Loading M44 mosin- Nagant

I will try to explain this without a photo.

On your end of the clip that goes into the rifle, polish in inner end about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in with polishing compound and your dremel tool with buffing wheel attached.

Then take some fine steel wool with oil and work it into the inside of the entire clip. When your done with this clean the clip.

Take your needle nosed pliers and bend your polished end of the clip about 30 degrees so that the bottom bullet will sit tilted towards the top.

Then take your needle nosed pliers and bend the opposite end to that your top round will sit straight up. When done correctly there will only be a very slight jiggle in the rounds.

Your rounds will be loaded and unloaded though the polished end of the clip.

When inserting the rounds, try holding the top round with your thumb and forefinger, once they start going in then just switch to your thumb.

This won't be the final word on Mosin clips, but they seem to work much better now.

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Saw this also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLn5jUjBNrc&NR=1

Very similar to how I load 'em. Still haven't found the need to go to the extra effort w/ my clips as long as they still hold the rounds securely. I think its mostly a training/ muscle memory thing.

I have an M44, 1948 Soviet. I use Finnish clips my brother got me from the states. If you hang on to the rifle in your left, hand under the mag well with the muzzle pointing behind you, and use your right thumb (facing towards the butt)apply pressure downwards on the base of the top round. Has to be pushed from closest to the rim as you can, too close and youll skin your thumb both sides. Not exactly the way the clips were meant to be loaded, but spreads the weight and lets them slip down alot easier than if you were to do it from a prone position. Essentially just turn the rifle around backwards and push em in. Works for me.

You won't be too popular swinging a freshly loaded rifle about at the range, though! Yikes!

If your nearest neighbor is several miles off, it won't bother me, though. Have at it. Just not while company's about.

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Originally Posted by katooutdoors

I will try to explain this without a photo.

On your end of the clip that goes into the rifle, polish in inner end about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in with polishing compound and your dremel tool with buffing wheel attached.

Then take some fine steel wool with oil and work it into the inside of the entire clip. When your done with this clean the clip.

Take your needle nosed pliers and bend your polished end of the clip about 30 degrees so that the bottom bullet will sit tilted towards the top.

Then take your needle nosed pliers and bend the opposite end to that your top round will sit straight up. When done correctly there will only be a very slight jiggle in the rounds.

Your rounds will be loaded and unloaded though the polished end of the clip.

When inserting the rounds, try holding the top round with your thumb and forefinger, once they start going in then just switch to your thumb.

This won't be the final word on Mosin clips, but they seem to work much better now.

:thup:

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This is a more accurate explanation on tuning Mosin clips, the last one was done in a hurry with a few mistakes in it.


One end of your clip needs to be polished about 3/8th inward from the end. I use a dremel tool with the buffing wheel and polishing compound.

Take some oil and 0000 steel wool and work in into the entire inside of the clip.

Bend the tabs on the polished end so the round sits at about
20 degrees.

Bend the tabs on the opposite end so the top round sits almost straight up. When done correctly the rounds will have just a slight jiggle.

When loading and unloading the clip feed them though the polished end only.

To load the magazine, your index finger will be on the tip of the top bullet with your thumb at the rear, once two rounds are in the magazine then use your thumb only the rest of the way.

This won't be the final word on Mosin clips, but they sure work faster now.
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The two videos certainly present us with a challenge, eh? :surrender:

Just don't get in a hurry, at first. Once you figure out what works for you its really nothing more than repeating good loads to the point where muscle memory can take over. Given the fine Soviet style weather we're having:rolleyes:, its a good time to practice!

Well look at that, I had given up on Nagant stripper clips, I guess I'll give it another go when I get home, I keep plenty of brass around for practice anyway... Thanks folks !

Mosins, Sks's. They all use stripper clips. I have several of each. The first time I used a stripper clip, it took me several hours to stop the bleeding. The soft inside portion of my hand got in the way and the clip opened me up!!. Yea, I know, what an idiot. There's a right way and a wrong way to do it. I just load them individually now, and nobodys the wiser. The stripper clips got relegatted to the war chest!!. Sherman out.

Tried the aforementioned technique, no go .... Feels like one needs to rig up a hydraulic press to make mosin stripper clips work ....