Mosin 91/30

[Oh Shoot]

I hate them freaking guns. They have cost me near two grand, and I am not talking just about guns and ammo, but dental work.

Can darn well attribute my 91-30 to two crowns and root canals. Rifle concussion crumbled one tooth, granted it was on the way south anyway but still. And the other I swear it killed the tooth, shot the gun fifty times or so that day, well maybe 150 times. Started the drive home and noticed a very distinct tooth ache. Both teeth were in the cheek side that sits on the stock. I am scared to shoot it anymore.

That lurks in back of my mind, seriously part of the reason I've not bought one, even though been tempted numerous times.

- OS

[Mike.357]

while I hate it now I won't sell it. LOL

[Oh Shoot]

while I hate it now I won't sell it. LOL

I think part of the allure is that I've always just wanted to hoard all those huge rounds that cost less than 9mm!

- OS

[Mike.357]

you can buy some x54r ammo on the cheap alright. It is as cheap as any high powered round can be. I am with you, would rather have a few ammo cans full of nine MM now.

[Garufa]

I've learned but keep forgetting not to put too much of a cheek weld on Rodina. Last time out the teeth on the other side of my head ached.

[Oh Shoot]

I've learned but keep forgetting not to put too much of a cheek weld on Rodina....

That's good.

- OS

[bajabuc]

You can't deny it. There apparently is a little bit of Russian in all of us.

I'm 50 % Finn!!!

[Garufa]

I'm 50 % Finn!!!

That's why you need an M39!

[Mike.357]

had to google that Rodina thing.

[bajabuc]

had to google that Rodina thing.

The motherland, Mike, the essense of Russia...it transcends Soviet

[Mike.357]

and I was thinking Rodina was one of Godzilla's oponents

[Oh Shoot]

and I was thinking Rodina was one of Godzilla's oponents

Well, duh, so did I! Assumed it was after Rodan the monster, feminized the way people name pet possessions, like boats/guns/whatever.

Oh "nobody knows everything" Shoot

[Mike.357]

aah, Rodan must be why I thought of Godzilla. Never missed them movies when the The Cool Ghoul showed them Saturday nights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cool_Ghoul

Edited May 30, 2011 by Mike.357

[Oh Shoot]

aah, Rodan must be why I thought of Godzilla. Never missed them movies when the The Cool Ghoul showed them Saturday nights.

The Cool Ghoul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wow, never heard of him. Cooler than Vampira and Elvira put together, seems.

- OS

[Mechanic_X]

Creature Feature in Jersey.

I shot some tracers that Garufa had out of mine. Pretty cool.

[Mike.357]

Mac that dude was awesome. Saturday night at nine PM he came on. Always showed some horror flick or monster movie. It was great entertainment. He came back at all commercial breaks. people watched to see him as much as any movie they showed.

At 11 was the news, but then at 11:30 was Bob Schreve. Bob was on TV late Saturday nights for years and years. He was hilarious. IIRC his schtick was being a bartender and hosting movies. He was sponsored by Schoenling Brewery. The guy would be absolutley hammered by 3 AM, I mean drunk as Cootie Brown. he was on from like 11:30 until 5:30. In later years he just hosted the movies and did comedy bits at commercial breaks and between movies. He showed any genre of movies.

Bob Shreve - Biography

Wow, what great memories I have of both of these entertainers. Nothing like it on TV any more.

[Garufa]

TV ain't what it used to be.

[Mike.357]

tv sucks, Bob Shreve and the Cool Ghoul could get me watching again.

[Mike.357]

We also had Nick Clooney. He was a local TV celeb as well as some famous guys Dad

he hosted movies weekdays at 4 pm. He played the Right Face game. He had a big board with squares that had pictures of various famous people. You mailed in entries and he pulled them from a hopper. He then called the pulled card live. If you could match two faces you won.

Dang TV was way better back then.

[Oh Shoot]

..

Dang TV was way better back then.

I'd watch Soupy Sales today.

- OS

[Mike.357]

Soupy Sales loved the Mosin Nagant rifle.

[K191145]

I hate them freaking guns. They have cost me near two grand, and I am not talking just about guns and ammo, but dental work.

Can darn well attribute my 91-30 to two crowns and root canals. Rifle concussion crumbled one tooth, granted it was on the way south anyway but still. And the other I swear it killed the tooth, shot the gun fifty times or so that day, well maybe 150 times. Started the drive home and noticed a very distinct tooth ache. Both teeth were in the cheek side that sits on the stock. I am scared to shoot it anymore.

Make you one of these, it aint purdy but it works great if you shoot it alot. The pad itself is made out of plumbing pipe insulation covered with thin leather and is the most comfortable, shock absorbing pad i've ever used. I never understood why some high dollar recoil pads are almost as hard as a plastic butt plate. Plus it's no perminant modification to the rifle and fits all Mosins.

[Tempest455]

I hate them freaking guns. They have cost me near two grand, and I am not talking just about guns and ammo, but dental work.

Can darn well attribute my 91-30 to two crowns and root canals. Rifle concussion crumbled one tooth, granted it was on the way south anyway but still. And the other I swear it killed the tooth, shot the gun fifty times or so that day, well maybe 150 times. Started the drive home and noticed a very distinct tooth ache. Both teeth were in the cheek side that sits on the stock. I am scared to shoot it anymore.

Ditto. My brother in-law shot my M-44 so much last X-mas I had a bad tooth ache on the right side. Still love the rifle!

[K191145]

Ditto. My brother in-law shot my M-44 so much last X-mas I had a bad tooth ache on the right side. Still love the rifle!

I love shooting them also but after having a disc removed and two vertibrea fused together and another buldging disc in my neck, hard kicking high power rifles can be a pain nowadays. Still doesn't stop me though.

The old Mosin 91-30, a heavy long barreled relic that takes a real man just to cycle the bolt and takes two hours to scrub all the cosmo off at first including using a drill and brush to scrub the chamber but, I think they are a cool looking rifle, some can be as accurate as most anything new and best yet, you can buy them all day for $100 to $150 and you can find cheap bulk ammo. My brother will tell you that they make an effective rifle to kill a deer with. He has a mounted 10pt. on his wall he shot with a shortened Remington Mosin made in 1917.

[Beltaine]

I must be doing something wrong. My M44 doesn't really have a whole lot of kick to it.

3.5" 12-gauge shells are worse by far.