I picked up a dirty old New England Westinghouse M91 at a gun show on November 17th 2007.
It was only my 2nd or 3rd Mosin at the time and I really didn't know much about them. This old rifle really got me to start doing some resarch on Mosins and now I have somewhere around 30 Mosins, 6 of which are M91's.
When I bough the dirty old Westinghouse, I didn't know how hard and long the search for a replacement stock would be.
I did get a Bulgarian marked stock from my friend, Clay, about a year ago. It was a pertty good stock but I was just not happy with the look of the rifle. Then back in Octber of 2009, on the way home from a Forum shoot in Ohio, Clay and I stopped in at a little shop in Alabama. We stopped at the little shop to look at some old Mosins we were told they had. Well, while looking through the rifles, I found a M91 that had spent some time in Bulgaria. It had a Walnut stock I needed for my dirty old Westinghouse. I also found another rifle that I liked.
When I got home I put the rifles away. I had too many things to get done before I could mess with the stocks. Just the other day I took out the rifles and swaped the stocks. I am happy with the look of the rifle now.
It took me 2 years and 3 months to restore the Westinghouse, but it was worth it.
It was only my 2nd or 3rd Mosin at the time and I really didn't know much about them. This old rifle really got me to start doing some resarch on Mosins and now I have somewhere around 30 Mosins, 6 of which are M91's.
When I bough the dirty old Westinghouse, I didn't know how hard and long the search for a replacement stock would be.
I did get a Bulgarian marked stock from my friend, Clay, about a year ago. It was a pertty good stock but I was just not happy with the look of the rifle. Then back in Octber of 2009, on the way home from a Forum shoot in Ohio, Clay and I stopped in at a little shop in Alabama. We stopped at the little shop to look at some old Mosins we were told they had. Well, while looking through the rifles, I found a M91 that had spent some time in Bulgaria. It had a Walnut stock I needed for my dirty old Westinghouse. I also found another rifle that I liked.
When I got home I put the rifles away. I had too many things to get done before I could mess with the stocks. Just the other day I took out the rifles and swaped the stocks. I am happy with the look of the rifle now.
It took me 2 years and 3 months to restore the Westinghouse, but it was worth it.
