Was thinking of getting a cheap M91 for cheap target long range plinking. If the barrel is shot out or bad is there new aftermarket barrels for them? If I had one made, what barrel length would make the best of 7.62x54r? I have read that 31.5 is what the x54 was designed for. It will be a bench rifle.
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Re: x54r Mosin Nagant Barrel Replacment Barrel Lenth
Spend your money on something else. Buy a Rem 700 SPS Varmint at least thats a good jumping off point. The mosin would make a great tomato cage post though.
Spend your money on something else. Buy a Rem 700 SPS Varmint at least thats a good jumping off point. The mosin would make a great tomato cage post though.
Re: x54r Mosin Nagant Barrel Replacment Barrel Lenth
Sorry, made a boner and posted on wrong subform. I will try to keep my boners to a minimum.
Sorry, made a boner and posted on wrong subform. I will try to keep my boners to a minimum.
Re: x54r Mosin Nagant Barrel Replacment Barrel Lenth
But mosins have killed a lot of people
But mosins have killed a lot of people
Re: x54r Mosin Nagant Barrel Replacment Barrel Lenth
Why is Mosin a bad word around here?
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Why is Mosin a bad word around here?
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Re: x54r Mosin Nagant Barrel Replacment Barrel Lenth
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Grizzdude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why is Mosin a bad word around here?</div></div>
Because the gear queer types are absolutely insistent that no cheap foreign made mil-surp could ever be rebuilt into a decent precision rifle. It's a waste of time and impossible - doesn't matter if someone has done it, it's impossible and not worth doing and impossible. And it's not worth a gunsmith's time to work on, and so forth.
A 7.62x54r pretty much splits the energy difference between a .308 win and a .30-06. 24in barrels served the Marine Corps from 1906 with the adoption of the M1903 to the recent decision to cycle in the M40A5's to be cut down to 20in. Personally I'd opt for 24-26 if I were building one. You can always part some off later and recrown.
Here's a guy that achieved some impressive results with a unissued UK-59 machine gun barrel.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=7926464&postcount=44page=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LEXGySwviE
Lot of good info in this .pdf on the subject of rebuilding a mosin. (Lothar-Walther barrel, Huber trigger, Richards Microfit stock)
http://www.rocksolidind.com/media/wysiwyg/home/New_M39.pdf
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Grizzdude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why is Mosin a bad word around here?</div></div>
Because the gear queer types are absolutely insistent that no cheap foreign made mil-surp could ever be rebuilt into a decent precision rifle. It's a waste of time and impossible - doesn't matter if someone has done it, it's impossible and not worth doing and impossible. And it's not worth a gunsmith's time to work on, and so forth.
A 7.62x54r pretty much splits the energy difference between a .308 win and a .30-06. 24in barrels served the Marine Corps from 1906 with the adoption of the M1903 to the recent decision to cycle in the M40A5's to be cut down to 20in. Personally I'd opt for 24-26 if I were building one. You can always part some off later and recrown.
Here's a guy that achieved some impressive results with a unissued UK-59 machine gun barrel.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=7926464&postcount=44page=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LEXGySwviE
Lot of good info in this .pdf on the subject of rebuilding a mosin. (Lothar-Walther barrel, Huber trigger, Richards Microfit stock)
http://www.rocksolidind.com/media/wysiwyg/home/New_M39.pdf
