The lands, or high spots, should be somewhat free of scratches and not terribly worn down. The grooves, or low spots, will probably have some pitting. A great deal of pitting is bad, but some minor pitting is to be expected.
Try to find the one with the least amount as this is ensure better accuracy. If you place a bullet upside down on the crown of the barrel, you can see how far down it goes before it stops. If the bullet drops all the way in, then the rifling is not going to engage the bullet sufficiently to spin the projectile, and you might as well be firing a poorly made smoothbore musket. If you are lucky enough to find a decent barrel, then check the stock for cracks.
It would be embarrassing to finally get your new Mosin out to the range and have it crumble apart after the first magazine. Your wife would snicker and you would probably feel silly. If the wood has cracks, pass it up. Next, look the rifle over for rust. It is hard to kill Nazis with a rusty Mosin!
Be sure to remove the bolt and check the inside of the receiver. Next, flip out the magazine, and check for a rusty spring. Check the sights on the weapon, too. The Russians designed this rifle to be operated by a conscripted peasant army, so they were pretty much looking for a point and shoot solution.
The most important thing you can do at this point is have the rifle headspaced. The process is simple but it will ensure that your rifle is safe to shoot. So consider these simple steps when you are looking for your little piece of Soviet history. Wonderful rifle. My has an original scope on it. I recently purchased a model It kicked so hard that I got a bruise. The does not kick like the The rifle has the Hex Receiver.
The bolt and butt plate are stamped and the bottom of the magazine is stamped with either , or marked thru with a line. Here are some tips to get the most Mosin for your Money, and hopefully snag a deal.
The Price of a Mosin is a highly volatile thing. Starting out in search of a deal, you need to establish a base price. A rare Mosin will sell at up to four times the base price. Most notably are the sniper and ex-sniper models. The sniper model, called PU, is pretty neat.
They made better barrels for them. The bolt handle was changed, a scope added, and the reviewer stamped with the Russian letters CN, CH, and a C in a circle. Some were returned to non-sniper configuration. Some were stamped but never made into sniper rifles.
Remington and Westinghouse Mosins are both rare, as well as the Finnish Mosin. For that use, a shot-out barrel with a bad crown and soft trigger spring is fine and cheap. One of my Mosins, known as Frenkenmosin, is ugly as a log, but shoots 1. I have a good original barrel and did some nice trigger work to it. Now, it shoots well! These rifles have serial numbers, inspection marks, maker symbols, and proof marks stamped into every part of the gun. To have a rifle with all matching stamps often over 20 marks is desirable for collectors.
Pass these up for now. Chances are, you will come across a non-matching Mosin with a cheaper price tag. Russian armories often took good parts from broken rifles and used them to refurbish worn older rifles. Accuracy will be on par with or without a matching set. They literally ground off original marks and restamped them, or stamper over the previous symbols to create a non-original matching set.
These are hard to distinguish and are a real pain for actual collectors. Many pawnshops sell guns, sometimes at inflated prices too. But a good pawn shop owner knows they need to move items with a fast turnaround. Often, guns are priced a bit low so they can quickly sell them and display another item in that spot.
Pawnshops are seldom experts in Military surplus rifles, so you may find a desirable Mosin at a low price.
Do your research to know what you are looking at. It can be confusing. The faster they sell a gun, the faster they can put another gun in its place where customers will see it.
During this time, they were considered garbage simply because they were so cheap. Chances are you know someone with an old Mosin sitting in their basement that they probably only shot three or four times in 20 years. Bring up Mosins in conversation. Ask around. It might work out well for you. Often these are done with crude tools and only a basic understanding of tinkering. Because of Bubbas, any Mosin with visible alterations is generally less desirable, aka cheaper.
Dragoons were exclusively made in Russia Ishevsk, Tula as were their kissing cousins the Cossack Rifle. The rifle can be found with both the older octagonal receiver and the newer rounded ones. They were produced at Izhevsk and Tula and their origin can be determined by their markings: Izhevsk rifles have a triangle with an arrow mark, Tula a star with an arrow mark.
Reworked versions of these rifles were the ones shooters got accustomed to procuring for a steal. Despite its size, it was still a hefty gun, tipping the scales at 7.
About 2 million were produced at Tula and Izhevsk and can be found with octagonal and rounded receivers. Not really a new rifle, just a modification of the standby M In this case, the barrel was shortened to 20 inches and all the long-range graduations were milled off the rear sight. Many of these conversions were done in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, as well as Russia. Production began in and lasted until with the carbine going through a bit of an evolution.
Early on, they were outfitted with a hardwood stock, but after World War II the Russians switched to laminate. The rifle has a folding bayonet hinged at the muzzle, a rear tangent sight and was rather hefty for a carbine—9 pounds with bayonet. It was also copied by the Chinese and designated the Type Once independent, the Finns began improving on the original M The M24 is the first example. In addition to a heavy barrel, it also had a full stock and a new front-sight design, complete with protective ears.
Many have fore-ends affixed via the Finnish Finger-joint system. While the M27 can still be had at a reasonable price, a close variant of it—the M27rv Cavalry Carbine—can demand top dollar. Very similar to the M27, except with minor changes, such as a non-hinged front barrel band.
The first 20, had Sig barrels and the final 13, Tikkakoski. Tikka made the M30 from to , about 24, in all. They never saw any action in World War II, languishing in storage until when they were sold as surplus.
The Given their history, these are usually in excellent condition and can be bought at a competitive price. Chief among these, a completely redesigned stock, which included a pistol grip. Its inch barrel was also a smaller diameter than its predecessor. Again, these run a bit more than comparable Russian models from the time, but not prohibitively so. He patrolled for five years and pulled Point even though he was the team leader.
He usually carried an AK and engaged at extremely short ranges. He refused higher medals and never lost a man. He was in original induction of 10 into Ranger Hall of Fame and is the god of modern Rangers.
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