Speaking of Mosin rifles....Anybody done any neat mods like this?
 

About 12 years or so I had an FFL and I also moderated a large well known gun forum....At the time, I bought app. 8 or so various Mosin M-44's from Century for $15 each that were called "u-fix-ems"....In reality, they all looked pretty decent and most were eventually traded for other rifles to C&R holders.

This particular rifle I kept because it had what looked like a new bore. It is the rather uncommon Polish version of the M-44....The only apparent problem that it had was a hairline crack in the forearm which I repaired in 10 minutes.

I sent the bolt off and had it custom modified for better ergonomics. The scope is what was sold for a short time by a company in Russia. It is made identically to a Russian "PU" sniper scope even down to the mount, except it was beefed up and modernized slightly. It was called a "PU hunter", I believe.

I completely redid the furniture in 8 coats of linseed oil. I had a buddy of mine machine the receiver and wood to accept the scope and mount and he boresighted it..I clicked it in at a local rock quarry with 250 yard Stalingrad style panoramic shots which was a load of fun. Even though it was customized, I liked the military style and I avoided going ghetto and ruining the wood or lines of the rifle.

I keep it on my surplus Kroger food shelves that I have in my laundry room right next to the back door within hands reach of the door...Used for coyotes that venture into my lower field.

It's quite effective...

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A lot of people use a 22 caliber to hunt coyotes. Imagine the sound of that 7.62 X 54r hitting a coyote! Classic. Months back before the rush Gander Mountain had a sale on M44's and I went thru all of them and luckily got a nice one with a date on it of 1945. Might just try it out on a coyote.
Nice scope mount.

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Back when AIM was selling Finn M-39's for 80 $ I ordered a few and ended up with one that strangely had 6 little holes drilled in the receiver. fast forward several years and on one of the gun geek websites I find an add for accumounts and lo and behold they make an exact copy of the russian pem mount and it just happens to fit perfectly on my M-39. So,I now have one of the most accurate mosins ever assembled, with a scope on it. With surplus ammo this rifle produces better groups than my 110 tactical. It is SWEET!:shine:

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I still have a couple of the M39's in my safe...One is like brand new.

I remember some of my former forum members would occasionaly get 91/30's with PE mounting holes....I didn't know they made a recreated scope and mount for this rifle....

The M39 is in my top five bolt actions....I have owned a variety of M27's, 28's and 28-30's, but a mint M-39 is a sight to behold...It is the epitome of where MN rifles evolved...

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They are sweet rifles, If I had to run out the door and was going to take a bolt action rifle with me that would be the one.

accumount.com I think is what the web site is, they have scope mounts for a lot of milsurps. Very reasonably priced and prompt service. I am not associated with them in any way.

I have a mauser I built from parts that looks like a German sniper but with a match barrel, I got the turret mounts from them as well.

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YES! M39 rifles are very nice. If you detail strip the M39, you can see the attention to detail the Finns used to improve trigger pull & bedding of the rifle. They are very nice indeed.

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Here is a few gems :sarcasm:plucked from the WWW.

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/27...600x600Q85.jpg

http://therealgunguys.com/blog/wp-co...in_pistol.jpeg

http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...odmnrifles.jpg

http://www.castbullet.com/misc/photos/mn19t.jpg

http://cbrps.com/mosinsidewithbipod_op_554x171.jpg

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A beautiful machine you've got there. Good job!

I can't understand how anyone can claim the Mosin is "ugly" or "garbage." I've encountered that opinion occasionally. Probably more a statement on its origin than on the firearm itself.

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Wow, a bolt action "Mare's Leg"!

I'll bet that one hurts like hell to shoot.

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I've just a stock M39 with no scope and can make a 1" group at 100 yards with a high contrast target. It's not the rifle that fails me but my eyes at any greater distance. I do enjoy the stories told of the nicely scoped ones. ShirleyUGeste talked me out of actually scoping my piece.

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If I was modifying a M-N I'd have to put a muzzle brake on it... those guns are fireball belchers.

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Maybe the shorter M44 varieties, but the full sized 91's and 39's are not really.

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So, the guy with the M-N pistol, does anyone know how his wrist is healing?