DrDeFab
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I recently purchased a Mosin-Nagant M44 Carbine at a gun show. It looks like it has never been fired. (With a mfg date of 1946, that seems possible.)
I stripped it down for a thorough cleaning and stock refinishing, since the varnish was flaking off.
On reassembly, I noticed that when cocked, the trigger freely swings through about 1/2" of take-up travel. When dry-firing, the sear engagment seems secure, the trigger pull is about 8 lbs, and everything seems to function just fine - but I was still wondering if that amount of trigger slack is normal in a Mosin-Nagant.
If not, what could be wrong?
If it is, any ideas on how to get rid of it w/o paying more for new parts than I did for the rifle?
TIA
I stripped it down for a thorough cleaning and stock refinishing, since the varnish was flaking off.
On reassembly, I noticed that when cocked, the trigger freely swings through about 1/2" of take-up travel. When dry-firing, the sear engagment seems secure, the trigger pull is about 8 lbs, and everything seems to function just fine - but I was still wondering if that amount of trigger slack is normal in a Mosin-Nagant.
If not, what could be wrong?
If it is, any ideas on how to get rid of it w/o paying more for new parts than I did for the rifle?
TIA