Great video Big Sam! It's interesting to think about all of the differences in the bits and pieces that make up our favorite rifle.

While you’re flipping bolts around I’m sitting here flipping bolts around. Thanks

I never knew!! Cool stuff!

Thank you for this great video

Great video.

Thanks buddy 😁

I have A 1931 Izzy Ex Dragoon Arsenal Rebuild I believe just before the War or at the start. "Brass end caps" bolt looks normal And the sling slots are pressed in & A 1931 Tula Ex Dragoon Arsenal Rebuild in 1942 i believe by Izzy. Based on your mosin stocks video. Had the little hole on the bolt handle And force matched "twice" Mag Floorplate. So it has 3 serials ha. With only the bottom of the sling slots covered. I love them. Real history Last year both izzy and tula produced Dragoons. I'm actually searching for a 1931 Tula & Izzy 91/30 to have the set of 4.

Looking at the bolt handle with a hole in the end from a machinist perspective, could it be there to put on the "Center" to hold it in place and the opposite end was held in the chuck to turn to the finished dimension? Great information, thanks for sharing.

I think it’d be a good idea for another video how to fix mosin nagant sticky bolt I have tried few way to do so but non of them seems to work on mine I have a m44 war time production and as we know these were produced on hurry by the soviets. There was no time to finish them at all I have tried polishing the firing pin, spring, the bolt itself , lub, polishing the round receiver in the barrel etc etc.

Excellent video. What dose the Chatellerault arsenal mark look like? It was not clear in your video. I have a M-91 made by Chatellerault in 1894 and would like to verify original parts on the rifle.

@BigSamMosinMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jason, it is typically a letter inside a shield, or a c within a circle. Please feel free to send me an email with some pictures of your rifle, I'd love to see it!

I have a 1908 Tula stamped SA with a bolt body that has a circle L. I can't find anything that denotes where the bolt body was manufactured based on that stamp. The other parts have the bow stamp. This is the early type body. Any ideas?

Interesting. Mine has the Type 1 bolt, but the stamp on the barrel says 1942.

The early bolt wouldn't have been machined out of a large block of steel. The standard practice at the time was to forge the part and then machine to the final dimensions. The later two peice bolt would have needed a simpler forging, and therefore a simpler and cheaper die set.

where did you find the info about the welded on bolt handle?

@BigSamMosinMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Gungeek, this info comes from Alexander Yuschenko's book on the 91/30 rifle. It is the best source I have found on info for these rifles, even though it is in Russian

@Gungeek

2 жыл бұрын

@@BigSamMosinMuseum very interesting thanks :)

i have an ex-sniper and the bolt is matching but straight and not forced matched. why is that so wouldn’t it be forced matched or not matching?

@BigSamMosinMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching! The term forced matched can be very confusing, because you can have a part with the full serial number that is still forced matched. Basically, any part that was not originally issued with the rifle is considered forced matched, which is why ex sniper straight bolts fall into this category

Are the bolts interchangeable with different mosin

@BigSamMosinMuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Thomas, that's a great question! This is a great idea for a video, but the short answer is yes! The long answer is that there can sometimes be an issue with headspace or just fitment in general, as the tolerances can vary by quite a lot sometimes! Thanks for watching!

@tomslongguns443

2 жыл бұрын

@@krinkov2875 I figure so much , thanks for the reply .