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Missing: one izhevsk 44 year m44, one more Hungarian m44, and another Romanian m44. Working on restoring the Russian m44 and a type 53 to original military configuration.
What problem? The bathtub thing? Other than bathing with milsurps everything looks just fine
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Brdm2 wrote:The m44 and t53 were in plastic ATI stocks and had ncstar scopes attached to the rear sight base, something I found disgusting. Had to fix that.
Sorry to hear that. And did the previous owner retain the original parts? Probably not.
This is why we prefer to leave them as they came from the arsenals and distributors. If I want a plastic stock scoped rifle I'll go to wallyworld and buy a new one.
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it". Mark Twain
Rongo,they didn't. I bought an m44 stock but after getting it home the rear doesn't fit my receiver style.
The m1 was the first gun I ever bought and was picked up from the CMP. It arrived August 20th, 2004 3 weeks after my birthday. I fired it a handful of Times in 04 and 05 and never fired it again until this past year. Fired 40 rounds of the federal m1 garand 3006 and it fired beautifully! Last time it was having problems so it was that Korean stuff I was using.
My goal is to have one of each mosin to complete my collection.
Don't feel bad I am in the same boat as well, 3 M91's( one badly bubbaed beyond repair) an M39 ('43 Sako) and 2 91/30s, one mixmaster '31 tula and a '29 ex-dragoon, wife told me I cant get another so I am selling/giving the mixmaster to my buddy and trying to grab a '44 Tika 91/30
Careful, I played with my GI joes in the bathtub, and they got rusty joints and their arms and legs fell off It wasn't much fun leaving them in the box and one was a frogman.....so......if you play w/ ur Mosins in the tub, be sure to dissemble, dry thoroughly, and use a good gun oil afterward
" There are two kinds of people, the good people and the ones that aggravate the hell out of the good people"