Mosin Nagant 91/30_AIM Surplus - Check Headspacing before firing?
I wonder if anyone checked the headspacing before firing the 91/30 from AIM. Any chance AIM Surplus (or the Importer) already checked the headspacing on each Mosin before selling them?If not, do the...
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I do not believe AIM checks the head space. I have bought an Enfield with bad head spacing from AIM, so I don't think they check. The accessories that come with a MN do not include a head space gauge....
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If the bolt matches the receiver, then it's probably good to go. I've owned and shot many 91's & 91/30's over the years and have never had an issue with headspace.
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High probability that if the numbers on the bolt match the numbers on the barrel, things will be fine but paying a smith to check it as a good option. Option too is tying the rifle securely to a spare...
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Ed Novak wrote: High probability that if the numbers on the bolt match the numbers on the barrel, things will be fine but paying a smith to check it as a good option. Option too is tying the rifle...
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This is no guarantee, but let's use a little common sense. These 91/30's that the dealers have are all fresh arsenal reworks. I wouldn't expect a headspace problem, as opposed to some other rifles...
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I have never ran across a Russian milsurp with bad head space.Most of the time if the bolt matches the weapon,you are good to go.Got a Carcano once with bad head space.So I parted it out.I tend to do...
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I have had two Mosins in more years than I want to remember with bad headspacing. I have a go and no go guage set that I bought from Brownells many years ago and check everything I buy for that,...
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Zeebill has included some very important tips - the bounce test, extractor, etc. Very good things to check! Thanks Bill.
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Ed Novak wrote:Zeebill has included some very important tips - the bounce test, extractor, etc. Very good things to check! Thanks Bill.I'm completely out of bounce. Would downy or a store brand work?...
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Morcey: Downy will work as long as it is uppy-and-downy.
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You can get a complete set of Okie Gages for 7.62x54r for pretty cheap.
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Headspace gauges. I bought the Yankee Engineering Field gauge ("field reject") for my MNs and it already had the extractor-cut machined into it. This "headspace" issue can get to be a very contentious...
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For what it's worth, I've got a 91/30 from AIM. Took it out of the box, checked the headspace with a field gauge from Okie, it passed, took it to the range and it worked just fine. No issues at all....
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Ed Novak wrote:Headspace gauges. I bought the Yankee Engineering Field gauge ("field reject") for my MNs and it already had the extractor-cut machined into it. This "headspace" issue can get to be a...
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Yankee and probably Okie too make nice sets of head space guages but they are coin type and I find in my old age I can lose coin type things very easily. That is the only reason I use the bigger ones,...
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mosinaddict wrote:I do not believe AIM checks the head space. I have bought an Enfield with bad head spacing from AIM, so I don't think they check.I've read that AIM or at least some people at AIM say...
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JTB1967 wrote:mosinaddict wrote:I do not believe AIM checks the head space. I have bought an Enfield with bad head spacing from AIM, so I don't think they check.I've read that AIM or at least some...
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Had a conversation yesterday with one of my friends about headspacing; he's a physician who is adventurous and able to afford to be. He rebarreled his Savage rifle recently; explained the details and...
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I have and use the Yankee Eng'r. coin type "field" gage. It is the correct one to use on an assembled or used weapon. "Go" and "No-Go" gages are for installing barrels. Be sure to get a "Milspec"...
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zeebill wrote: I have had two Mosins in more years than I want to remember with bad headspacing. I have a go and no go guage set that I bought from Brownells many years ago and check everything I buy...
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