WOW I want!

Very nice.

Oooh, very awesome.
^_^ I do hope the restoration does come out great~

Squee shiney bore o.o

Mosin Nagant's are nice. my brother has a 115 Finish Mosin from the First Winter War.

might if I ask how much you paid? just out of curiosity

Just a hair over $100, decent considering the condition. I really need to get a picture in better light, the wood on it is beautiful and really needs a finish other than cheap shellac.

Congrats on the Finn Nagant. Those things are awesome.

Aye, my brother is VERY happy with it. She was in service until 1970's

in 49 someone carved their initials into it. it's VERY nice and has SMOOTH bolt action

he prefers to use E-Talon ammo, not because E-talon is that good, but it's match quality and every bullet is within .0001 on ALL specs of each other. Extremely consistent.

there is also some Tungsten steel core ammo that'll punch a quarter sized hole right through 1/2 inch plate steel

ah yes, the 91/30, my first rifle! Trouble cycling the bolt, you say? by the ammo case sitting next to it, I'm guessing you use mil-surp?

Another problem could be some cosmoline in the chamber, this can be easily cleaned out by something like low odor mineral spirits, which is what I use and never really had any problems.

Heh, right on all counts. I've tried all of the above, and got some new-manufacture Winchester ammo (Despite the protests of my wallet.) I just haven't had a chance to shoot it.

heh, I know how the wallet protesting is. Yeah, I'd try the winchester ammo, maybe do a full clip, see how the bolt cycles, and if it continues to mess up, I'd inspect the chamber and the bolt reeeealy good. Also, CORROSIVE mil-surp ammo! A000GA A000GA! Amonia does the trick!

Yeah, been using Hoppes 9 and/or Breakfree CLP. Guy at a gun shop sold me on some J-B bore cleaning compound stuff... Any experience with that?

Yeah... I couldn't bring my self to believe internet rumors and put Windex with Ammonia down the barrel.

actually, a ammo dealer at a show told me that, so I sprayed some Windex on down and it worked fairly well (ammonia neutralizes the acids in the ammo).

and bore cleaning compound? Nope, have not had any experience with that.... yet, sorry!

Update! Cleaning out the chamber and getting new ammo fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.

yay! Not a prob :3

I do love your Nagant. Take it with you when you come down - we'll get to work on that finish. ;)

WHAT IS THIS? You submitted something? Holy crap. :D

Also, apparently there are a LOT of gunnuts around. Go fig.

I have a 44 mosin with the same problem, my bolt sticks like its glued shut.
I think I may have some cosmoline stuck up in there, but I took apart the whole assembly more then once to no avail.
Good look with your rifle, its a tack driver :D

I cleaned out the chamber with a .410 bore mop and some mineral spirits. That and using new ammo did the trick, but I've heard more extreme solutions are sometimes needed. Check out http://www.surplusrifle.com/ they have a good article on it.

Sweet Mosin Nagant. They have a few of those M 91/30's and the M-44 carbine for sale at the local Gander Mountain in the used guns section. I want one of each badly. >_<

Got to hold mine for the first time today, 1923 Izhevsk. Someone said you had one to me, so I had to go look. Lovely, lovely rifle. Howsofar goes the restoration?

Cheers,

-VV

I haven't done a lot, but I've learned more about it. It's got a double date, meaning it was used in the ministry of defense sometime in the 60s. Interesting that it has such a long history. Still shoots great.

Good barrel and good care and that thing'll see another century. Best of luck with it, for sure!

-VV