Mosin Type 53 project

[fubarjohnnyr]

I know there are more than a few who despise 'bubbafied' milsurps, and while I agree with many of the examples which have been shown in these very forums; I have lent my creative process into making this particular example into something a bit more attractive and functional so slam away if you must. A few weeks ago Buds Gunshop had Type 53 Chinese Mosins for $119.00 and I ended up ordering 3 of them. Initial reports were that most examples were in extremely rough condition, mine of which were no exception. 2 of the 3 are what are best described as beaters, the stocks are absolutely wrecked, actions full of sand, but the metal is surprisingly in relative good condition. The best of the 3 I will leave intact, rework the given stock and keep in original condition.

This poor beast was the worst of the lot prior to the work.

The stock is from Boyd's, which was a tossup between Forest Camo or the Nutmeg laminate; ended up with the camo. Metal parts are DuraCoated with Aug Green. My eyes are to the point where aperture sights are much preferred, so I cut off the back of the rear leaf sight, drilled/tapped for an aperture stem and a setscrew for vertical adjustment. Bayonet lug was filed down flat.

 

[deli_llama]

that is quite tasteful. Nice work.

 

[been]

Thats awesome!

 

[Seadog]

Im am normally against bubaing weapons but you did you a dam good job. The Boyds stock is nice. Did you have to do some fitting or glass beding for it? How does it shoot?

 

[Arin Morris]

I like it. Hope that's high temp paint!

Ah, DuraCoated with Aug Green. Nice!

 

[fubarjohnnyr]

Im am normally against bubaing weapons but you did you a dam good job. The Boyds stock is nice. Did you have to do some fitting or glass beding for it? How does it shoot?

I had to do some in-letting around the ejector/ejector spring/feed interrupter, base of the barrel, and around the rear sight band. I informally shot a bit prior to the duracoating, grouping was typical at around 2-2 1/2 inch groups but I wasn't on a bench. After I get a good cure on the paint, I'll get a good solid shooting session in and see what kind of accuracy I get. If it's wondering around the paper very bad, I'll glass bed the action.

 

[dlbleak]

i like it. might end up being a decent shooter.

 

[HiredHand]

I'm curious. Why didn't you use a Mojo rear sight? I've never used the Mojo sights but they appear to be a good idea.

 

[fubarjohnnyr]

I'm curious. Why didn't you use a Mojo rear sight? I've never used the Mojo sights but they appear to be a good idea.

I did give the Mojo sights a look at, and it appears to be an awesome solution for using an aperture. It just came down to $$$, I already had that stem in my parts drawer so an additional $69.00 just wasn't in the cards *this time*. I would like to know if anyone else has used them before?

 

[John Moses Browning]

That really is nice. I've been thinking about getting a t-53 alot lately and plan on doing some work to it