New life to a mosin

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I'd put it in a modern black synthetic stock to match. It looks odd as it is right now. I won't bash it though.

 

[cestrella13]

Yeah, I have seen this come up before; I once was on the road of Bubba and decided that I really enjoyed my rifles as they were, their story, history preserved in their appearance.

I figured if I wanted a modern looking rifle, I would buy/build one.

 

[Dave91]

I'd put it in a modern black synthetic stock to match. It looks odd as it is right now. I won't bash it though.

I've seen one that was refinished OD green and it actually didn't look bad, as far as refinished rifles go. To each his own.

 

[Alphabrew]

Your rifle so you can do with it what you want but god lord you could of used a more original finish. Many moons ago I too desecrated a milsurplus and I still have it, I use it to remind myself never to do it again.

Here are some "non matching" non bubba 1942 mosin pics to help redeem this thread.

That looks sweet! Finn marked!

 

[Machodoc]

nice results. thinking about ceracoating an SKS. not sure, any color suggestions?

Go with a basic purple and do the stock bands and mag in electric green.

 

[Machodoc]

I'll bash it. It looks like crap to me ... but it may be beautiful to you, and it's your rifle. I don't understand why anyone would want to take a war veteran with character and make it look like something out of a toy store ... but it's your gun. Not bashing you ... just have a different opinion about how these firearms deserve to be treated.

 

[Rockchucker]

For a second I thought it was a kind of cool Bubba Honor Guard chromed out Mosin.....then I read it was just a spray bomb Bubba Mosin

 

[amoebicmagician]

That came out really well. I'm a big fan of KG gunkote, it's nearly identical to the polycoat that CZ uses on some of their firearms. It's incredibly durable, and very very very protective of the metal underneath of it. The only better additive finish IMHO is cerakote, but frankly, you did not lose ANYTHING by putting the KG gunkote on. You basically 100% guarunteed that there will be no rust on the gun anyplace you've finished.

Just make sure you bake it long enough.

 

[Jradack]

I figured I was going to get pooped on for doing this to a mosin with just a few likes. Bottom line is I like it. It stands out from the rest of my surplus stuff. It could of been worse......... maybe I'll put a big green laser on it and a red dot scope. Maybe even a vertical gangsta grip. I could mount it to a trailer and tow it behind my jeep.

 

[Machodoc]

I figured I was going to get pooped on for doing this to a mosin with just a few likes. Bottom line is I like it.

Yep ... you knew that going in, so I gave you some poop. It's your gun, and you knew up-front that you were taking away most of the history of the rifle ... and it's a pretty common rifle ... and you said it was pretty trashed to begin with. The only reason I even respond to this sort of thread is so that some new person wandering in here doesn't see a post like this, think "Oh ... so that's what all the cool kids do to their rifles", and then go out and bubba up something with real value.

As a C&R collectors group, we should be encouraging preservation of historic firearms--no matter how common--and discouraging practices that destroy the history associated with a firearm.

It stands out from the rest of my surplus stuff. It could of been worse......... maybe I'll put a big green laser on it and a red dot scope. Maybe even a vertical gangsta grip. I could mount it to a trailer and tow it behind my jeep.

Why not just mount it to the jeep? (Which, I assume, has spinners on the wheels, fluorescent undercarriage lights, mudflaps with nekkid woman silhouettes, and clever bumper stickers all over it ... ... BTW ... just pulling your chain.)

 

[psoyring]

As a C&R collectors group, we should be encouraging preservation of historic firearms--no matter how common--and discouraging practices that destroy the history associated with a firearm.


Two things to keep in mind here:

1. As stated before it is the property of the OP and thus his to modify.
2. Whenever another one is modified it increases the value of those left in original configuration.

 

[DarthZed]

Geeze, guys. There were what? 27 million of these things made? What does it matter if someone wants to refinish one, especially if it was in rough shape to start with. It's a $150ish dollar rifle. A little perspective please. Now don't get me wrong, as a pilot, I want to cry when I read that a P51, or some other rare WWII plane crashes and is lost. But I emphasize "RARE". Something that very few Mosins can ever claim to be. I have about 10 of them, and have been thinking about refinishing one of the rougher M44s myself; just haven't had the time with the new job.

 

[psoyring]

The simple fact is that out of all the Mosins imported here, 75% or more of them will be altered by someone who just wants an inexpensive high powered rifle. Without the demand of these people who choose function over collectability, these rifles likely would never have been imported in the first place, there would have been insufficient demand to make the economics work. This point came from the moderator of 7.62x54r.net, and from my observations is correct.

 

[Alphabrew]

The simple fact is that out of all the Mosins imported here, 75% or more of them will be altered by someone who just wants an inexpensive high powered rifle. Without the demand of these people who choose function over collectability, these rifles likely would never have been imported in the first place, there would have been insufficient demand to make the economics work. This point came from the moderator of 7.62x54r.net, and from my observations is correct.

Oh, interesting point. Probably correct.

 

[hang10]

Is this a "collecting" message board or a shooters? I sure know there is a lot of people collecting ammo

 

[clandestine]

People modify collectible 3 window hotrods and they are WAY more collectible and VALUABLE than any Mosin will ever be.

His work looks solid IMO. The Mosin snobs are pretty funny as they are probably the laughing stock compared to Collectors like Luger and other highly valuable specimens.

 

[highfructosecornsyrup]

the gun looks great. If the gun is better off refinished then do it. If itll clean up and have good character then I wouldnt refinish. While I enjoy the signs of age and travel, I have no problem enjoying a sweet thang like that...

 

[Rockchucker]

I say if your going to do it make it fun

 

[Alphabrew]

I say if your going to do it make it fun

 

[Machodoc]

Is this a "collecting" message board or a shooters? I sure know there is a lot of people collecting ammo

The thread is called, "Curio and Relic (C&R)" Curio and Relic refers to a specific FFL that is explicitly for collectors. That makes it a "collecting message board", to use your term.