Did some horse trading and got these Mosins

[tyesai]

Just like the title says I did a little trading and got these, I used to be big into R.C. planes. Lots of fun lots of work also.

Anyway I traded some of my stuff for a 1936 Hex 91/30 and a 1948 M44 and 140 rounds of ammo. My question is, what next? I know I need to shoot them, but he said the 44 is a little bit more accurate than the 91/30. The stock on the 91/30 is fairly nice, and with a little TLC it could look better. The M44 is pretty beat up as far as the stock goes, but the metal on both is fairly good.

Do I clean them up and refinish them or just leave them as is and shoot them. The numbers don't match but the headspace is good and the guy I traded them for said he never had any problems with them. He did say recoil on the longer one can be a little brutal and the M44 is a little better to shoot and makes a lot more BANG but less recoil.

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[tyesai]

The pics aren't real good, but I can never figure out how to post them so they are bigger twice in a row.

[jack19512]

Posted by tyesai

"My question is, what next? I know I need to shoot them, but he said the 44 is a little bit more accurate than the 91/30."


I have found my 91/30's to be more accurate than my M44. Maybe the M44 just prefers the type of ammo you are shooting now. I would try several types of ammo to see what each might prefer.

"Do I clean them up and refinish them or just leave them as is and shoot them. "

Probably more of a personal decision, some people want to keep them original as possible while others like to fix them up. There are so many of these Mosin's chances are they will never have any real collector value to them. Just my opinion. :)

[tyesai]

Originally posted by jack19512


Probably more of a personal decision, some people want to keep them original as possible while others like to fix them up. There are so many of these Mosin's chances are they will never have any real collector value to them. Just my opinion. :)

I figure I will end up refinishing them, there is one forum that is pretty informative about Mosins that will almost ban you for saying that, they will tell you to goto hell real fast if you mention refinishing.