The Mosin bolt is meant to be fitted. During refurbishment, it often wasn't and this led to hard to impossible bolt operation. What is really a very robust rifle gained a bad reputation in the West for this, and other malfitment, reasons. https://i.postimg.cc/xdjcGB7W/cam-3.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/...

I tried to see if I could coax guests to post by requiring membership in the message board to read the forum material. Much of what is here goes back 20 years and shows the progression of milsurp collecting in a timeline that isn't easily found elsewhere on the internet. Some of the information her...

From how long ago? I got busy and didn't get anything milsurp for a bit, and recently for back in to of a little. New-to-me Steyr m95 that seems to have no import stamp, and I'm gearing up to start making ammo for it.

Hi Guys, I have Mauser parts that I'm trying to identify. 1. An ejector. I'm thinking 93/95. Why wouldn't it fit an 1891 Argentine, though? (That's cosmoline, not rust.) http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o560/Smith-Sights/parts/93%2095%20Mauser%20ejector.jpg 2. Floor plate. What model? 1909? http:...

I tried one as a compliment to what I do. I just can't get used to peep sights that far forward. I mean, they're well made, but both the Mojo and this one have the same problem of being too far forward for my liking. I've come to prefer the stock rear sight with the notch worked over with a 2mm diam...

Hello, I don't have this carbine any longer. I wish I did. It was an Izhevsk M44 made in 1944. What finally drove me to sell it was that it had canted sights. All pictures are c. 2007-2008, about four years prior to the founding of Smith-Sights. I knew nothing about these rifles at the time and only...

Be aware that these receivers are HARD. You'll need carbide.

Regards,

Josh

Hello, The HV (No-Jam) magazine was developed for the M27-30. It was marked HV. They then became standard on the M39 and the "HV" marking was done away with. I don't know why this was so, but I assume because the standard magazines were take out of service. I don't know this for a fact. A ...

Hi Folks,

This is really not intended to be an advertisement.

I got ahold of some HV mags. I know folks tend to want them, so if you're interested, contact me here or go to my website, please.

Regards,

Josh

Hello, Back in late 2012 a lot was happening. I was preparing for a marriage on Jan 1, 2013, and my computer went down around that time. Needing it for work, I did a rush job bringing it back up and didn't bother going through a lot of files, including bookmarks. Several got lost and I'm still redis...