The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Hi guys. I have a little downtime and wanted to clean up that M39 I picked up a little while ago. (still have no range report, but the snow is melting so should be coming soon) Just wondering what oil or polish rouse on that gorgeous arctic birch to not only protect it, but make that wood grain pop....

Very cool! Thanks for posting.

Postby fintowin » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:46 pm Nice m39! They are really great shooters. I am in WI as well. Supposed to warm up this weekend. I am torn between gunshow or shooting some "new" rifles on Saturday. Cool, what part of WI are you from? Yeah this has been an exceptionally brutal wi...

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. First Mosin purchase but won't be my last. You all have been great advisors and this forum has been a fountain of information. One question I have about my rifle... while it is entirely rock solid, one part I can feel slightly move. The second picture, top left...

Hi, Thanks to some direction from posters on this forum, I made the Finnish M39 my first Mosin purchase. Picked it up yesterday and I have to say, without shooting it yet, I am very impressed. Beautiful war time stock, nice fit and finish in everything I can see and a very crisp trigger pull makes t...

Thanks! I will be getting my M39 later this week. Will post pictures when I get it.

What do you recommend? Are there scopes out there from the time period that are still very functional and affordable? I want to take my rifle deer hunting here in WI.

Let me know what you think!

Brandon

Thanks for the quick reply! Also, found a 1915 New England Westinghouse M91 in decent shape with match numbers on bolt/receiver but not on mag well. Is this worth 400?

Brandon

Hi, been doing extensive research on Mosin lately and found an auction for the M.48 variant of the M44 from Hungary. Includes bayonet and looks to be in overall pretty good shape. listed at $175 but maybe I can get it down to $150. Is this a decent enough deal? This will be my first Mosin. I ordered...