WOO! Yet another thread I can join in on!
Had the approval of my Newly Wed Wife to purchase this (Obviously Heavily Used) Chi-Com M53 Mosin Nagant. I originally stopped in to help this guy out with his business, which is suffering from being smothered by Walmart, Dicks and Dunhams, all within 5 miles of his little gun shop and Hydro Dipping set up. A guy I work with is the nephew of the Store Owner and said he is really being hit hard because he can't get ANY ammo or decent guns in and wanted me to swing by and see if anything caught my eye...
Well a nice, beaten, used and decently priced M53 caught my eye sitting in the corner. Restoration-ish is in progress as we speak now...
Chinese (1956) M53 Mosin Nagant (7.62x54R)
Practically nothing matches at all lol Stock is very obviously abused and beat to hell and back but the price was right and the Mrs thought it would be a neat Wedding Gift
$150 was tagged but I walked out with 40rnds of ammo, a 25% discount card for a Hydro Dipping of my choice and the rifle for $150 total (including tax, background check and some 550 cord buckles).
Took it to the range and other then my horrible flinching problem at the bench, it was "Minute of Paper Plate" at 100yds. That could be drastically improved with better buttpad and some more trigger time. Did I mention that this thing is super fun?!?!?!?
I am going for something similar to this for the "restoration"
WHOOPS! WRONG PICTURE!
This is a pretty neat NEW stock by PRO-MAG but I am seriously only going to some minor stock refinishing and MAYBE attach a PU Sniper Scope to the receiver if it isn't too entirely much