Reeder Custom Guns - Cleaning up the Mosin Nagant

Jim Taylor
Cleaning up the Mosin Nagant
Saturday, November 14, 2020, 17:52

I stripped it and got it pretty well cleaned up. The bolt closed with a lot of resistance when you had a cartridge in it. I traced that to the extractor. It was rough and not beveled correctly. Got that cleaned up and it sure works a lot smoother.

Made a gauge to check the firing pin protrusion. I never had one of the tools that were issued with these by the military. The tool has a gauge built into it. So I made one.

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Loaded about 30 rounds for it. 15 with the 125 gr. .311" AK bullet and the rest with 170 gr. Sierra and 180 gr. Remington round-nose bullet. I loaded a few 125 gr. AK bullets with 8 gr. of Unique. They should be fun.

Cleaning up the Mosin Nagant - Jim Taylor, 2020-11-14, 17:52
- We have two T-44's. They shoot a bit off - WB, 2020-11-14, 18:05
- My son has one that was a Tula refurb - Grover Sr, 2020-11-14, 17:57
  - Mine is a carbine. - Jim Taylor, 2020-11-14, 17:58
    - Nice, I have been on the lookout gor one without the bayonet (nm) - Grover Sr, 2020-11-14, 18:00
      - I think that is the M38, We have M44's - WB, 2020-11-15, 06:12
      - I took the bayonet off and sawed off the "ears" - Jim Taylor, 2020-11-14, 18:18
        Tula refurb - joepjs, 2020-11-15, 16:28