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ANY rifle comes down to the hardware. Stock and correct fitment, receiver/bolt, and barrel. Many Mosins were rough, particularly wartime 91/30's. The Finns produced high quality barrels, well inletted wood stocks using steel shims, and using Russian produced actions produced highly accurate rifles. The TKIV-85 is STILL the oldest serving DM rifle in active military use today based on the Mosin-Nagant action. The M28-76 was (and still is) used in target competitions to this date. This is an original M28-76 barreled action, in a custom stock I made for the customer, being shot at 1,450 yards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM12yZ7GKlw My opinion is based on fact, and POI at the target. I've never said that these were accurate rifles in their original configuration- and particularly not with 3-4 moa ammunition.
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Axis, or other commercial sporting rifle.
With the Mosin you will spenda lot of money making a sow's ear out of a sow's ear, not a slik purse. The Mosin is a great sow's ear. I have a several of them, and enjoy shooting them. But no matter what you do they will never be a silk purse. They are what they are. A great, historic military rifle.
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The correct answer is, unless he wants to spend more to get less, get a modern rifle. The reality is with a Mosin, using your prices, he will spend ~$500 (Accurizing & Rock Solid mount $230, bent bolt $50, plus shipping, ~$140 for a Boyds stock, ~$100 a Timney trigger) to turn a $250 rifle into a ~$100 rifle. At best, it may be close to the accuracy of a modern rifle, but probably not. The prices for the Accurizing, scope mount and bent bolt are from you, Stock and trigger from Midway. The ridiculous thing is that he could buy a Mosin, throw it in the trash and buy an Axis and still be ahead financially over modifying a Mosin, and have rifle that is better in every measurable way than a modified Mosin. Unless, of course, he wants to spend money to be different. Quote:
Plus, a M28/76 is pretty much the pinnacle of Mosin Nagant development (it and the TKIV-85), really apples to oranges with what the OP is asking. |
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I would say no if you are going to modify an MN and try to make it a tack driver.
If you want that you can get either a Savage 12FV from Cabalas with a varmint barrel (heavier barrel) with an acu trigger, the nice Savage bolt for $420 regular price or on sale at times 50 and 100 off. Ok stock. They also carry a tactical Model 10T. Only drawback is the nut is smooth so a bit harder to get off initially if you want to change barrels (and a new nut) . Also has the acu trigger (very nice trigger in my opinion) That one is $600 regular and again, 50 and 100 off at times. Both are Cabella only specials. |
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You miss the entire point of a custom, whether it's built off a BAT action, a 700, a Mauser K98K, or a Mosin-Nagant. Quote:
99% of the guys that build $5,000 custom bolt guns can't shoot the difference between it, and a Savage 12 LRP. That's not the point. From $300 Cerakote jobs, to 1,500 factory stocks (not to mention the guys that spend $2,000 on a chunk of wood- to make a custom stock costing twice that.. You can keep posting the pic of the ridiculous looking idiot with the crap all over his face- but it adds no substance to your argument. I've made my point, so I'll exit this thread
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Am I the only one who thought this thread was going to be comparing the Mosin-Nagant to the German K98? You know, Russian vs Axis Power rifles?
Seriously: for what you describe, the most cost-effective decision, with the highest potential accuracy, in the most re-sellable package, is to buy a modern rifle in the caliber you want. If you WANT to do the conversion because you want a one-of-a-kind rifle that reflects your skills as a gunsmith, then you can use the Mosin-Nagant. However, it would probably add at least $500 to have it done right, plus the cost of the rifle itself, as well as the scope. This means probably closer to 7-800 to make it as nice as you can. You would need to:
And you know what? After all of this, that Savage Axis will still be cheaper, as well as probably more accurate and with the same or better trigger feel. If you want to do the labor, for some reason, that is fine. I did something like this [other than re-chambering] to a 1895 Chilean Mauser that has been in the family [in sporterized condition- I didn't start the ruin] since about 1962. It is a family heirloom that shoots a very respectable hunting round for deer and smaller game. It does everything I want of it. If I want more power, then the family '03 comes out as the 30-06 is good enough for whatever the 7x57 is borderline for, for me. I won't hunt griz, or elephant. Now here is a different thought: Buy the Mosin for a brush gun at distances under 150 yards. At that range, the M39 or M44 will have about as much knock-down power as a .308, if not more. Add a different safety, and leave it alone. It is what it is. THEN, buy the Axis for long range work [target or hunting]. Just don't try to make a classic muscle car into an Indy car- the amount of money it requires to make the change isn't really worth it. |
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I too frown on the "sporterize" of a antique firearm. I am however pro choice, it's YOUR firearm and if you want to play hackenstein, then do as you please. Mosin's are plenty accurate (let's remember they were mass produced back in the early 1900's people). I shoot my all the way out to 600 yds and it shoots about 3-4 MOA at 600 yds. Pretty dam admirable. If you don't own a Mosin you owe it to yourself to get one. They are extremly fun and painfull to shoot. Your will develop a huge respect for what our military marksmen had to use effectively during that era. I have a zero collectible value Ishyvesk 91/30 that I restored and added a scout scope to be able to shoot at 600 :
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Road_Clam, I agree: freedom of choice.
I just didn't want him to think it would be a sound financial decision. For transparency reasons, I should add I own a Russian made [1943] 91/30 and Polish made [1954] M44. They ARE more accurate than I am. However, my 1895 Mauser with Timney and Scope are easier to hit the gong at 400 yards. I wouldn't feel undergunned with the Mosin design. I just wouldn't want to change the caliber to something I already have in .308 [Garand, Saiga, Savage M99F, FR8]. Why not have more than one? |
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If you want a Mosin, buy a Mosin. Lots of history and very fun. Eventually, ammo will come back.
If you want a modern rifle, buy a modern rifle. The Axis is priced very well for not going crazy into precision shooting. The one thing I did not see was the OP's use for said rifle. I saw using it in competition with irons, but seemed like an added benefit. If that was the main use of it, check out a Swiss K31. We are still on friendly terms with Switzerland, so surplus ammo should still find its way here. Very well built and accurate rifle. If dead set on a Mosin, Classic has Finnish rifles still. I have a PU sniper, which I love. But it isn't an Olympic rifle. You get Minute of Man out of it. Can you squeeze accuracy out of it? Of course... just like I can squeeze accuracy out of my NAA Sidewinder. It all depends on what expectations you are looking for. |
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They still have weapons using 7.62x54R. Problem now is that they kind of are using it in areas that were exporting it to us. Once the Ukrainian conflict resolves, there will be a good deal of extra ammo that, a war torn country, does not want sitting around (plus, it is money for rebuilding). Same thing happened after the fall of the Soviet Union... lots of stuff that can be sold to make money. Whether it can be imported directly to us is a big question. I think there will be a dry spell until Russia and other ex-Soviet counties start selling off older surplus. If they sold up to the 1980s, whatever they didn't use from the 1990s pile will be sold next. 2020s, we should see stuff from the 2000s (they sell off to keep their stocks somewhat new). That is unless they decide to rechamber that heavy rifle/machine gun round to something more modern (not rimmed)... but even then, it takes time to rearsenal an army. With the PK machine gun using the round (high rate of fire, so need a quantity of ammo), and a country that has an economy so highly dependent on defense, I don't think you have to worry about the more common Russian calibers (and they are exported to a lot of their allies). Stuff like 7.62 Nagant and Tokarev might be gone, though. |
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I have converted a Mosin Nagant to 223 single shot.
It is bottom ejection. The wood sticking out the bottom is the manual lifter.
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People ask me how I got a Mosin to extract a 223 case.
The extractor slot in the bolt face is milled deeper and the extractor is bent into it.
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Guess that would do it, huh? Does it really hang onto the case long enough to flip it free of the chamber before it falls off the boltface?
Why not weld up and mill out the boltface? Sending this one out today. Another customer with no sense, wanting to spend money on a sub-moa custom when he could have had an Axis for less....
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Nice looking rifle! You do excellent work. Per the OP's question, would the average Buba do as good a job as you? I'm not trying to take work from you. If someone wants a MN that can compete and beat an Axis, they should go to someone like you to do that work. You're clearly beyond the Buba MN shim & stock "gunsmithing", but that seems like it's beyond what the OP was inquiring about. |
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Nice to see a high end Mosin with an ATI mount. I approve and I am an engimanure
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Didn't know that someone died, and had appointed you the official arbiter of what "makes sense", first. I guess everyone that builds customs should just shut their doors because you say so...because as I've stated ad nauseum- many customs (depending on the barrel) will shoot no better than some of the better factory rifles. I dumped 35 large restoring and customizing a 50K sportfishing boat once- and never saw a dime of it back when I sold it. But, you'd never understand why I- and the many that are like me- would do that, now would you?
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