Accurizing the Mosin Nagant Rifle: A How-To Guide to Bringing Out The Accuracy of You

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Tagged for later refernence. Hoping to get a Mosin soon. LGS has a deal for rifle and 440rds of mil-Surp ammo for $199, sound like a good deal?
 
Tagged for later refernence. Hoping to get a Mosin soon. LGS has a deal for rifle and 440rds of mil-Surp ammo for $199, sound like a good deal?
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If you factor in what shipping would cost otherwise, yes, good deal. Ignoring shipping, it's a tad high. Mosins can be found for as low as $90, and a 440rd can is around $85-$90. Shipping on both can be expensive, though.
 
Lj - I didn't do the shim or spring yet I just wanted to see what kind of affect polishing the sear could have, and to be honest I didn't do a good job polishing the sear so I can't wait to get it all done! (had back surgery two months ago so I can only work at a few minutes at a time)
 
Lj - I didn't do the shim or spring yet I just wanted to see what kind of affect polishing the sear could have, and to be honest I didn't do a good job polishing the sear so I can't wait to get it all done! (had back surgery two months ago so I can only work at a few minutes at a time)
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It seems to have worked then, the surgery? And I hear ya, just take her easy and slow, don't wanna over do it!
 
Alright, Fiddled with it more today and was able to get it down to a smooth 4 lb break. Couldn't be happier with the trigger, now I am going to start on my other 91/30 and my M44! Thanks again for the info.
 
LJ: The $199 mentioned in my earlier post was for the Mosin Nagant rifle AND 440 rounds as a package deal. Hopefully they have the deal for a while until finances improve. Would love to pick one up.
 
I may wind up corking my Mosin's barrel. The primary reason is that my upper handguard keeps migrating forwards under recoil (even with new barrel rings and retainers) and a little extra spacing will help that. Any accuracy boost is just a bonus.
 
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I may wind up corking my Mosin's barrel. The primary reason is that my upper handguard keeps migrating forwards under recoil (even with new barrel rings and retainers) and a little extra spacing will help that. Any accuracy boost is just a bonus.
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Make sure you post pics up in this thread for us all to see :)

Been thinking about doing the same to mine, it has the same issue.


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I started on mine this weekend.

I polished up the bolt some, and sweated out a ton of cosmo. Much more to go, I just got tired of it.

Then I went to work on the trigger. I polished the sear a bit and then put in a paperclip spring and a shim made from a washer. The washer was too thick, the rifle failed the drop test. I took the washer out but haven't cut up a beer can yet. The trigger pull isn't terrible though. I wonder if the sear got a slight bend while I was messing with it? Also, I think my spring needs more work-the floppiness is back after only 10-20 dryfires...

Next, I sanded out the barrel channel and checked it with a dollar bill. I used a 13mm socket wrapped in sand paper for most and a 12mm near the muzzle. I then took a big chunk of cork and cut some little pieces out and layed one under the barrel only, at the front band. I actually couldn't get the band on for anything with cork on the top of the barrel so I left it off.

The plan was to go shoot it yesterday but stupidly hot weather conspired to force me to head into the mountains and do some fishing...

Plan:

1. Take it down again and fix up the trigger the right way.
2. Shoot it with the bottom front corked only. This is how I saw it done on Box'o'Truth.

Questions:

1. Should I cork both bands? It feels a litle weird being tight up front and a little loose at the back band.
2. Do you think that the paper clip trigger spring being on one side of the stock under the tang affects the reciever seating? Probably not but I dunno.

The Future:

1.Bed with JB weld at the recoil lug.
2.Mess with different cork configurations.
3. Write shorter posts!
4. Learn to post pictures...
 
I have no issues with my paper-clip. But I did use the thicker, larger ones, not sure what size you used. There are better spring-like materials you can use, but I used what I had laying around. I guess some kinds of alligator clip springs will work too. As far as I know, it doesn't affect the way the receiver sits in the stock if cut it short enough.

I haven't gotten to corking mine so I don't know about that. I'm pretty sure it's just around the front band.


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I thought I was doing it wrong... Will fix.

Do you have to have photobucket (or the like) to post pictures? I mean, is there anyway to post a pic to THR without signing up for something?

Oh, I got my cork from a crappy bottle of wine.
 
I have done several trigger jobs on the M44 and 91/30 in my quest to find an accurate rifle.
A couple of things I have found are: The added trigger spring doesn't really do anything. You should always take up the slack before you squeeze off a round.
Paper clips are too soft and loose tension with use.
A slight bend in the sear spring works real well. No need to play around with shims unless you have some around.
Lessen the angle of the trigger spring catch and adding a slight curve to it works well.
Polishing surfaces with a dremel and compound lessens creep.
This is basically what the Russians did.
 
For my Mosin sporters that I intend to hunt with I have always replaced the trigger and sear with Finn trigger/sears. Works for me well. Above all if you want shot after shot repeatability it is important that you learn your rifle and trigger by shooting it a lot. I can pick up my M44 or my Finn sporter and I know exactly what to expect and when/where to expect the trigger to break.
I've always wanted to shoot one though with a huber or timney.
 
Hobby Lobby is a good place for sheet cork. It is usually available in various thicknesses and sizes. I probably have enough to do a hundred Mosins for a few bucks. Ask your wife if she has a coupon, they are always publishing a 40% off coupon somewhere. Hobby or craft stores in are usually a good place to find odd things you need.
 
I shot mine with the cork. If anything, it's worse... more to follow after I mess with the location and thickness of the cork..

I did shim my trigger with a beer can. That and polishing up the trigger assembly was a nice improvement.
 
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