Just wanted to post a few shots of my "work-in-progress". This will be my deer rifle when I'm finished.
A production company has been in the area filming "The Fast and the Furious 5". They finished shooting a scene where they needed guns to fill a large evidence room. My local shop is selling those guns off for them now. Many of the guns were prop guns that they brought with them but some were real that they rented from a few shops around here. Anyway, They had about 10 guns at my local shop that just came back from filming and I spotted a hunting rifle in the stack that had that distinctive Mosin Magplate and trigger. They pulled it out for me and it was an Izhevsk 1936 91/30. There are no import marks anywhere on the gun which leads me to believe its an early import from the 60's. My best guess on he stock is that its a Fajen Monte Carlo (Walnut). From what I have read these haven't been manufactured in a few decades so my WAG is that this gun was "sporterized" quite a long time ago. The gun also has a TIG welded bent bolt handle. The bent bolt isn't as long as the sniper bolt handles I've seen but it was very well done. The gun definitely needed a little attention but I really liked it and and have never seen another one in that furniture. I have hunted with my Mosins before and have found them to be as accurate as any other higfh power rifle I've shot. I have always wanted one in a more "woods friendly" configuration but refused to put mine in a plastic stock.
Here's a pic that I took at the shop. Notice the massive ugly front sight.
When I got it home I noticed that the trigger needed immediate attention. It was loose and would pull almost fully to the rear before releasing the bolt. I found that the trigger spring/bolt stop was flattened out. I see tool marks on it which leads me to believe that they did this on purpose to lighten the trigger. I reshaped the spring and added the hump back to it and the trigger works perfect now. I will probably order a new spring and polish the trigger and bolt stop contact surfaces. I may add a trigger return spring similar to the ones used in the Finnish M28's as well.
After disassembling the gun and thoroughly cleaning everything I decided to remove the aluminum front sight. It was pressed on to the barrel after the barrel had been cut down and recrowned. I tried to remove it with a punch but it was on there very tight. I ended up grinding a flat onto the sight base until it split from tension them it fell off. The barrel underneath was in great shape and will clean up nice for rebluing.
The stock fits this gun perfectly and the cheek weld on the buttstock makes it very comfortable. Have any of you seen this particular stock before?
After this I refitted the action to the stock. When whoever built this gun assembled it they had bedded it with some cloth and resin or some sort. The fit was perfect with a paper-thin float on the barrel.
I haven't decided if I am going to refinish the stock yet as the two small nicks on the buttstock aren't bad and actually give it some character. My next step is to choose a proper scope mount and then choose some optics.
So, any ideas, input, suggestions, etc... are welcome. What would your next step be? Ideas for a good mount? I have no problem drilling and tapping the receiver but will not use one of the cheap rear-sight mounts.
A production company has been in the area filming "The Fast and the Furious 5". They finished shooting a scene where they needed guns to fill a large evidence room. My local shop is selling those guns off for them now. Many of the guns were prop guns that they brought with them but some were real that they rented from a few shops around here. Anyway, They had about 10 guns at my local shop that just came back from filming and I spotted a hunting rifle in the stack that had that distinctive Mosin Magplate and trigger. They pulled it out for me and it was an Izhevsk 1936 91/30. There are no import marks anywhere on the gun which leads me to believe its an early import from the 60's. My best guess on he stock is that its a Fajen Monte Carlo (Walnut). From what I have read these haven't been manufactured in a few decades so my WAG is that this gun was "sporterized" quite a long time ago. The gun also has a TIG welded bent bolt handle. The bent bolt isn't as long as the sniper bolt handles I've seen but it was very well done. The gun definitely needed a little attention but I really liked it and and have never seen another one in that furniture. I have hunted with my Mosins before and have found them to be as accurate as any other higfh power rifle I've shot. I have always wanted one in a more "woods friendly" configuration but refused to put mine in a plastic stock.
Here's a pic that I took at the shop. Notice the massive ugly front sight.
When I got it home I noticed that the trigger needed immediate attention. It was loose and would pull almost fully to the rear before releasing the bolt. I found that the trigger spring/bolt stop was flattened out. I see tool marks on it which leads me to believe that they did this on purpose to lighten the trigger. I reshaped the spring and added the hump back to it and the trigger works perfect now. I will probably order a new spring and polish the trigger and bolt stop contact surfaces. I may add a trigger return spring similar to the ones used in the Finnish M28's as well.
After disassembling the gun and thoroughly cleaning everything I decided to remove the aluminum front sight. It was pressed on to the barrel after the barrel had been cut down and recrowned. I tried to remove it with a punch but it was on there very tight. I ended up grinding a flat onto the sight base until it split from tension them it fell off. The barrel underneath was in great shape and will clean up nice for rebluing.
The stock fits this gun perfectly and the cheek weld on the buttstock makes it very comfortable. Have any of you seen this particular stock before?
After this I refitted the action to the stock. When whoever built this gun assembled it they had bedded it with some cloth and resin or some sort. The fit was perfect with a paper-thin float on the barrel.
I haven't decided if I am going to refinish the stock yet as the two small nicks on the buttstock aren't bad and actually give it some character. My next step is to choose a proper scope mount and then choose some optics.
So, any ideas, input, suggestions, etc... are welcome. What would your next step be? Ideas for a good mount? I have no problem drilling and tapping the receiver but will not use one of the cheap rear-sight mounts.
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