Nice! I'm really torn about "bubba" rifles. I've seen a few examples of horrendous hack jobs, but I've also seen some that a lot of TLC went into, like yours. On one hand, I don't want to see a rifle messed up. But on the other hand, you'll find an example once in a while that shows some thought and purpose to it.

This looks like somebody needed a decent hunting rifle on the (relatively) cheap and did a nice job of it. Figure if someone got the rifle for 100 bucks or less originally, had a few hundred bucks of work done, they're still cheaper than a lot of good "traditional" hunting rifles.

 

[KansasSasquatch]

If you think about it, the person that modified that rifle might be into it for less than $200 if they had all of the gunsmithing tools laying around and a set of donor sights. $50-100 for the rifle 6 years ago, $50-100 for the stock. Cutting the barrel and recrowning it is free if you have the tools. Improving the trigger and smoothing out the bolt can be done without buying any parts.

I wish I could still find the rifles for under $100. Heck, I'd settle for under $140. I'd like to get a couple for projects. I'd like to do one with a 16-18" barrel, Boyd's stock, bed the action, free float the barrel, and maybe a muzzle break. Then I'd like to throw one in the Archangel stock, cut the barrel to about 22", and add a scout scope mount and good optic.

 

[Mosin Bubba]

Looks a lot better than mine. Nice find.

 

[farmerboy78]

People who say a rifle is Bubba done make my skin crawl...saying this rifle was done that way is just wrong, it is the same thing as a custom Remington 700...rifle is changed from its original form, but people don't say that about the remmy... it's a nice rifle either way!

 

[R.W.Dale]

There is a difference between a hacked up bubba and a classic sporter

THIS is the latter.

I used to own this similar example build on an SCW gun

 

[chicharrones]

I love it, leadcounsel. What a great find.

It looks like some Soviet soldier of some sort tried to steal it though. Someone startled them while they were bending over and all kinds of stuff fell out of their pockets as they beat a hasty retreat. Allegedly.

 

[Garrobo]

The great thing

about the Mosin Nagant rifle is that if you ever run out of ammo you can use it to drive fence posts without hurting it.