Mosin Repair Thread

[Josh Smith]

Posted in the wrong spot! Dangit.

[Josh Smith]

Bumpage for anyone who may not have seen this thread.

Josh

[Cowboy T]

Thanks, Josh. Mosins are fine rifles and remarkably affordable. This thread is a good idea.

[Kappy]

Hey Josh... where do you get good stripper clips?

[Josh Smith]

Hey Josh... where do you get good stripper clips?

There is an older gent who sends me some to use. He's a great guy, and I bet I have 50 or more Russian and Finnish.

He did send me a couple minty WWI Russian that he cautioned me not to use.

Been trying to get him to put some up for sale on my site. He's the one who sells the cleaning kits...

I can tell him that there's some interest in this thread and ask him to take a look.

Regards,

Josh

[kris smith]

Yes josh bill is a good guy. I Dont Know if he is still selling clips or not I know he was. He told me he sent you some I have some clips as well if anyone is interested and bill is sold out

[VintageDUG]

Having problems with my 1927 Hex Mosin 91/30 that I picked up on Saturday. For starters, you can't load more than one round. When you insert a round, it doesn't click and stay in place like my other Mosins. I finally just inserted one round but the bolt was very hard to close. When I pulled the trigger it shot straight and true, better than the rest of my Mosin fleet. Then it was nearly impossible to open the bolt. I didn't want to mess with it at the range so we set it aside and continued with hand guns.

I would appreciate some ideas where to start looking and fixing.

[billmaykafer]

There is an older gent who sends me some to use. He's a great guy, and I bet I have 50 or more Russian and Finnish.

He did send me a couple minty WWI Russian that he cautioned me not to use.

Been trying to get him to put some up for sale on my site. He's the one who sells the cleaning kits...

I can tell him that there's some interest in this thread and ask him to take a look.

Regards,

Josh

older gent indeed! i have some original finn tikka,some finn GWS,some Izhevsk -bow and arrow,some winchester (about 1917) some Izhevsk with triangle and arrow, and some others like german dw in oval,british I-1917,some pre WW I clips all kinds. kris smith gave me 6 Izhevsk last time we shot. total i have about 100 stripper clips now.

[billmaykafer]

Having problems with my 1927 Hex Mosin 91/30 that I picked up on Saturday. For starters, you can't load more than one round. When you insert a round, it doesn't click and stay in place like my other Mosins. I finally just inserted one round but the bolt was very hard to close. When I pulled the trigger it shot straight and true, better than the rest of my Mosin fleet. Then it was nearly impossible to open the bolt. I didn't want to mess with it at the range so we set it aside and continued with hand guns.

I would appreciate some ideas where to start looking and fixing.

if you lived close to san diego i would tweek it for you. as i am retired i like to mess with my rifles. kris has handled mine and shot it. i had a weak follower spring in my magazine last time at P2K ,but i have installed a new spring and it now works excellent. .
sounds like extractor/interupter problems and may want to check for stuff around them. i took my rifle all the way down and found cosmoline packed in slot for ejector. sometimes there is not enough clearance between wood and extractor causing it to bind.

[VintageDUG]

I can drive to SD anytime. Just lmk if you can help.

[kris smith]

Bill will hook you up he is a very knowledgeable guy make sure you check he's space too bill has a set of gauges and so do I I am also in sd

[kris smith]

Josh or any one else who knows mosin triggers I bought a Finn trigger off of gun broker from a guy in Helsinki Finland and I got it installed in my 53 m44 Hungarian it's tight and crisp trigger break but it's got a lonnnnnnng pull how can I shorten the pull and question 2 my 28 m91/30 had a ton of play in te trigger when coked like I can wiggle it fore and aft I swapped the trigger to the one from my m44 ad it's got less wiggle do I need a new trigger sear spring ?

[billmaykafer]

anytime. i am retired and some other guys want me to help them make theres like mine and i want mine like josh smith's gun. let me know when you want to come down,i live near balboa exit of 805

[billmaykafer]

sunday or monday Kris. come my house and we will fix your trigger flopping around.

[Kristic]

Hey all, I got a sticky situation - specifically, a stuck bolt.

My mosin 91/30's bolt refuses to open when the rifle is not cocked.
The rifle has never been fired since buying it from Big5.

So far what I've tried is:

• Disassembling the bolt and cleaning it again.
• Pouring hot water down the barrel and trying to remove any excess cosmo.
• Further cleaning with a 20 gauge brush with polish cleaning the chamber.

So far, no such luck.
I can only open the bolt when I pull back on the cocking knob while opening the bolt. When it's cocked, the bolt will open/close normally.

At the moment, the only thing I can think of is the spring is bad, and I should just order a new one.

Any thoughts?