Ivy Mike
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I tore down my Mosin-Nagant M44 this morning and have been admiring the rifle a bit. I love the stupid simplicity of the trigger mechanism and how easy it is to improve upon it. I was pretty annoyed at the ammount of play in trigger when I bought the rifle, but didn't realize it was so easy to fix. A few washers and a bit of epoxy have firmed things up.
My questions are how many of you have bothered to try to improve such an inexpensive rifle? The utter simplicity of the design just invites fiddling with it and the results are easy to appreciate. I know I'm "modifying" a surplus rifle, but only to improve on some basic charateristics.
Does anybody have any advice on other things that can be done to smooth out the trigger or at least improve on it?
My final question has nothing to do with a Mosin-Nagant. For this one, we are going to switch from Allies to Axis and talk about an Arisaka rifle.
My grandfather brought two Arisaka's home from Japan. One is a type 44 (I think) and the other is chambered in 7.7mm (don't remember the type) At any rate, the 7.7mm is a full length rifle and still has the mum intact.
My grandfather got a little second-hand evidence that it was unsafe to shoot.
I'd really like to put a few rounds through it, but don't want it exploding in my face. Skin heals, but mum-intact rifles are getting rare
Is there anyway an average joe like myself can tell if the rifle is OK to fire? A way to check numbers perhaps? I don't have any gun-specific tools other than cleaning stuff.
Should I take it to a smith before firing? The fit and finish on the rifle is pretty rough, but seems solid. I can't really tell what quality the steel is though. Rifle seems like a late-war model.
Any ideas, questions, comments. These aren't my only military rifles either.
The list also includes a
beautiful 03A3
Yugo Mauser (M98)
The 6.5mm Arisaka I mentioned
Springfield Armory Model 1899 Carbine (30-40 Krag)
My questions are how many of you have bothered to try to improve such an inexpensive rifle? The utter simplicity of the design just invites fiddling with it and the results are easy to appreciate. I know I'm "modifying" a surplus rifle, but only to improve on some basic charateristics.
Does anybody have any advice on other things that can be done to smooth out the trigger or at least improve on it?
My final question has nothing to do with a Mosin-Nagant. For this one, we are going to switch from Allies to Axis and talk about an Arisaka rifle.
My grandfather brought two Arisaka's home from Japan. One is a type 44 (I think) and the other is chambered in 7.7mm (don't remember the type) At any rate, the 7.7mm is a full length rifle and still has the mum intact.
My grandfather got a little second-hand evidence that it was unsafe to shoot.
I'd really like to put a few rounds through it, but don't want it exploding in my face. Skin heals, but mum-intact rifles are getting rare
Is there anyway an average joe like myself can tell if the rifle is OK to fire? A way to check numbers perhaps? I don't have any gun-specific tools other than cleaning stuff.
Should I take it to a smith before firing? The fit and finish on the rifle is pretty rough, but seems solid. I can't really tell what quality the steel is though. Rifle seems like a late-war model.
Any ideas, questions, comments. These aren't my only military rifles either.
The list also includes a
beautiful 03A3
Yugo Mauser (M98)
The 6.5mm Arisaka I mentioned
Springfield Armory Model 1899 Carbine (30-40 Krag)