Shooting the Mosin m44 and T53 on a cloudy day

Nice job of catching the muzzle blast.

Ron

They are fire breathers. You can see the flash on a clear day.

They are fire breathers. You can see the flash on a clear day.

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Which begs the question,,,
Why are they such fire breathers?

Is it only with mil-surp ammo?

I've fired hundreds of bolt-action milsurps,,,
None of them have a muzzle flash even close a Nagant.

Aarond

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Geezzz, my wife would say thats me after hot chicken wings and beer. Other wise YoBama may be hitting you with the "carbon Tax".

Oh it's the ammo. Some loads are made for the long barrel 91/30s or machine guns. The short barrel M44, M38 and M91/59 have alot of powder burning out the end.

I also love the blast on my M44. There is nothing like it. Longer rifles burn all the powder before the barrel ends, not the M44. Excellent pictures.

Has anyone ever tested the carbine models with modern ammo or powder and see it the flash is still there? It would be an interesting experiment.

I'm glad to see the bayonet in the forward position while firing!

What I read is that the Chinese did not have access to mass quantities of good stock wood, so the typical Type 53 stock wood is not to European, Russian or American expectation.

It's called Chu wood, which I believe is related to Catalpa.

Love my Nagant carbines.

So fun to shoot indoors. Its like fireworks!!

Great photographs. I love the flame from these guns.

To help with accuracy have the barrel recrowned. You can do it yourself cheaply, Go to YouTube and look up recrowning a barrel and they have good instructions. All you need is an electric drill, a brass bolt and some compound.

You can also order a crowning tool from Brownells for about $100. This will give you either an 11 degree or a 45 degree crown.

I just did this to one of my pistols and groups went from 3 inches at 25 yards to one ragged hole.

My M-44 shoots about two feet to the left without the bayonet reward. Move it forward and its right on.