12-26-2005, 09:45 PM
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| Banned | Pictures of my M38 This is the rifle I got for Christmas, my first Mosin. From what I can tell, it was manufactured at/in Izhevsk, and I think the year on the barrel is 1944. As long as its not raining I'm going to the range tomorrow. I've got 40 rounds of some Sellier & Bellot FMJ.      |
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12-26-2005, 11:03 PM
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| Mr. Fixit   | Watch your primers on the first few rounds. S&B uses really soft primers that will almost always show "cratering\flowing". If it seems excessive, switch to ammo using harder primers or better yet, start handloading. Congrats!
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12-26-2005, 11:16 PM
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| Senior Member  | Toolman's right on that one. I actually had 2 rounds of the S&B that primers were pierced. Not good. But, it was accurate! I have a few rounds of MG ammo in the 54R, and it's APIT. Don't remember where/when I got it, but does that stuff ever work!! I've fired probably 200 rounds of it over the last 2 years (gotta be careful WHERE you shoot it!!) and I have not had one problem with it going bang every time the trigger is pulled. If you can find any at the gun shows, I would suggest buying some. It's got red, black, and yellow stripes painted around the bullet. It's steel cased and has a crimped primer. Like I said before, be careful where you shoot it because it goes a long way with a bright red trail and will punch a 4" steel plate at 200 meters. Not the type of round to take to the local range.....  |
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12-26-2005, 11:29 PM
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| Senior Member | After you fire a round, eject it and look at the primer to see if it looks like the hole resembles a crater (unusually deep indentation with raised metal ring around the edge of the indentation). That's a sign of a soft primer or a bad cartridge (too much pressure). Either way-take Toolman's advice-switch ammo. If it continues with different ammo, your firing pin may be out of adjustment, and that can be easily fixed! |
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12-26-2005, 11:52 PM
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| Resident Armed Liberal  | Thanks for the pic's; always fun to look at someone else's new toys. What's the red spot that looks like nail polish? After my son picks up his M44 next week, we'll have a full half-dozen Mosins locked away. That should be enough, but I'm already thinking that if we add an M38, that'll round out the group nicely: nothing rare or expensive, but one of pretty much all that are easily available. I'll post some pictures of the group after the M44 gets here, if I can figure out how (translation: ask my younger son why I haven't been able to do it on this forum...). |
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12-27-2005, 06:47 AM
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| Banned | My in-laws got the gun at CenterFireSystems. As for the red dot, that was just to hide the last few digits of the serial number. And thanks Calvin, I'll keep an eye on it. Should I take a hammer just incase the bolt sticks? I've heard stories about that happening. |
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12-27-2005, 04:37 PM
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12-28-2005, 08:48 AM
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| Banned | I didn't get down to the range yesterday, for one I need a new target stand, and two I want to take apart the bolt and clean it really good first. I've got the barrel cleaned up really nice, but I can tell the bolt still has some cosmo in it. Once I take it apart, would regular bore cleaner work well, or should I pick up some brake cleaner? |
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12-28-2005, 09:23 AM
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| Senior Member  | Pred, once you learn the ABCs of taking the bolt apart it's a breeze. Check this site out: www.surplusrifle.com click on Mosin Nagant 1891/30 on the left and in the next window click on bolt disassembly on the right. Good luck with yer new toy and the toys to come (can't have just one Mosin Nagant...I know...I tried. 
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