Jordan Lichtenwalter 01/15/24 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant I need a good vendor to heat treat these for me. I don't want to just send them to anyone with an oven, because of the nature of these parts containing an explosion right in front of the user's face. ... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 01/05/24 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant Start writing here... Previous Next Add Images... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 12/29/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant Just a small update while I wait for some free machine time to attempt machining the bolt heads once more. I managed to track down what I believe to be the ideal optic for this build: An IOR Valdada P... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 11/26/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant After Thanksgiving dinner, I proceeded to spend the rest of Thanksgiving weekend at the shop working on the much-anticipated bolt head for the 8.6 BLK Mosin! Unfortunately, it did not go as well as pl... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 07/06/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant Spent some time over the Independence Day weekend knocking out the barrel nuts! I machined them from pre-hardened 4140 (~25RC). I ended up making like twenty of them. If there's interest, I'll make mo... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 06/20/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant This weekend I machined the scope rail and the upper half of the scope mount for my 8.6 BLK Mosin. It's all coming together! The next step is to actually rivet the scope rail to the receiver. I plan t... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 06/05/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant A crucial part of this build is the optics mounting. I wanted to load from stripper clips, so an offset scope mount like on the M1D Garand was necessary. I don't like scout mounts personally, and such... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 05/29/23 Project Update: 8.6BLK Mosin Nagant I spent some of this Memorial Day weekend tinkering with the 8.6BLK Mosin. I bought a cheap takeoff barrel with the hopes of converting it to the "Mosage" system I'm developing so that I can also shoo... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 05/11/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant Finally got my stamp back! I still have a long way to go, but I am thrilled with the level of progress so far. I still need to machine the new "Mosage" barrel nut, and of course an entirely new bolt h... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 03/25/23 Project Update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant As I detailed in my previous update to this project , I am going to be machining custom barrel nuts in the appropriate .975-16 Mosin receiver thread to facilitate easy headspacing of my specially modi... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 11/24/22 Project update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant A small update: A couple of my friends decided to get on this crazy train, and one of them wanted to see if an Archangel stock and the corresponding magazines could be made to work. It appears that th... Jan 29, 2024
Jordan Lichtenwalter 10/19/22 Project update: 8.6 BLK Mosin Nagant CAD work is now complete. The new bolt head has been modeled with the correct bolt face diameter for the cartridge. It will accept off-the-shelf Sako extractors, and work with an unmodified "Remage" b... Jan 29, 2024