Milsurp After Hours

OK...I finally bought one that I can take to the range.
Here are some pictures of the 1943 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M91/30 PU sniper I bought a couple of weeks ago in Germany.
It has been refurbished, but it wasn't done very nicely.
The person who who varnished the wood also varnished some of the metal parts.
Because of this I could talk the price down a bit.
The bore is nice and shiny and rifling is strong.
The rifle is all matching except for the bolt handle.
I have my doubts about some of the other numbers, but that's OK with me.
After I have found the right load I will take the rifle apart and start cleaning the metal parts that were lacquered.

I'll get back on the ammo in the reloading forum, but just for your info........this is what I reloaded:

S&B cases trimmed back to 53.45mm
S&B LR primers
Different loads of VihtaVuori N110 (reduced loads) starting with 27.2gn up to 28gn.
Prvi Partizan 182 gn cal .311 FMJBT bullet.


I'm not sure what to do with the wood.
It looks good.
Only the hand guard has some scratches.
I think I'll leave it for now.

OK.......some pictures.











I hope it's a shooter.
Got some range time coming up tomorrow.
I'll keep you all posted.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin

Nice rifle.
What's with the brass band, is that standard ?

Woftam,

You can find the brass bands on the earlier hand guards.
The steel bands started circa 1939 - 1940.
Due to refurbishment you see them on all years.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Martin

very nice