The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

hey, I recently got myself a rather nice looking original Mosin 1944. It was pretty old but up until today it was still shooting fine.
I wanted to go shooting again, but when I first tried to operate the bolt, it simply slid out of the back, and I noticed that the trigger had absolutely no resistance. It also didn't return anymore. I opened it up, and it seemed like the plate at the trigger was a bit loose? Bent? Not 100% sure really.

Here is an image, but I am not quite sure what you are supposed to be able to see. So if you need it from another angle, please tell. Thanks in advance.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 160311.jpg (didn't embed because it's just way too large)

Either the sear spring is broken, or the screw is loose.

Not really sure what broken means in this regard. It at least looks complete, maybe a bit bent?
How hard does the screw need to be tightened? It was very, very easy to loosen.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 192207.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 192201.jpg

Definitely a sear spring issue. And make sure the trigger pin doesn't get lost while you have it apart.

Yeah I'll take care, I just cannot figure out what's wrong with the sear spring.

e: Alright, after making sure everything was proper again - because the sear spring looked perfect - and some proper screwing in, it all works now again. Thank you very much for the help. Turns out a loose screw was the cause of my worries.

I bought a couple of "gunsmith specials' years back from Century that the only problem was the sear screw was loose.