bghost

What a good price! Slings and cleaning rods too. Very nice find. Let us know how they shoot.

Ah hah! How about this very plausible sounding explanation that I found with a quick search at http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/sticking_bolt.htm. Here is the text for anyone not wanting to follow the link: It goes on to relate how to clean it. -b

I'm not using handloads nor am I capable of reloading. I think I will try some different ammo and see what happens as well as giving it a very thorough looking over before firing again. Thanks for the info.

It only starts sticking after firing (and sort of loosens up after a few more rounds). Admittedly, I don't know much about ammo, so I don't know what pressure signs are. I am using a Barnaul sporting and hunting round that is 204 grain, soft point. The accuracy is acceptable with this as I was grouping 5 inches at 50 yards yesterday before my scope unsettled itself. That isn't perfect, but for close quarters hunting, it will do fine (plus, I attribute some of my shots to pulling to the right because I decided not to use the slip on butt pad anymore....that metal plate is fiesty). The shots that I knew were on, were on. Is this possibly an issue that could cause damage to the gun or even worse...me? I suppose I should try to switch down to a smaller grain and see if I have the same stickiness.

Here is my newly refurbished M44 (1947 Ishevsk, non matching).... I stripped all the original gunk off the stock, smoothed it up, stained it a red mahoganey, and then put 3 coats of clear coate polyeurathane on it. I cold blued the mag well, butt plate, and a couple of small parts along with some simple touch up bluing around the bayonet lug and crown. I used a B-Square scout mount and put that little red dot scope on it. I bought this 2 1/2 years ago to go deer hunting with on short notice. Now I am going to use it for my stalking gun since with the red dot scope I should be able to quickly acquire my target. Overall it didn't take much money to clean up. It looks tons better than it did before (see below). One thing that is a little bothersome though...at the range a couple of hours ago...after shooting a couple of rounds through it, the bolt sticks when attempting to reload. A little elbow grease gets it free, and I think it got better after several more rounds. I didn't shoot much more though because I either didn't tighten my scope on well enough or the B-Square just isn't that great (don't know which yet)...either way, my scope loosened up and I didn't have anything to tighten it up with.

Thanks; I'll be shooting Shawn an email shortly. I wish makarov.com still had the checkered walnut grips. Right now they are only carrying the smooth and I don't much care for smooth grips in general. But, yes....that is a great site (and my first stop) for any additions for my CZ-52. -b

I believe there was a link at one point to some guy that sold CZ-52 grips in crazy colors, swirls, and a few plain. Does anyone happen to recall any info about that at all? Or does anyone know of a good resource to get some non-issue grips for the CZ? I'd be interested in either synthetic or wood. Thanks, b

Hello there. I am a little confused....what the heck happened? I was a member back on ezboard, but don't remember my username. I wasn't a heavy poster anyway...just soaked up the knowledge. Anyway...I couldn't find anything that came out and said what was going on...so...figured I'd ask.