a quick question on free floating a 91/30
did a little reading on free floating the barrel , the dollar bill passing under the barrel in the channel.....my question is, what is supposed to happen at the nose cap? i have seen some posts where...
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I use used dryer sheets folded to the desired thickness. Use the whole sheet if needed. Once compressed they become un-spungy.They worked fine on my 91/59. Read More
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i shimmed the action with brass shim stock and the there is a dollars worth of clearance along the barrel. (had to shim the rear of the trigger gaurd also) the only contact point now is the nosecap....
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One needs to test fire the piece - Only then can you tell if other things need be done to assist accuracy. Pahtu.
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i'm going to the range sunday morning to see if my free float job tightened up my groups. also found some norma ammo at the local flea market and some privi 182 grn stuff at the local gunshop. this...
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Sometimes contact against the barrel at a forward point helps and sometimes it hurts. Depends on your barrel harmonics (vibrations). Many nosecaps do not touch the barrel. It is trial and error,...
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First off lets establish one thing. These are battle rifles not purpose made marksmanship rifles. They are not made all the same and as NotPC mentions each rifle is different. I have never corked or...
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i am of the opinion, maybe wrongly, that shooting these rifles is a large part of milsurp collecting. making a small reversable modification that would have been done by a russian armourer,ie adding...
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felix mophandle wrote:i am of the opinion, maybe wrongly, that shooting these rifles is a large part of milsurp collecting. making a small reversable modification that would have been done by a...
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Well spoken Ed! Felix don't feel picked on or guilty of not looking at the search functions as many of us do the same thing daily. One point is taken from what you said and sticks out in my mind....
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Well spoken Ed! Felix don't feel picked on or guilty of not looking at the search functions as many of us do the same thing daily. One point is taken from what you said and sticks out in my mind....
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Each of my mosins is unique in what it likes .... I tried shimming one of my M91/30s and it opened up the groups..... it shoots quite nicely with the action screws torqued down as tight as I can make...
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Inky7 wrote:Each of my mosins is unique in what it likes .... I tried shimming one of my M91/30s and it opened up the groups..... it shoots quite nicely with the action screws torqued down as ...Read...
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There's a bit of irony in a country like the USSR having produced so many rifles of the same design with "individuality". Read More
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Absolutely true that Mosins (and Lee-Enfields and 98k's and all) were churned out in vast quantities in times of emergency, when quantity mattered far more than quality. The thing of it is, though,...
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Is my practice of gold plating all of my milsurps "sporterizin?" LoL. If you want to shim your rifles and cut down on vertical stringing, I say go for it! It isn't changing anything, no more than...
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Ed Novak wrote: I think that some of us 'old timers' have 'been there, done that' and are a bit jaded about tinkering and fussing with these old rifles i...Read More
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Yep... On fiddling around with shims.. My first thing was to pull the barrel bands and front handguard off... Tighten down the action screws and see which direction the barrel goes.... If it goes up...
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As I read through the entire post again... something occurred to me that happened last time I was out shooting... I was shooting through some cast reloads through one of my Mosins (Lyman 314299 gas...
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I have a SOG sniper. I took it out for the first time and the grouping were all over. I read about all of the things people have done to accurize the Mosin and I wanted to stay traditional, just like...
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Would you mind posting where you found either the link to an electronic copy of the book, or where you managed to dig up a hard copy.... I would love to get my hands on it. Thanks
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