My M44 bit me!!

LefthandShooter · 03-19-2008, 04:09 PM

I shoot left hand. At the range today I shot some heavy ball ammo in the M44. The first shot (with bayonet folded) went off and when the gun raised up the bayo. end got my finger. Nice little slot cut in my thumb now.
Glad I always carry a bandaid in my billfold!

SwedeSteve · 03-19-2008, 04:13 PM

It was a love "bite".

LefthandShooter · 03-19-2008, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SwedeSteve

It was a love "bite".

Now I get to shove a long pole down her throat.
A cleaning rod!!!

marion57 · 03-19-2008, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LefthandShooter

Now I get to shove a long pole down her throat.
A cleaning rod!!!

LOL go for it

R5CYA · 03-19-2008, 04:22 PM

sounds like that m44 tasted blood before and liked it!

GlockMeister · 03-19-2008, 04:23 PM

Ahhhhhhhhh yes, needed a taste to keep it alive for another 60 or so years more. lol

Thepurplem0nkey · 03-19-2008, 05:46 PM

Lefthand, I feel your pain as a fellow lefty. I havent had any problems with the bayo, but I took a healthy chunk of skin off my thumb trying to operate the bolt with my right hand. Is there any way, short of redesigning the entire rifle, of altering it to the bolt faces to the left? I'd love to buy one as a project to work on if that was at all possible for an amatuer to do.
-TPM

texnmidwest · 03-19-2008, 05:54 PM

One of the pleasant things I found out when I shot my Mosins was how much easier it is to cycle the bolt with the rifle shouldered. I shoot left handed as well, and I cycle the bolt with my left hand. I find it is easier to do than right handed and cycles faster.

Sorry about the Mosin Boo boo. I never thought about that being a problem. However, I have not shot off hand with my m44s yet.

LefthandShooter · 03-19-2008, 06:47 PM

Kid thought it was funny until I wiped blood on his target. Then I kicked him in the foot so he felt my pain (or pain, at least).
NO-NOT HARD DID I KICK HIM!
He did mention that he shot the .22 rifle with more bulls-eyes than me.
I kept quiet and let him think it. He was bragging a lot to his mother when she got home from work but she knows the two rifles don't compare.
Neither one shoots the MN's though. Maybe in te future....

marion57 · 03-19-2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Thepurplem0nkey

Lefthand, I feel your pain as a fellow lefty. I havent had any problems with the bayo, but I took a healthy chunk of skin off my thumb trying to operate the bolt with my right hand. Is there any way, short of redesigning the entire rifle, of altering it to the bolt faces to the left? I'd love to buy one as a project to work on if that was at all possible for an amatuer to do.
-TPM

yepper its easy fix take the bayo off!!!

lowercase · 03-19-2008, 07:03 PM

The gun couldn't help itself.

It had to "score one for the Motherland".

Thepurplem0nkey · 03-19-2008, 07:03 PM

LOL. nah it's not the bayo I'm having issues with. I was just curious if it was possible to make a left handed Mosin or alter the mosin so the bolt faces left. This is probably impossible, but I thought i'd ask anyway :-)
-TPM

marion57 · 03-19-2008, 07:08 PM

Not without a complete redesign!!

texnmidwest · 03-19-2008, 07:16 PM

What if you put it in a copy machine backwards....Naw that wouldn't work.

bigbuddy21 · 03-19-2008, 07:24 PM

SHOOT WITH THE BAYO. FIXED
END OF PROBLEM

texnmidwest · 03-19-2008, 08:13 PM

Wonder what the Russian word for Bonzai is?

jmp8927 · 03-19-2008, 08:23 PM

It could probably be done....great now I'm curious and I don't even have a Mosin Nagant...lol

lefty o · 03-19-2008, 08:32 PM

it could be done, as it has been done on mausers back in the old days. it would however be extremely cost prohibitive. much cheaper to just extend the bayonett, and learn how to operate the bolt without tearing up your hand.

texnmidwest · 03-19-2008, 08:37 PM

reach across and work the bolt with your left hand. It will not tear up your hand.

jmp8927 · 03-19-2008, 08:47 PM

Ok so the idea of it being made left handed kinda carried me away lol I like messing with firearms. So, I think this would work.

Basically it's a bolt that has a piece welded on the top of the handle and taking a 90 degree turn and extending past the left side of the rifle so it can be grabbed with the left hand like a right handed person would grab it. It could be cleaned up to look nice and the regular handle could be cut off and cleaned up to be nice and smooth, or be left where it is.

03-19-2008, 04:09 PM	#1
LefthandShooter Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In A House in NE Ohio! Posts: 1,433	My M44 bit me!! I shoot left hand. At the range today I shot some heavy ball ammo in the M44. The first shot (with bayonet folded) went off and when the gun raised up the bayo. end got my finger. Nice little slot cut in my thumb now. Glad I always carry a bandaid in my billfold! __________________ A dead bird is still a dead bird.

03-19-2008, 04:13 PM	#2
SwedeSteve Bullet Maintenance !! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The anchor point, Alaska Posts: 10,262 Images: 1	It was a love "bite". __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

03-19-2008, 04:23 PM	#6
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 5,365	Ahhhhhhhhh yes, needed a taste to keep it alive for another 60 or so years more. lol __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

03-19-2008, 05:54 PM	#8
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,374	One of the pleasant things I found out when I shot my Mosins was how much easier it is to cycle the bolt with the rifle shouldered. I shoot left handed as well, and I cycle the bolt with my left hand. I find it is easier to do than right handed and cycles faster. Sorry about the Mosin Boo boo. I never thought about that being a problem. However, I have not shot off hand with my m44s yet. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-19-2008, 06:47 PM	#9
LefthandShooter Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In A House in NE Ohio! Posts: 1,433	Kid thought it was funny until I wiped blood on his target. Then I kicked him in the foot so he felt my pain (or pain, at least). NO-NOT HARD DID I KICK HIM! He did mention that he shot the .22 rifle with more bulls-eyes than me. I kept quiet and let him think it. He was bragging a lot to his mother when she got home from work but she knows the two rifles don't compare. Neither one shoots the MN's though. Maybe in te future.... __________________ A dead bird is still a dead bird.

03-19-2008, 04:22 PM	#5
R5CYA Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Bruno, Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 631	sounds like that m44 tasted blood before and liked it!

03-19-2008, 05:46 PM	#7
Thepurplem0nkey Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 67	Lefthand, I feel your pain as a fellow lefty. I havent had any problems with the bayo, but I took a healthy chunk of skin off my thumb trying to operate the bolt with my right hand. Is there any way, short of redesigning the entire rifle, of altering it to the bolt faces to the left? I'd love to buy one as a project to work on if that was at all possible for an amatuer to do. -TPM

03-19-2008, 07:03 PM	#11
lowercase Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 200	The gun couldn't help itself. It had to "score one for the Motherland".

03-19-2008, 07:08 PM	#13
marion57 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,863	Not without a complete redesign!! __________________ You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!(Charlton Heston)

03-19-2008, 07:16 PM	#14
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,374	What if you put it in a copy machine backwards....Naw that wouldn't work. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-19-2008, 07:24 PM	#15
bigbuddy21 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: new albany in. Posts: 973 Images: 5	SHOOT WITH THE BAYO. FIXED END OF PROBLEM __________________ LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!

03-19-2008, 08:13 PM	#16
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,374	Wonder what the Russian word for Bonzai is? __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-19-2008, 08:23 PM	#17
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,136 Images: 15	It could probably be done....great now I'm curious and I don't even have a Mosin Nagant...lol __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

03-19-2008, 08:32 PM	#18
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,785	it could be done, as it has been done on mausers back in the old days. it would however be extremely cost prohibitive. much cheaper to just extend the bayonett, and learn how to operate the bolt without tearing up your hand.

03-19-2008, 08:37 PM	#19
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,374	reach across and work the bolt with your left hand. It will not tear up your hand. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-19-2008, 08:47 PM	#20
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,136 Images: 15	Ok so the idea of it being made left handed kinda carried me away lol I like messing with firearms. So, I think this would work. Basically it's a bolt that has a piece welded on the top of the handle and taking a 90 degree turn and extending past the left side of the rifle so it can be grabbed with the left hand like a right handed person would grab it. It could be cleaned up to look nice and the regular handle could be cut off and cleaned up to be nice and smooth, or be left where it is. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.