Mosin-Nagant safety modification

[thorkyl]

Here is a great article on making the 91/30 safety more glove friendly

safe

 

[Big country]

That guy is creative!! LOL. I like what he did with that rifle.

 

[TheDan]

Very nice mods that guy has on that Mosin.

 

[country_boy]

Very cool, this is the kind of work I do. However on my mosin m91 I chose to leave it stock because its a piece of ww2 history.

 

[Outbreak]

Looks like good work, and definitely creative solution. I just have to ask what the problem was in the first place? I've never heard anyone complain about a Mosin safety being difficult to use, probably because no one uses them. I've read about the safety, but I've never met anyone who has actually used it.
Personally, with my Mosins, if they're loaded, I'm about to shoot them. If I'm not about to fire, it's unloaded with the action open.

 

[thorkyl]

The safety is a nightmare, hard to grab, hard to turn.

I have never used a safety on any bolt gun.
I leave the bolt open until I am ready to shoot

 

[codygjohnson]

I have never used a safety on any bolt gun.
I leave the bolt open until I am ready to shoot

Same here. You can easily lock the bolt well before you could take the safety off on the Nagant, even with this ghetto mod. The only firearms I use the safety with are semiauto rifles and pistols. Otherwise, leave the bolt handle up or in the case of pump action shotguns, leave the forearm slightly unlocked.