Wanting to buy a Mosin Nagant

okiestranger · Sep 1, 2012

I am wanting to buy a Nagant. Anyone got any input on what I should look for looked at a few today. Price was $ 119 had three with round barrels and all the numbers were not matching and one with hex barrel that had matching numbers. Looked pretty good.

bsmith918 · Sep 1, 2012

I would go for the hex if it were me. Check the bore. I had one for about a week just for giggles. I got it in a group buy for like $80. It looked like a lot of work to me. It was covered in cosmoline, which isn't fun to take off from what I hear. I have been told to wrap the things in newspaper and leave out in the sun all day. Good luck and get a really thick pad, they kick like a mule!

MrTheBigOx · Sep 1, 2012

No they dont I've shot them I thought they had bugger all recoil, around the same a .308

okiestranger · Sep 1, 2012

Yeah I have shot them before. A buddy has one. Shot it one day and fell in love with it for 120 bucks they are fun can't see a reason not to own one. Thanks for the advice.

Wildcat · Sep 1, 2012

I like my mn. I got it at a gun show in okc for 89 plus 40 for 440 surplus rounds. 119 sounds a bit high for a non-matching. They are good gun and fun to shoot, just takes a bit to get all the cosmoline cleaned out.

twss · Sep 1, 2012

120 or so is the usual going rate I've seen at most shops around Tulsa. Check the classifieds here, or the other site even. Someone always has one to sell. Usually they've done the clean up work already. That saves you a couple of hours if they did a good cleaning.

Dustin Cantrell · Sep 1, 2012

I picked one up a while back. Seems $120 is the going rate around here now. I'd look for one with a good bore and buy it. Unless you're trying to find a collector's piece for a bargain I wouldn't care to much about when or where it was made. It's a $120 rifle. I picked one out with a real nice mirror bore and it's fun to shoot. I haven't shot it past 50 yards yet but it shot a nice cloverleaf at 50. I think it's a 1939 Tula. I went by a place in Tulsa several months ago and they had several crates full of them. Probably a couple hundred to choose from. I wish I could remember the name of the place but it was downtown. Seemed like they did other business out of the building (audio, as in for concerts, maybe?) but also had an FFL and sold firearms. They were real nice and let me poke around in the crates for a bit.

twss · Sep 1, 2012

you're thinking of TK Supply. They are at a lot of the gun shows. Good guys to talk to, I like their shop.

313 South Kenosha Avenue Tulsa, OK 74120
(918) 582-8458

Dustin Cantrell · Sep 1, 2012

twss said:
you're thinking of TK Supply. They are at a lot of the gun shows. Good guys to talk to, I like their shop.

313 South Kenosha Avenue Tulsa, OK 74120
(918) 582-8458

That's them. Real nice guys.

okiestranger · Sep 2, 2012

Thanks folks hopefully I will get one Tuesday

okiestranger · Sep 4, 2012

Well here she is. Got the hex barrel. Date stamped on the receiver is 1926.

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Dustin Cantrell · Sep 4, 2012

Nice!

Be sure to clean very quickly after shooting if you're using surplus/corrosive ammo.

Wildcat · Sep 4, 2012

+1

I use distilled water on a patch to get the mercury salt out then follow it with oil.

okiestranger · Sep 4, 2012

THANKS any suggestions how to clean the goo off?

Dustin Cantrell · Sep 4, 2012

I used mineral spirits. Mine didn't have thick, caked on cosmoline like I expected, though. It came off fairly easily.

Brianatc · Sep 4, 2012

Steam works best for cleaning the goo off.

Wildcat · Sep 4, 2012

Wrap the stock in paper towels taped together, put it in a black trash bag and set it outside for the next couple days while it's still hot. That will get most of it out. I then used my wife's clothes steamer to get the rest off. You could just as easily use a pot of water simmering though.