[r0bb6ub9]

I got my first american Mosin. A Westinghouse. It is missin the screw's for the barrel bands and for the buttplate. Were they the same as any other Dragoon?

 

[Stalin's Ghost]

Give us a picture of the bands you have.
I think the original barrel band tightening screws were threaded backwards and are sometimes broken off on original bands, but we need to see what you have for bands.
The buttplate screws are likely the same as new ones or have long since been replaced with later ones, but go slow with the replacements as I don't have a Westinghouse screw here to compare.
A Westinghouse is a great start, but you need a whole lot more Mosins!

 

[r0bb6ub9]

hey stalin, wife left the camera at work so i have to use a pic from the seller. Not the greatest. Hope it helps. This is my 24th mosin i believe. Love it!

 

[themosinator]

hey stalin, wife left the camera at work so i have to use a pic from the seller. Not the greatest. Hope it helps. This is my 24th mosin i believe. Love it! View attachment 522312

I am pretty sure that your front band is the early style m91 barrel band...and, I am pretty sure that those were threaded backwards...

 

[Homer2]

Are you talking about keeper screws that screw into the stock and keep then bands in place? Those are ordinare small screws. If the barrel band screw is broken, you need a whole new barrel band. Those really cannot be fixed.

 

[Flyin Brian]

It looks like the barrel band screw itself is ok, so I think Homer is on the right track that he must be looking to replace the "band keeper" screw. It looks like there is a pretty large hole there so you might have to get some wood dough or some other type of wood filler product and fill in the hole. I would suggest mixing a drop or two of dark stain into the wood dough before filling the hole. Then head down to the hardware store and find a very small round-head wood screw. If you have some gun blue you can darken the screw too. The cool thing about having the keeper screws is that the rifles usually shoot better with the band screws loosened, so the keeper screw holds everything in place.