Gratz on the purchase Serenity!
Now welcome to the addiction to purchasing firearms!!
The bolt was definitely stiff (Not sure what cleaning Tupac did overnight, but I know he's planning to oil the bolt). Very nice weapon to hold!
Yeah, that's a common problem with the 91/30(not sure about the other variations). It's called "sticky bolt". I had the same exact problem when I first got mine. Like you said, a proper cleaning and oiling should fix this problem.
This is the best shot of the fireball. And you can FEEL the shockwave when it goes! Whenever he shot while I was looking down at my own stripper clips, I could feel it roll over me, and it never stopped really dropping my jaw! It's an amazing feeling, and my new goal is to track down an M44 for myself!
You can get the same experience from the 91/30 I guess when it gets hot enough. I was at a smaller 25yd indoor range on Monday with a friend. My 91/30 was giving fireballs and I could see a big cloud of dust being kicked up off the floor like 20-30ft away
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What ammo were you using? I haven't shot mine in about a month but I don't remember it kicking that much. Hell my Mossberg 500 kicks harder then my 91/30.
I'm guessing it was just the normal military surplus rounds.
I didn't think the 91/30 kicks to hard either, lol.
Everyone kept telling me how hard it kicks. The guy at the gun store told me, "Good luck with this one" when I told him i've never fired a weapon before and my friend said, "10 shots and your arm will be dead"(I ended up firing all 50 rounds I had, lol)
So, first time shooting it, I was like, "That's it?". From what everyone was telling me, I was getting ready to be knocked backwards lol.