Collecting and Shooting the Mosin-Nagant - Rifle Disassembly and Reassembly

How to: Disassemble and Reassemble the Mosin-Nagant and M-44 Rifles

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*Disassembly Instructions*
	1) For a Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 Rifle - Omit any instructions pertaining to a bayonet. Make sure the rifle is pointed in a safe direction and unloaded.
	2) Remove the bolt from the rifle.
	3) Loosen the screw holding the bayonet on the rifle but do not remove.
	4) Pull back on the bayonet lock and remove the retaining screw.
	5) Take the screw and place it in the bayonet hole and set aside.
	6) Remove the screw on the small metal cap on the front end of the rifle stock.
	7) Remove the small cap on the front of the rifle and set aside.
	8) Depress the retaining springs on the rifle stock and slide off the stock rings.
	9) Slide both stock rings to the font of the barrel. You don't have to remove them all the way to remove the stock. Once you have, remove the top handguard and set aside.
	10) Open the magazine catch.
	11) Squeeze the magazine cover together once open and pull away from the magazine. Set aside.
	12) Remove the screw in the magazine and trigger guard assembly and set it aside.
	13) Remove the Screw from the top and rear of the receiver.
	14) You should now be able to remove the trigger guard and magazine assembly from the rifle.
	15) Slowly lift out the receiver.
	16) Pivot receiver and barrel forward and remove from stock.
	17) Unscrew both screws holding in rifle butt plate and set aside.
	18) Figure 18 shows the disassembled rifle. Note: For Bolt disassembly instructions go to - Disassembling the Mosin-Nagant rifle bolt assembly
*Reassembly Instructions*
	19) Place butt plate on rifle stock and screw both screws back in.
	20) Place barrel and receiver assembly back in rifle stock.
	21) Place handguard back on rifle as shown in figure 21.
	22) Place small cap on end of rifle stock and screw small screw in.
	23) Slide both stock retaining rings back in place and lock down.
	24) Install trigger guard and magazine assembly back into rifle stock.
	25) Install screw in bottom of trigger guard and magazine assembly.
	26) Install screw in top rear of receiver.
	27) Squeeze magazine cover and snap back onto magazine of rifle.
	28) Close and lock the magazine.
	29) Carefully remove the screw holding the bayonet together.
	30) Squeeze the bayonet while inserting into bracket on barrel.
	31) Place screw and allow bayonet to move backward and lock into place. Now tight the screw with a flat blade (standard) screw driver.
	32) Return the assembled bolt to the rifle.
	33) You have successfully Disassembled and Reassembled the Mosin-Nagant or M-44 Rifle.