Is this copy of a Mosin M44 any good? I am wanting a truck gun and I dont want a full size Mosin so the carbine should be the answer. Do I just need to spend a little more and get an M44?
I would never mistreat a milsurp by using it as a truck gun unless it was already bubba'ed. Buy one of those 300 dollar walmart mossbergs and use that as a truck gun.
But that's what gives them character been. As long as the bore is nice I prefer my surp's rode hard looking. If you cut your finger on a piece of shrapnel that's a bonus! I need to post pics of the type 53 I just got. I'm already looking at a VN bringback T-53. They say that most of the t-53's were sent to the Vietnamese and they traded them back for SKS's after China made enough SKS's to go round.
So whats wrong with making it a truck gun?
Nothing really. But for just a few dollars more(literally) you could have a brand new bore Mossberg with modern ammo readily found anywhere. M44s and their clones really arent all that accurate even when new. Some are, most arent. I suppose the newer imports with the billboards on the receiver would be fair game.
yea but new guns arnt as cool.
Ya I know. just wrap it up and keep it from getting even more beat up. Heres a pristine Hungarian that needs counterbored. Takes about 5 minutes and a drill with 3/8 bit.
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=124694
WTS:
Very sharp 1953 M44 Hungarian, Matching, but "Blood Etched" muzzle inside/outside. mottled outside at bore end and simply no rifling 1 1/2 inches in, rough. Again shoots fine but "something" got onto the end of this M44 and etched/burned away the rifling. Needs a counterbore.
G-VG bore but Muzzle is rough in/out due to ?? (see pics.). I did NOT have a bore light with me when I spotted and had to have this otherwise sharp Hungarian M44. Shoots fine, groups left, and muzzle is rough about an inch in and on the outside.
Metal is 100% Blue, with excellent-PLus Wood that has no repairs, major scratches, compressions or ANY issues; it is beautiful. Period.
1953 dated Russian sling.
Thread when I bought it:
viewtopic.php?f=182&t=122645
$ 175 Shipped
Easily reach me, pls. only by: [email protected]
for pics or to have ANY questions answered.
This is being sold by a private individual.
First "I will Take it" trumps all else.
Very sharp 1953 M44 Hungarian, Matching, but "Blood Etched" muzzle inside/outside. mottled outside at bore end and simply no rifling 1 1/2 inches in, rough. Again shoots fine but "something" got onto the end of this M44 and etched/burned away the rifling. Needs a counterbore.
G-VG bore but Muzzle is rough in/out due to ?? (see pics.). I did NOT have a bore light with me when I spotted and had to have this otherwise sharp Hungarian M44. Shoots fine, groups left, and muzzle is rough about an inch in and on the outside.
Metal is 100% Blue, with excellent-PLus Wood that has no repairs, major scratches, compressions or ANY issues; it is beautiful. Period.
1953 dated Russian sling.
Thread when I bought it:
viewtopic.php?f=182&t=122645
$ 175 Shipped
Easily reach me, pls. only by: [email protected]
for pics or to have ANY questions answered.
This is being sold by a private individual.
First "I will Take it" trumps all else.
Similar threads
- Sale Price: 375$
- Caliber: 762x54r
