Mosin Nagant Sniper info..

[Tango89]

Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick
This is something I do not quite understand. To select a rifle for accuracy, it must first be assembled in order to shoot it. Which would surely mean it had been finished. Or were they assembled, selected for accuracy, and then dismantled and refinished with a smoother surface?

Who knows. Seems little is really understood with these due to Soviet secrecy or failure to keep records. I'm just passing along what I've read on the selection process. I would guess they were finished further after assembly as I've noted no difference in the finish of my barrel, it still shows the lathe marks. The receiver however has been polished.

this is something i've been looking into as well, was there such a thing as cold bluing back then?

So only the receiver and not the barrel shack with all the numbers was polished?

I'm assuming they also improved the fit of the stock?