Anybody know the barrel shank dimensions for Mosin-Nagant rifles?

What do you mean by "Shank"?
The threads are .977" V 60 degrees 16 TPI.
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[ 07-21-2003, 03:30: Message edited by: Clark ]

Thanks for your reply....

Question came up, because I have a Mosin M38 that is beautiful on the outside, but with a .316" bore. Putting a nice, custome barrel on it is out of the question, but the thought flitted through my mind that if I could find a take-off 308 Remington barrel, I could have it threaded and rechambered for the Mosin pretty cheap. A Mosington? :-)

Maybe I didn't use the right word, but I was referring to the length and OD of the threaded portion of the barrel.

Thanks for the info!

Shank length is ~.93", but the distance from the bolt face to the reciever ring is 1.000".

The later reciever you have will not have an inner stop ring.

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Not quite understanding....

Are you saying that the Remington barrel cannot be re-cut to fit the Mosin receiver? I know some barrels reference to the front of the receiver, and that others, like the Mauser, reference to a point inside the receiver. Or are you just saying that the barrel references to the front of the receiver, since there is no internal stop ring? I don't think it would hurt anything to cut another .070" of material away, forward of the existing threads, to make a longer shank, if that's what it takes.

This has got to work.... too perfect a solution... an M38 that is as accurate as my Finn M39's, looks like a garden variety Russian M38, and is still pretty cheap.

How did your target barrel work out? Interesting pix.

I'll check the OD tomorrow.... pretty sure it is OK. The Remington threads are 1 1/16", so there is plenty to work with.

Once you cross the threshold of getting a Rem take-off, you can imagine all kinds of things. A 308 would be first choice, but a 270 or 284 bullet in front of a Russian case would be an entertaining combination. Ackley made quite a point of showing that the 270 is overbore, and performs practically as well with a 308 case behind it. The 7.62x54R has a bit more case capacity than the 308.... imagine a 243 in that configuration..... Hmmmmmmmm.

Usta could get Rems for $40, unfired.

A poster from Finland said that it was illegal to hunt with the 7.62x53R cartridge, because they didn't want people shooting up the military ammo. The rifles were available in spades to the population, and so gunsmiths have converted them to many calibers.

For .308 he said they cut the extrator relief deeper into the bolt head.

I found the bolt head quite machinable when I opened the face up and deepened the face for the big thick rim of 45/70 brass.
One nice thing about the removable bolt head, is that it is easy to get ahold of in a mill vice or lathe chuck. Try that with a Mauser bolt

Now THERE'S a plan.... convert the M38 to a manly caliber!! My mind was so busy with the 30 calilber option that I hadn't considered the 45/70, also a rimmed cartridge. Now that would be a hoot! The only kid at the range with a Mosin that makes 45 cal holes!