Mosin-Nagant Stocks
The factory stock on the M91/30 is a perfectly good unit that requires only minor modification to maximize performance and comfort. However, if a new stock is desired there are a number of replacement stocks for the Mosin-Nagant that cover a wide range of attractiveness, functionality, and price.
If you decide to keep the factory wood on your M91/30, there are a few steps that should be followed in order to maximize the performance your stock can provide.
Step 1: Bed the action.
Step 2: Pressure-bed or free-float the barrel, depending on your preference.
Step 3: Replace the steel buttplate with a rubber buttplate.
Note that the above procedures are only meant to improve performance, not aesthetics. Properly and attractively re-finishing a military surplus wooden stock is an incredibly time consuming process with intricacies too complex and numerous to reproduce here.
If you do decide to replace the stock, any gunsmith can turn a stock blank into a suitable stock for your rifle, but there are several manufacturers that make extremely attractive, functional stocks just for your Mosin-Nagant. These options are detailed below. If you have any questions, check out the Rifle Stocks 101 article, which will help explain the various stock materials and styles.
If you decide to keep the factory wood on your M91/30, there are a few steps that should be followed in order to maximize the performance your stock can provide.
Step 1: Bed the action.
Step 2: Pressure-bed or free-float the barrel, depending on your preference.
Step 3: Replace the steel buttplate with a rubber buttplate.
Note that the above procedures are only meant to improve performance, not aesthetics. Properly and attractively re-finishing a military surplus wooden stock is an incredibly time consuming process with intricacies too complex and numerous to reproduce here.
If you do decide to replace the stock, any gunsmith can turn a stock blank into a suitable stock for your rifle, but there are several manufacturers that make extremely attractive, functional stocks just for your Mosin-Nagant. These options are detailed below. If you have any questions, check out the Rifle Stocks 101 article, which will help explain the various stock materials and styles.
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The below products are not claimed to be the best or worst available, they are merely listed to provide a "jumping off point" for a prospective buyer's search. Whenever possible the link will be directly to the manufacturer, but that does not always mean the product cannot be found elsewhere.
Prices are listed only to provide a general idea, not a guarantee. Prices may change over time.
This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or generally in cahoots with any of the below manufacturers or product lines.
The below products are not claimed to be the best or worst available, they are merely listed to provide a "jumping off point" for a prospective buyer's search. Whenever possible the link will be directly to the manufacturer, but that does not always mean the product cannot be found elsewhere.
Prices are listed only to provide a general idea, not a guarantee. Prices may change over time.
ATI Monte Carlo Stock - ATI offers an injection-molded sporter stock with elevated comb for optics. Fitting is usually not required, and the stock is inletted for a turned-down bolt handle. Checkering, a recoil pad, and pre-installed sling swivels are all standard. Some units have slightly crooked barrel channels and all have unsightly casting seams but there are two or three colors to choose from, although it's difficult to find a vendor stocking anything besides black. It's tough to argue that this stock will provide better accuracy than the factory stock, but its recoil pad makes it more comfortable to shoot, it has sling swivels, it's waterproof, and it's cheap.
author's note: The action inlet for this stock is very loose. When I glass-bedded this stock years ago, I had to bed the front recoil lug twice because there was so much space in the stock inlet that the first bedding didn't even touch the bottom of the lug. My stock also had a crooked barrel channel that pressed against the left side of the barrel, but left about 1/8" of clearance on the right.
$60 - $70
Boyd's Gunstocks - Boyd's offers laminate and hardwood stocks in three styles: classic sporter stock, praire hunter stock (classic sporter with elevated comb for optics), and a thumbhole stock with forearm vents and elevated comb for bench use, each available in several laminate colors and hardwood species. Boyd's stocks arrive sanded and finished, with a half-inch recoil pad installed, and stippling/checkering can be added to the grip areas on request. Boyd's stocks generally bolt right onto the action with only minor fitting required, but do not have an inlet for a turned-down bolt handle. A Boyd's laminate stock likely offers the most accuracy-per-dollar spent of all Mosin-Nagant aftermarket stocks.
$90 - $110
Bluegrass Gunstocks - Bluegrass Gunstocks offers gunstocks in two styles: classic thumbhole and tactical, and can be had in either maple or walnut with a variety of finishes and/or paintjobs. Bluegrass is also the only maker of non-synthetic Mosin-Nagant stocks to offer a free-floating barrel channel (Richards Microfit only offers the option of an oversized barrel channel) and available pre-installed bedding pillars, which combine with Bluegrass's (generally) drop-in fitment to take much of the hassle out of accurizing a wooden gunstock. Finally, Bluegrass allows you to customize the stock's features, with options such as barrel vents, Timney trigger inlets, fancy recoil pads, and more, although the range of customization is not quite as wide as that offered by Richard's Microfit, and an inlet for a turned-down bolt handle is not offered.
$130 - $350+
Richard's Microfit Gunstocks - Richard's Microfit is a custom stockmaker, and requires lead time of at least several weeks for most stocks. However, the buyer is able to customize almost every aspect aspect of their stock, from stock style and laminate color/wood species to comb height, forearm width, length-of-pull, and buttpad type. Richard's Microfit stocks arrive unfinished, requiring extensive sanding and finishing by yourself or a local gunsmith. Richard's Microfit stocks are also "96% inlet" which means that your rifle won't quite fit the stock inlet. This is a plus for those looking to build a high-end tack driver, because it means the stock is fitted to the individual rifle, but the fitting process costs time and/or money, depending on if a gunsmith gets involved. Richard's has a reputation for making excellent stocks, but expect a long wait, unresponsive customer service, and a light wallet.
$120 - $400+
CBPRS Bullpup Stock - Center Balanced Systems make two highly unusual Mosin-Nagant stocks in bullpup configurations, and currently has a third in develpment. Crafted largely from aluminum, these stocks have features like integral bipod mounts and integral scope mounts as standard, although a “flat top” model is also available that allows a rear sight mount to be affixed. Most shooters consider the flat top to be a better design, as a scope mounted to the stock will hold a zero to the stock rather than the barrel and so any shifting of the stock under recoil will throw off the point-of-impact.
Although CBPRS offers interesting and wildly different designs, CBRPS stocks are criticized for their weight and, more importantly, their stout recoil. CBPRS's bullpup design places the centerline of the rifle well above the shooter’s shoulder, making recoil feel sharper and more painful.
However, if you want the most compact or the most unique Mosin Nagant around, then look no further than a bullpup CBRPS stock.
$300 - $350
Archangel Manufacturing Stock - Archangel Manufacturing offers an injection-molded synthetic stock that they claim is stronger due to the use of carbon fiber. More to the point, however, is their stock's impressive feature set. A free floating barrel is standard, along with a spacer for pressure bedding the barrel if you so desire. The stock also has an adjustable comb, but the real ace-in-the-hole for this stock is the ability to accept proprietary detacheable magazines in five and ten round capacities. However, reviews are inconclusive as to the magazine system's long-term reliability.
$190 - $210
Custom Stockmakers - Many custom gunshops can turn a long chunk of wood called a stock blank into a beautiful stock custom-fit to your rifle. However, this is an expensive proposition and the shops that can perform this kind of work are getting harder to find.
>$200
author's note: The action inlet for this stock is very loose. When I glass-bedded this stock years ago, I had to bed the front recoil lug twice because there was so much space in the stock inlet that the first bedding didn't even touch the bottom of the lug. My stock also had a crooked barrel channel that pressed against the left side of the barrel, but left about 1/8" of clearance on the right.
$60 - $70
Boyd's Gunstocks - Boyd's offers laminate and hardwood stocks in three styles: classic sporter stock, praire hunter stock (classic sporter with elevated comb for optics), and a thumbhole stock with forearm vents and elevated comb for bench use, each available in several laminate colors and hardwood species. Boyd's stocks arrive sanded and finished, with a half-inch recoil pad installed, and stippling/checkering can be added to the grip areas on request. Boyd's stocks generally bolt right onto the action with only minor fitting required, but do not have an inlet for a turned-down bolt handle. A Boyd's laminate stock likely offers the most accuracy-per-dollar spent of all Mosin-Nagant aftermarket stocks.
$90 - $110
Bluegrass Gunstocks - Bluegrass Gunstocks offers gunstocks in two styles: classic thumbhole and tactical, and can be had in either maple or walnut with a variety of finishes and/or paintjobs. Bluegrass is also the only maker of non-synthetic Mosin-Nagant stocks to offer a free-floating barrel channel (Richards Microfit only offers the option of an oversized barrel channel) and available pre-installed bedding pillars, which combine with Bluegrass's (generally) drop-in fitment to take much of the hassle out of accurizing a wooden gunstock. Finally, Bluegrass allows you to customize the stock's features, with options such as barrel vents, Timney trigger inlets, fancy recoil pads, and more, although the range of customization is not quite as wide as that offered by Richard's Microfit, and an inlet for a turned-down bolt handle is not offered.
$130 - $350+
Richard's Microfit Gunstocks - Richard's Microfit is a custom stockmaker, and requires lead time of at least several weeks for most stocks. However, the buyer is able to customize almost every aspect aspect of their stock, from stock style and laminate color/wood species to comb height, forearm width, length-of-pull, and buttpad type. Richard's Microfit stocks arrive unfinished, requiring extensive sanding and finishing by yourself or a local gunsmith. Richard's Microfit stocks are also "96% inlet" which means that your rifle won't quite fit the stock inlet. This is a plus for those looking to build a high-end tack driver, because it means the stock is fitted to the individual rifle, but the fitting process costs time and/or money, depending on if a gunsmith gets involved. Richard's has a reputation for making excellent stocks, but expect a long wait, unresponsive customer service, and a light wallet.
$120 - $400+
CBPRS Bullpup Stock - Center Balanced Systems make two highly unusual Mosin-Nagant stocks in bullpup configurations, and currently has a third in develpment. Crafted largely from aluminum, these stocks have features like integral bipod mounts and integral scope mounts as standard, although a “flat top” model is also available that allows a rear sight mount to be affixed. Most shooters consider the flat top to be a better design, as a scope mounted to the stock will hold a zero to the stock rather than the barrel and so any shifting of the stock under recoil will throw off the point-of-impact.
Although CBPRS offers interesting and wildly different designs, CBRPS stocks are criticized for their weight and, more importantly, their stout recoil. CBPRS's bullpup design places the centerline of the rifle well above the shooter’s shoulder, making recoil feel sharper and more painful.
However, if you want the most compact or the most unique Mosin Nagant around, then look no further than a bullpup CBRPS stock.
$300 - $350
Archangel Manufacturing Stock - Archangel Manufacturing offers an injection-molded synthetic stock that they claim is stronger due to the use of carbon fiber. More to the point, however, is their stock's impressive feature set. A free floating barrel is standard, along with a spacer for pressure bedding the barrel if you so desire. The stock also has an adjustable comb, but the real ace-in-the-hole for this stock is the ability to accept proprietary detacheable magazines in five and ten round capacities. However, reviews are inconclusive as to the magazine system's long-term reliability.
$190 - $210
Custom Stockmakers - Many custom gunshops can turn a long chunk of wood called a stock blank into a beautiful stock custom-fit to your rifle. However, this is an expensive proposition and the shops that can perform this kind of work are getting harder to find.
>$200
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