Mosin Nagant 91/30 trigger fettling :-)

[snayperskaya]

My 1939 Izhevsk 91/30 shoots pretty well but the trigger was horrendous with a pull of about 12lb and about two mile of creep, to the point where the cocking piece was being pulled down by the sear so following some research on the net I decided to see if I could improve it.
I stripped the trigger apart and removed all the machining marks and burrs from the trigger spring/sear with a diamond file,then polished it with 1000 grade wet and dry and finally some Autosol metal polish.I then did the same with the trigger itself, smoothing out the contact points with the trigger spring and removed the marks and burrs off the pivot pin.Next I turned my attention to the bolt assembly and removed any burrs and gave it a light polish.Even on an empty chamber the bolt was a bit of a pig to open and close so I removed two coils from the firing pin spring while I had the bolt assembly apart.
After reassembling the bolt and trigger mechanism I refitted the bolt assembly and whilst cocked I manipulated the cocking piece to ensure the sear was properly engaged and was not going to release without actually pulling the trigger and everything was ok so I refitted the action into the stock.Once it was all back together I cocked it again and gave the butt a few bangs on the floor and again everything was as it should be and it didn't release.The end result is the trigger pull is down to about 4lb and the bolt cycles with much less effort than before and is almost, not quite, as good as an Enfield.In all it took about two hours and the difference it has made is like night and day, I suppose they were originally made as quickly as possible with the minimum of refining in order to arm the Red Army so there is room for vast improvement with relatively little effort.Hopefully the improved trigger will help the accuracy some as it will now be nicer to shoot with a lighter more predictable trigger.

[Blighty]

Just remember that each and every part of your rifle (despite what the numbers on the outside say) will have been through the refurb process several times. Each will have seen differing amounts of wear before being pulled apart, thrown into bins, and built into new rifles. The chances of all these parts still being within spec are pretty slim.

[saddler]

....or install a Finnish trigger.

Was THE quick & easy remedy on the tens of thousands of free rifles that the soviet comrade aggressors left lying in the snows of Finland; what with no llonger needing them, through being slightly dead...

Quite a lot of other Finnish tweaks turned a peasant quality gun into the arm of choice for a free nation.

[snayperskaya]

....or install a Finnish trigger.

Was THE quick & easy remedy on the tens of thousands of free rifles that the soviet comrade aggressors left lying in the snows of Finland; what with no llonger needing them, through being slightly dead...

Quite a lot of other Finnish tweaks turned a peasant quality gun into the arm of choice for a free nation.

The Russian triggers very nice now thank you

[Blighty]

Won't safe you from the White Death though......

[Mezzer]

....or install a Finnish trigger.

Was THE quick & easy remedy on the tens of thousands of free rifles that the soviet comrade aggressors left lying in the snows of Finland; what with no llonger needing them, through being slightly dead...

Quite a lot of other Finnish tweaks turned a peasant quality gun into the arm of choice for a free nation.

+1

Fitted a Finnish trigger to my M38 and it really is the dog's b*llox. Took around 10 minutes to replace the trigger once the action and stock are seperated.

Mezzer

[Demonic69]

Are you going to fit the spring to take off the slack?

[snayperskaya]

Are you going to fit the spring to take off the slack?

that's my next plan

[Demonic69]

Sounds like good work!

[saddler]

Sounds like a lot more work than just fitting a Finnish trigger in the first place...