I have in my possession a Mosin Nagant m38 that has seen better days. It has a cracked wooden stock, and a barrell that has ben shot out, proably do to corrosive ammo. But the action itself is in great condition, as is the bolt, and its one of the smoothest Mosin actions I have ever shot. So, I was thinking I could try and find a mill surp barrel to replace the worn out one, add an aftermarket stock, find a good scope mount/scope, and bend the bolt. Well I got to thinking...if I'm going to go that far, why not try and make it shot the best I can by glass bedding the stock, and having a new barrel made.
Well, if I'm going to have a new barrel made, why not go all out. What do you guys think of "necking down" the 7.62x54r cartridge to use a standard .308 bullet, instead of the more common .311 and up bullets it commonly uses. I hand load for both standard .308win and 7.62x54r so I don't think making ammo for this oddity would be a problem. Does anyone know someone who might make, and install the new barrel for me?
Well, if I'm going to have a new barrel made, why not go all out. What do you guys think of "necking down" the 7.62x54r cartridge to use a standard .308 bullet, instead of the more common .311 and up bullets it commonly uses. I hand load for both standard .308win and 7.62x54r so I don't think making ammo for this oddity would be a problem. Does anyone know someone who might make, and install the new barrel for me?
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