The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Finished up this weekend and put a couple mosins in for photo opts and then to the living room to finish filling it up...

I plan on doing that with one of mine soon. I am also intrigued with how some are making them into upright displays. Still debating...

Very nice Doug ;) I should have one of these I the next week or two

That is really good looking. I like the idea of an upright too. Maybe even set into a wall or.........

Did you add any lighting ?? Where did you get the glass ?? It looks so darn cool !!!

Pretty slick.

Very nice

Thank you guys, I've got $6.00 in wood for the frame (took original lid off and put away to keep) $38.00 in 1/4" glass and just reused the original screws and hinges and latches. I'm looking at putting in some lights as soon as i find some battery ones. Really didn't want to drill any holes in it, not yet anyway.

Nice, I put rope lighting in mine, Its a little too bright. Battery lights are a good idea.

I see another project.

Looks good. I bet amazon will have lights you will like.
Did you paint the top to match the rest of the crate?
GSragtop - check out a company called Binswanger - they seem to be easy to find and had good prices on glass.

I once gave serious thought to doing a gun cabinet using a coffin, then I found how much coffins cost.....

Paint i found at home depot, seems no one has any lead base WWII russian paint available to do the lid with but it's close..

I got my 2 about 5 years ago at AIM. It had some nasty scratches so I took a splinter with some color on it and Home Depot computer matched the color. You have to really look to find the touch up.

What are your guys thoughts on taking the glass out and having stencil etched in small print MOSIN NAGANT down either side? I haven't seen it done yet anywhere...

Very nice Judi and her Mosin's