Re: My Mosin Nagant Project
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Experthunter</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i am ordering a timmey trigger for mine and for the bolt i have a rock solid industries bolt body and for the scope mount i have a rock soild industries mount as well they are GREAT product. </div></div>
Timney trigger + ATI stock = BAD IDEA
There is not enough material on the side of the ATI stock to keep it rigid around the action. Here is a picture of the rear portion of inletting, you can see how much material I had to remove from the stock to inlet for the Timney. Helping hold the stock together are two steel pieces in the stock... one right behind the recoil lug, and one in between the magazine and trigger assembly.
I did bed this rifle and use pillars. If you haven't done that, I would recommend doing that. You can notch the rear pillar for the Timney trigger, that's what I did. Just remember to wrapp the action screws in tape when you bed the pillars. Both pillar bedding, and skim bedding will help your accuracy. Both are relatively easy to do with the boyds stocks. I would recommend that you get one of them.
http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/Boyds-Mosin-Nagant-Socks-s/172.htm They come in several styles and colors. If you are keeping your rifle black, they have a black/grey laminate. Otherwise you can paint it easily. The benifit to these also is a beefier forend. If you free float your barrel in the ATI stock and the shoot it from a bipod, there is enough weight for the barrel to make contact again with the forend. The Boyds stocks have enough rigidity that they won't do that.
Here are two five shot groups at 100 yds I shot with my sporterized MN 91/30.
These were shot with re-loads. S&B neck sized brass, Remington LR primers, 55 grains of IMR 4350, and a .311" 174 grain SMK. Cartridge overall length is 3.000", and muzzle velocity was an average of 2721 FPS. These can be pretty accurate weapon systems, especially for a battle rifle designed 120 + years ago. You just have to put in a little work to see what they like.