Mosin Nagant M44 safety

mowen

I purchased an M44 carbine yesterday, and I am having trouble getting the safety to work. I knew they were going to be tough to pull back on, but not that tough. Is there a way I can fix this myself or will I have to go bring it to a gunsmith and get it loosened.

dppatrol

does it reset to the cocked position when you cycle the action?its not really a safety anyway.youre just "letting the hammer down"when you hold the trigger and ease the knob down.they used to carry them on march/parade with the bolt open,if the chamber is loaded,consider it off safety

allen griggs

Only bad thing about that rifle, the safety is a pos.
The Russkies made 'em reliable, and made 'em pretty accurate, and made many millions of 'em, guess it was too much for them to design a good safety.
If you want a good safety, get a Mauser.

Wehrmacht_45

The French did not even put a safety on their guns.

jtmarine0831

quote:Originally posted by Henry0Reilly
I may be wrong but I think it's the hammer spring that the safety mechanism pulls against. "Loosening" it probably isn't an option.




He is right here, loosening is not an option.

dppatrol, what you are talking about is actually decocking it, not using the safety. The cocking piece has to actually be pulled back against the piring pin spring and turned to engage the safety.

TRAP55

Put a ring on it, makes it usable.

allen griggs

Trap you are a genius. Somewhere, Mr. Browning is smiling.
Get into your time machine, set it for 1891, and meet up with Mr. Mosin and Mr. Nagant in the bar, and sketch your "safety ring" on a cocktail napkin.

TRAP55

Allen, wish I could take credit for that idea.[:)] Here's how to make your own.
http://www.gswagner.com/mosin-nagant/safe/safe.html