Thread: Mosin Nagant
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Old July 15, 2018, 01:15 PM   #22
JJ45
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You can find them with very goodt bores actually if you look hard enough and for much less $...

There used to be pristine specimens available usually covered in that Russian reddish lacquer(?) and/or cosmoline. Although this was some time ago I believe good ones can still be found if you look for one.

I even had a Fin capture from Samco that had a very good bore even though the rest of the weapon looked as if it had been carried during the Winter War and it probably was.

The best, IMO, are the Finnish M39s made on hex Mosin receivers that were re-barreled by the Fins during WWII, usually by outfits like Sako, Tikka, etc. They were also re-stocked in Arctic birch and are usually incredibly accurate.

I had a Sako M39. The bore was rough and frosted for about the first 4 inches, Nevertheless the rifle amazed me with it's accuracy and reliability despite the bore condition. The hex receiver was made in 1895 when the last Czar was still in power!

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