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Post by Canuovea on Jun 5, 2016 15:21:47 GMT
IIRC, the Russians were actually less keen at stirring shit up (in Europe especially) than the Yugoslavians. Tito just didn't play ball in ways anyone would expect. He knew the West would blame any activity on the Russians while he was cozying up with them, even while he destabilized Turkey and Greece and giving Stalin the proverbial middle finger.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 5, 2016 15:29:15 GMT
Okay, I always thought the Russians were more active in distributing arms to potential allies in the Third World.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 5, 2016 15:38:02 GMT
I think you're right, actually, but in Europe things were a tad different.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 5, 2016 21:23:00 GMT
The M48 cleaned up nicely, the striker saps forward just as it should, and the only real issue I need to iron out is the safety, it's difficult switching the safety from "fire" to the first safe position (the first position locks the striker but not the bolt, it's used for unloading and dismantling the bolt, the third position locks the striker and locks the bolt closed).
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Post by Horsie on Jun 6, 2016 2:35:18 GMT
Christfuck, the bore on this rifle though, it's pristine. Other parts of the rifle need a bit of work, I'm going to have to polish the contact surfaces on the trigger to get it as smooth as my Oberndorf Mauser, the stock is pretty rough (though the oiled finish is nice and uniform), and I'll probably have to swap out the front post for a taller one or build up the one I have, but if the manufacturing work put into barrel is half as good as the heavily-used mid-war German barrel on my Kar98K, then I'm going to have quite the shooter.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 6, 2016 2:40:39 GMT
Very nice.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 6, 2016 9:25:45 GMT
That's a sweet looking rifle. How anal were you planning on getting with the stock? There looks like a few dents could be steamed out and those aren't a huge problem but it looks like there's a big chip under the receiver on the left side. At that button thing. Whatever the hell they called those.
When you planning on shooting it?
Speaking of bores. I was looking hard at the bore of the Mosin. The rifling looks good except it pretty much disappears at the muzzle. Turns out this wasn't unusual for the Mosin and a lot of rifles were counterbored to fix the issue, but this one wasn't. So the only way I'm gonna get any accuracy out of this at all is to cut the barrel to get back to the rifling and re crown it. (Or counterbore it, but fuck if I can do that)
That's seriously gonna cut into the 57 bucks that remains on the budget.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 6, 2016 15:13:10 GMT
Not really too anal; when I say the stock is rough, I mean it's kind of rough to the touch, I want to smooth it out some. These stocks were oiled but not varnished, so the wood is coloured and protected, but it doesn't have a smooth coating over it. I'm not too concerned about the dents and stuff (there's not too many of them anyway).
Saturday probably, I can't go to the range during the week.
I'll have to have a look at my Mosin sometime.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 7, 2016 7:08:32 GMT
Seems poor cleaning practices by the soldiers combined with corrosive primer that required more frequent and thorough cleaning led to a lot of damaged Mosins. After a few years the steel rod would wear down the bore.
On the plus side if you do have a counterbored Mosin they tend to shoot better cuz the crown is protected.
I also discovered that my Mosin isn't all original. The barrel is a 1934 hex but the stock is post WWII. Most likely all the parts were force matched. Too bad they didn't fix the fuckin bore while they were at it. Lazy ass commies. Now I feel even less bad about what I'm about to do to this thing. Thinking about cutting it down to 16 inches just to make a flamethrower out of it.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 7, 2016 7:49:52 GMT
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 7, 2016 8:33:49 GMT
There's actually a name for a Mosin Nagant cut down to a pistol. Check out this arm breaker.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 7, 2016 9:14:52 GMT
Yeah, you wouldn't catch me using one of those.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 8, 2016 9:13:57 GMT
I'm trying to figure out a way to put a muzzle brake on my Mosin without breaking my budget. I'm going to have to cut and crown the barrel already and threading the barrel is a huge additional expense that I don't want to pay. Not to mention I'd still have to buy a brake that fit the thread.
If I clamped a pipe to the end of the barrel and drilled holes in the sides of the pipe would that work? Or does the muzzle brake have to be near the size of the bore to get enough back pressure to force energy out the sides? I tried searching online to see if any backyard idiots tried that, and I can't find one.
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Post by Horsie on Jun 8, 2016 15:30:00 GMT
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jun 8, 2016 16:22:32 GMT
I can't see those images, but I can read the guy's post.
I don't think PVC is a good way to go. I was thinking of metal pipe.
I'm doing some work on the stock right now. I did the oven cleaner thing to it earlier today and left it out in the sun to dry. It ruined the finish but pulled probably 99% of the cosmoline out. It was very quick and very effective. Even after sitting in the sun the stock still feels bone dry. Right now I'm cutting down the fore of the stock. I wanted to shorten it but keep the two bands, so I cut 10 inches out between the clamps and now I'm reshaping the forward part to fit the fatter part of the barrel. After that I'll glue it back together and hopefully it'll look good.
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