Building a Mosin from the ground up. - The Firearms Forum

MaddHatterAZ · 07-28-2009, 01:23 PM

I have a m44 and I love it! I now want an m38 but am having issues finding them for sale for a good price. I dont really want it counterbored this time. My m44 is counterbored and I am deadly accurate with just the iron sites at 100 yards.

I was thinking of just buying a barrel and all the parts, a new stock and assemble all of it. My current m44 is not matching, except the bolt is all matching so that made me think that I could just build one and it should be good.

So a few questions, is there anything I should worry about or be sure of? I am having issues locating a barrel with sights on it. Seems that they take all that off for some reason. Anyone know where I can get one with the sights on it still?

Any place you recommend to get the different parts from?

Or if someone knows where I can get a good deal on a complete m38 I would be interested, hell, i'd trade my all matching, great condition yugo 24/47 for an m38 that is not counterbored and has good metal.

gdmoody · 08-04-2009, 12:07 AM

Maddhatter - I was just looking at the Buy/Sale/Trade forum and I found this new listing. You might be interested in it!
http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/show...oto=nextoldest

07-28-2009, 01:23 PM	#1
MaddHatterAZ Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6	Building a Mosin from the ground up. I have a m44 and I love it! I now want an m38 but am having issues finding them for sale for a good price. I dont really want it counterbored this time. My m44 is counterbored and I am deadly accurate with just the iron sites at 100 yards. I was thinking of just buying a barrel and all the parts, a new stock and assemble all of it. My current m44 is not matching, except the bolt is all matching so that made me think that I could just build one and it should be good. So a few questions, is there anything I should worry about or be sure of? I am having issues locating a barrel with sights on it. Seems that they take all that off for some reason. Anyone know where I can get one with the sights on it still? Any place you recommend to get the different parts from? Or if someone knows where I can get a good deal on a complete m38 I would be interested, hell, i'd trade my all matching, great condition yugo 24/47 for an m38 that is not counterbored and has good metal. -->

08-04-2009, 12:07 AM	#2
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,407	Re: Building a Mosin from the ground up. Maddhatter - I was just looking at the Buy/Sale/Trade forum and I found this new listing. You might be interested in it! http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/show...oto=nextoldest __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)