Should I buy a Mosin Nagant?

[Augustine]

Nice!, so did all the accessories on the table come with it?

Yep. Two ammo pouches, the tool kit, a bayonet, the sling. I bought the ammo at 5.50/20rds.

 

[darend505]

Thats it. My next gun purchase will be a Mosin!

 

[lowendgenerator]

Thats it. My next gun purchase will be a Mosin!

I enjoyed buying my Mosin so much, I'm having a hard time keeping myself from buying another! Can ya blame me?

 

[Bill of Rights]

Exactly what I do too... filled the oiler that came with the gun with windshield washer fluid. I do the same with my Yugo Mauser and Polish TT 33 pistol too (also corrosive ammo). Only takes a minute and makes the regular cleaning at home a lot easier too.

Nothing against your choice to use washer fluid or Windex, just a thought: It's not the ammonia or any other additive in there that cleans the corrosives out; it's water. You can fill the oiler with water and get the same result.

Thanks for posting a review and a reply, though!

Blessings,
Bill

 

[Colinb913]

Just went and put a down payment on a Mosin, waiting for my check to clear the bank tomorrow, and I will be going to finish the payment and actually get the gun tomorrow. Damn vacation nearly drained me..

I called ahead, and when I walked into the store, there was a couple looking at the only Mosin they had left, and I said to the employee, I just called about a Mosin, and he told the couple since I called I had first priority, even after I told him I couldn't fully pay for it today. Stand up service!! Any ways, can't wait to go get mine and hit the range on Wednesday!

/thread jack

 

[darend505]

I enjoyed buying my Mosin so much, I'm having a hard time keeping myself from buying another! Can ya blame me?

When I first got heavy into buying guns at the end of last year, I bought a .22 for my Dad to go with the one he had when he was my age. I think I get a Mosin I should get him one too!

 

[Augustine]

Just went and put a down payment on a Mosin, waiting for my check to clear the bank tomorrow, and I will be going to finish the payment and actually get the gun tomorrow. Damn vacation nearly drained me..

I called ahead, and when I walked into the store, there was a couple looking at the only Mosin they had left, and I said to the employee, I just called about a Mosin, and he told the couple since I called I had first priority, even after I told him I couldn't fully pay for it today. Stand up service!! Any ways, can't wait to go get mine and hit the range on Wednesday!

/thread jack

Congrats. What year is yours?

 

[Jeff-223]

For the price you can not go wrong and if you don't like it you won't loose money on it.

 

[Cowboy 44]

i have several....i paid $49 5 or 6 years ago.....i like shooting my yugo 8mm mauser a lot better. but there at least twice the money

 

[Spazzmodicus]

Nothing against your choice to use washer fluid or Windex, just a thought: It's not the ammonia or any other additive in there that cleans the corrosives out; it's water. You can fill the oiler with water and get the same result.

Thanks for posting a review and a reply, though!

Blessings,
Bill

Yeah I've heard that too. But how many times have you been fed incorrect info? Not at all disputing your input, it's appreciated. I just decided to play it safe. Ammonia won't hurt the bore as far as I know and the windex will give it a fresh scent. (heh heh....just kidding on the scent).

 

[2cool9031]

Yes...buy one

 

[Bill of Rights]

Yeah I've heard that too. But how many times have you been fed incorrect info? Not at all disputing your input, it's appreciated. I just decided to play it safe. Ammonia won't hurt the bore as far as I know and the windex will give it a fresh scent. (heh heh....just kidding on the scent).

Please make sure you sniff from the chamber end only.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[duffman0286]

man i only got one ammo pouch with mine no fair.... but welcome to the mosin club you will quickly learn they multiply 1 will turn into 2 and then its 4 then some get shorter and others grow side mounding bayonets or PU scopes. and before you know it cosomine becomes your favorite smell. And when all that happens you know your on the right track!

 

[johntheplinker]

I enjoyed buying my Mosin so much, I'm having a hard time keeping myself from buying another! Can ya blame me?

So, why are you resisting the urge? You're only delaying the onset of full blown Mosinitis.

Nothing against your choice to use washer fluid or Windex, just a thought: It's not the ammonia or any other additive in there that cleans the corrosives out; it's water. You can fill the oiler with water and get the same result.

Thanks for posting a review and a reply, though!

Blessings,
Bill

Yep, add a little soap to it and it'll get the crud out even better.

Yeah I've heard that too. But how many times have you been fed incorrect info? Not at all disputing your input, it's appreciated. I just decided to play it safe. Ammonia won't hurt the bore as far as I know and the windex will give it a fresh scent. (heh heh....just kidding on the scent).

Scientific fact. Potassium chloride, the salt left by corrosive primers, is app. 50 times more soluble in water than ammonia. The British prescribed 2 quarts of boiling water down their barrelsafter firing. Most other cleaners used for corrosive primers are water based with additives for metal fouling and/or protecting the bore. Also, ammonia itself is very slightly corrosive to steel. There isn't enough ammonia in window cleaner to amount to anything, about 2% by volume IIRC.

 

[Augustine]

I finally got around to cleaning my new Mosin last night. After having a little trouble with the barrel bands, I finally broke the gun down. I set up a little two pan system to clean out the cosmoline. I filled the larger pan with mineral spirits and the smaller one on the ground with water.

I let the parts soak and for the most part that took care of the cosmoline, however I had a little toothbrush on hand to scrub the parts to make sure I really got it all out. Because the barrel is much longer than the pan, what I did was stand the business end of the barrel on the bottom of the pan, submerged under the mineral spirits. I then took a bottle and scooped out the mineral spirits and poured that down the barrel and just let it sit. After about 5 minutes, I titled the barrel to let the mineral spirits out and a really disgusting amount of cosmoline came out. I did this a couple more times for a minute a piece and then I just started pouring cosmoline straight through until it look pretty clean. I then cleaned out the barrel and oiled it.

To get some of the cosmoline out of the stock, I used the bigger pan. I boiled water and then poured the water into the bigger pan, letting the steam sweat out the cosmoline. This works well in that it seems to really draw out the cosmoline. It, however, takes somewhere near eternity to do the whole gun and I just didn't care to continue to boil water, steam a 4 inch section of the gun, wipe, repeat. Since today is supposed to be a little warmer (around 62), I wrapped up the stock in paper towels, then put it into a black plastic bag and into the back of my car. I figure the heat will draw out a lot of the cosmoline and this will hopefully make life a bit easier.

 

[monitor51]

Congratulations on your purchase. When I got mine a couple months ago I had fun looking up where it was made and reading about my purchase. I think I got lucky in the cosmoline department as mine wasn't that bad off.

I'm guessing your experience with getting "help" might be typical. Sounds kind of like mine. There were 7 available for me to look at. The FFL I purchased it from told me to have it with the looking. I'm guessing if you were a collector you'd spend more time looking things over than I did. There were no hex available for me to pick from, so I picked one with what I thought had the combination of the best bore, rifling, bolt action and then looks.

Now get a spam can of ammo and go play. Unfortunatly I've had mine for 2 months and it hasn't even been fired yet.

 

[blamecharles]

I figure the heat will draw out a lot of the cosmoline and this will hopefully make life a bit easier.

When you go shoot it you will find more. I think a cosmoline fairy comes at night and puts more into it. Mine last weekend had cosmoline boiling out of the hand guards, even though it was thoroughly cleaned. It made my GF's dad laugh seeing it boil out.

 

[mdeshon]

Yes you should. They are cheep fun as hell to shoot and ammo is cheep. I just bought 880 rounds for $180

 

[pinshooter45]

You really don't have to get that fancy getting out the Cosmoline. I used hot water and Dawn Dish soap and the cosmoline was just a memory. Did not have to do anything to the stock it wasn't soaked in the stuff.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yeah I've heard that too. But how many times have you been fed incorrect info? Not at all disputing your input, it's appreciated. I just decided to play it safe. Ammonia won't hurt the bore as far as I know and the windex will give it a fresh scent. (heh heh....just kidding on the scent).

I've also heard that water is just as effective at neutralizing the corrosive salts, but I figure the Windex has surfactants in it that help give it a little "pre-cleaning" cleaning.