mikeh3

Anyone have good loads for the M28-30? I have IMR3031,4895,4350,4831,5010,RL19,RL22,WC852 powder. I would be using a Mil-surplus .308 174 grain match bullet. Any would be appreciated.

Thanks, I didn't want to bend them. Mike

Has anyone removed the handguard bands from the barrel of a 91/30? I want to use them on another rifle. I didn't want to mess with the front sight and was wondering if anyone has removed them without mis-shapeing them.

Try the Lapua 139 grain bullet, it will make you even happier. Good shooting, Mike

Yesterday, I went to the range with some Hungarian military surplus rounds reseated to the correct A.O.L. for my M28. All rounds loaded, shot and ejected normally with normal looking primers. I’m now satisfied that the original problem was the Hungarian surplus ammo being over the A.O.L. specification. It seems others have had Mosins with hard to open bolts; maybe this has been their problem also. I’m glad to get this problem behind me and I appreciate everyone’s input. This will be the last post for me on this topic.

Thanks CRITTER 183 for your reply. We share the same reasoning on the bullet depth. I think I will reseat some of the Military ammo to the same specs. of the Wolf ammo and give a couple of rounds a try. Thanks.

Thanks for your reply. I'll pull the bullets, and try to figure a starting point that makes sense.

Good news, the M28 now functions normally. I appreciate everyone’s input. I received my loading dies and Wolf Gold ammo from Midway. Looks like RGRWJB was right about the ammo. I went to the range, loaded four rounds and found all loaded, shot and ejected normally without any problems. Since the Wolf ammo worked without any problems, I compared the Wolf ammo with the military surplus Hungarian that I have been trying to shoot. I found both to have the same bullet diameter, .310” but I noticed when I loaded the Hungarian round the bolt was a little harder to close. I ejected the round and found marks on the nose of the bullet. I measured both rounds for C.O.L. and found the Wolf to be a little below the C.O.L spec. And the Hungarian over the spec. my guess is that my M28 chamber must be on spec. or below and my M39 which shoots the Hungarian normally must have a chamber that is over spec. I didn’t think about the surplus ammo not being on spec. but since so many countries made barrels and ammo for the 7.62x54R, I guess the specs. were not followed too closely. I have so much of the Hungarian ammo I wonder if I could just seat the bullet a little lower in the case. Does anyone think there would be a problem with seating the bullet further down the metal surplus case? I haven’t fooled around with surplus metal cases and I’m not sure if there is something I’m not thinking about. Again, thanks for all the help with all the problems. Mike

I solved the scratching problem by using sand paper on the front of the chamber. I polished the chamber with some bore polish. The cases still stick after firing. I looked at a couple of mosin sights and found that the barrel diameter of the M28 is 308 instead of the 310 or 311. I'll try pulling some of the 310 bullets, resize the neck of the case and load some 308 bullets to see if the pressure problem is solved and hopefully the case sticking problem will go away. I'm hoping to go back to the range next week if it doesn't rain and see what happens. I'll let you know. Please chime in if you have any other ideas. I really like the rifle except for the sticking case problem.

Thanks to you both for your input. I'll look at those two areas. I was thinking about some valve grinding compound to use on a patch when polishing the chamber. I'll let you know. I've been fooling with Mausers the past few years and didn't think much of the mosin until now. I was surprised how well they perform. Again thanks for your replies.

I picked up a couple of Finnish mosins the other day. After cleaning I took both to the range. The M39 functions normally, loads and ejects with no problems. The M28 loads normally but when fired the case will stick in the chamber at the rate of 1 to 3 or 4. The M28 bolt and receiver serial numbers match. The ammunication I shot in both came from the same box. When the case sticks the bolt is a little harder to open. It acts like high pressure but like I said, " the case sticks every 1 to 3 or 4 rounds and the ammo came from the same box". I do notice a scratch on the side of the cases from the M28. Has anyone seen this problem and is there a simple way to fix the problem? I like both rifles but the M28 shoots a better group than the M39. I hope I can solve this problem.

Anyone got a mosin 91/30 stock you want to sale?