Mosin Nagant Rear Sight Removal

[erazir]

I have a 1936 MN 91/30 that i love to shoot, but I want to mount a scope on it. I have the special rail that doesn't interfere with the bolt and a scope. However, i'm new to collecting and shooting rifles. I have tried to remove the rear sight but cant get the pins to budge. I have read different sugegstions online, but haven't had luck. I have two questions.

1. Is there somewhere in town (Baton Rouge) or online where I can buy a set of punches etc for working on this rifle and others I have?

2. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove the sight? I don't want to screw this rifle up as its in really good condition.

thanks!

 

[bs875]

Mine just drifted out. Here are a couple of links that may help.

http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/mosin-nagant/66509-removing-rear-sight-91-30-a.html

http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews/mojom44/index.asp

 

[Jguid54]

Harbor freight has punches their cheap but if you're only going to use them a couple times they'll do the job...I've seen some people heat them up with a torch then drift em out. YouTube search: mosin nagant sporterise and a guy names iraqvet has like 13 videos on working on a 91/30 he shows you how to remove the rear sight. Good luck

 

[erazir]

thanks, ill have to try that out. is there a standard size punch I should get?

 

[5.45 Shooter]

You should start with the shortest punch you can get by with.
You just to get it to start moving; I used a small nail set punch.
Then I used a longer brass punch I found at Harbor Freight
If this is the scope mount you are going to use BE WARNED I could not get the screws to hold. After only a few shots the screws got loose and the scope started to wobble. The recoil of the gun is to much for the threads, they stripped out.

This is what I did to solve the problem; I drilled out the screw holes to the diameter of the orignal pin & used the pin with Lock-tight on it to hold the mount solid.

Good Luck! Since you are mounting it on a 91/30 maybe your recoil won't be as bad as what I had.

 

[misterbeefy]

This is what I did to solve the problem; I drilled out the screw holes to the diameter of the orignal pin & used the pin with Lock-tight on it to hold the mount solid.

Good Luck! Since you are mounting it on a 91/30 maybe your recoil won't be as bad as what I had.

What scope do you have on there? I've tried a couple of different ones for mine, found one with a good eye relief, but the parallax is all jacked up.

 

[misterbeefy]

thanks, ill have to try that out. is there a standard size punch I should get?

Just get the set. It's cheap, only a few dollars. You'll need most of them sooner or later. Be warned, I broke one (not on this job, but on another gun) of the smaller ones so be gentle.

 

[5.45 Shooter]

What scope do you have on there? I've tried a couple of different ones for mine, found one with a good eye relief, but the parallax is all jacked up.

This is the one I found, it works good but I normaly only shoot it about 100yds.

http://www.outdoorbunker.com/AIM-2-7X32-Extended-Eye-Relief-Scope-p/(aim-jh2732b-).htm

 

[my-rifle]

The scope mount that everyone uses and swears by is the B-Square mount. Its proponents say the screws do not loosen with shooting. Removing the rear sight is not necessary - just the sight leaf.

If you MUST remove the rear mount, it is pinned in place, and once the pins are drifted out, the sight (often soldered in place) can be drifted off toward the receiver - not toward the muzzle. Underneath it is a dovetail mount, but I have never found a scope mount narrow enough to grasp this very narrow dovetail.