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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 1035432" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>The safety on these rifles is a PITA. I strongly suspect that no Russian soldier ever willingly placed his or her rifle on safety, and have met a number of Mosin Nagant owners who did not know the rifle even had a safety.</p><p></p><p>If you plan to do anything other than range shooting with one of these, there is a mod you can do that makes it much easier to use the safety.</p><p></p><p>Basically, you put a wire loop on the back of the bolt. It needs to be big enough to get a finger through. The normal way it's done is to drill two holes in the outer edge of the bolt (obviously the rear end) opposite each other, and silver solder the wire loop into the holes. This enables one to get a good pull on the bolt, and to turn it so as to put it in the safe position. As you may have noticed, getting the rifle off safe is nearly as difficult, and the loop is good for that too.</p><p></p><p>Somewhere on the gunboards forum are (or were) pictures, but it's not a complicated fix. I would get a spare bolt assembly if I was going to do this to my one remaining MN, but it's a pristine Model 44 and has become a safe queen. I'll never use it for anything other than occasional paper punching. CB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 1035432, member: 711"] The safety on these rifles is a PITA. I strongly suspect that no Russian soldier ever willingly placed his or her rifle on safety, and have met a number of Mosin Nagant owners who did not know the rifle even had a safety. If you plan to do anything other than range shooting with one of these, there is a mod you can do that makes it much easier to use the safety. Basically, you put a wire loop on the back of the bolt. It needs to be big enough to get a finger through. The normal way it's done is to drill two holes in the outer edge of the bolt (obviously the rear end) opposite each other, and silver solder the wire loop into the holes. This enables one to get a good pull on the bolt, and to turn it so as to put it in the safe position. As you may have noticed, getting the rifle off safe is nearly as difficult, and the loop is good for that too. Somewhere on the gunboards forum are (or were) pictures, but it's not a complicated fix. I would get a spare bolt assembly if I was going to do this to my one remaining MN, but it's a pristine Model 44 and has become a safe queen. I'll never use it for anything other than occasional paper punching. CB [/QUOTE]
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