not sure how i feel about this

It'll be awesomer, later, I promise. And the bayonet didn't quite work. Just gotta clean it up and replace the front sight. It'll be fierier than the regular M44.

ooo

:O

That too.

It's cute, but... why?

It had a type 1 bayonet on it that didn't work very well, so I figured it'd be a good candidate to sporterize in a tasteful matter, as opposed to breaking loose the bayonet screw and dropping it in an ATI stock. This is more of an in-progress picture that Phaux asked for, still has some ways to go before it's done.

I raped my nagant with a ATI stock and this cheap ass scope mount that required removing the rear sight. that was my biggest mistake right there....
I'm thinking about using that rifle for a project of mine, building a custom rifle outta a war legend. reload my own ammo made up of 30-30 shells :\

Would the .30-30 be long enough for that, and the rim too small? Or were you going to rebarrel it and modify the bolt face? There is cheap 7.62x54r available in reloadable cases, it'd probably be easiest to get some of those and reload them. I know S&B and PPU both make fairly good stuff, and I think Remington makes good ammunition for them, as well.

Either way, it'll be interesting to see what becomes of that. Unusual rifle projects are always nice to see.

all the ammo I ever seen for the nagant was either steel or old corrosive ammo from WW2, didn't think there was any good brass out there.

If I do this re barreling ( I work part time for a gun smith and wanna learn to make barrels any ways) I'd rechamber it so I can use custom rounds, I was thinking 30-30 cause of its size of 7.62x51 R. if I should be able to use a .270 caliber die to change it to something un heard of.

The First worry before I do this is to find a decent and usable scope mount that would fit a modern 30mm tubed scope.

They do have bases that go over the rear sight, and there's a reproduction 1" PE scope mount available. Either should be good with a nice shotgun scope of the proper eye relief.

The .30-30 has a smaller rim, and you'd have to modify the extractor and bolt face in order to feed it.

Oddly enough, though, I've noticed that the bolt face can be opened up very slightly, or lightly modified brass used, to rebarrel to .45-70. Though it'd be a strictly single-shot rifle at that point, unless you were willing to make some major modifications to the receiver and magazine.

.45-70 gov would be a nice round, it could take down larger game, I'll have to study the calibers more for one i would benefit from the most.

You could also load it pretty hot. I'd say the Mosin action could take anything a Marlin lever action could, it's locked with a pretty good bolt face, instead of a little block blocking half the bolt. You could probably load safely almost to 3000 ft/lbs without going over pressure.

Nice boomstick!

I'm sure it'll have lots of boom! The M44 is already louder and fierier than the 91/30, and this should be even more so.

My uncle used to have one of those, he traded it for an SVD Dragonov, Bastard. Anyway, It was always my dream to carry one of those to the range.

Definitely a trade for the better, then! This Mosin cost about $80, a Russian SVD Dragunov will set you back about $3,000. Even the inferior Hungarian clone sells for $800. Surplus 7.62x54R is cheap, anyways, but it's harder to get the SVD clean enough. The Mosin you just gotta clean out the barrel really well.

Yeah, I guess he made a good trade then.

Enjoy the blast wave that's sure to come off the muzzle of that thing. I thought a full length one was bad but this has got to be impressive.

Oh, I certainly will. That's part of the reason for shortening it. But I doubt it could beat the blast from a .50 BMG.

The .50 is farther away from your face, keep that in mind.

Yeah, but it vents all the air right at it, too. I do have a Swede mauser that's pretty short, too, and it is louder, but not unbearably so. I'm sure this'll be louder still, but still not overly loud.

you know you coulda just bought the carbine version and it woulda saved you alot of trouble and prollay be more accurate.

but thats just me.


nice anyways

WP^..^

This was the carbine. I started with an M44, which is about 18", and I'm making it lovable. And I wanted more fireball.

interesting. you doin the work yourself or havin an gunsmith remount the sights


WP^..^

I'm going to it myself on this one. I 've already taken the front sight off the barrel stub, and it's not going to fit, as the barrel gets thicker behind the sight/bayonet tube, so it may require a bit more work than I had imagined.