Mosin for hunting?

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Hi,

Although I have a .22 and a shotgun, I never owned a rifle for hunting purposes. That being said, i never hunted either.

Im looking at those Mosins that sell for around $150 as a cheap, yet interesting to own rifle.

Does it makes a bit of sense? Im not planning on buying an more expensive Mosin sniper, just an iron sight 91/30. I live in the NWT, and if somebody offers me to go on a hunting trip, I could go with that Mosin and a box of hunting grade soft-tip ammo.

Your take?
 
Not only will it take anything down it may also help with the northern lights.
Just be careful in avalanche zones. The hunting ammo would be about the same for cost as regular ammo but for practice the surplus ammo is 1/4 the price. I did a quick comparison between my M44(carbine size of the 91/30) and a Lee Enfield no. 4 with stock surplus ammo. The M44 was about 50 fps faster.
 
Sounds good folks!

I didn't get the northern light reference tho.. =()

As for the weight factor, never thought of that. Yes I suppose that an heavy rifle is a pain in the long run.
 
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I shot a deer and numerous black bears with mine.

Would be awesome on moose but I would practice lots at ranges out to 200 yards.
 
It depends on your end goal.

If You want to keep it as a bare-bones, iron sights only rifle, then its a great option. I wouldn't want to try and deal with an aggressive, large bear with one, but otherwise its a fine caliber choice. You can also get a Lee Loader for this caliber, so you can make start making your own ammo with a very small capital investment.

However, If you want to scope it down the road, its not difficult per say, but its certainly not as easy as a new gun would be. Can get pricey too if you dont want a scout-mount where you have to find a long eye relief scope for it.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
For NA hunting the 7.62x54 with good loads & proper bullet placement will do just fine. The Mosin Nagant will handle any crap weather condition this side of Siberia if one keeps 'er clean & lubed proper fer the conditions.
I love the way my 91/30 hangs for off-hand shootin'.:)
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I see your bolt lever is bent down. Is it something you do with a oxy-acetylene torch to heat up , then bend, or it's a gunsmith's work?
 
delavan said:
I see your bolt lever is bent down. Is it something you do with a oxy-acetylene torch to heat up , then bend, or it's a gunsmith's work?
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PU sniper bolt body, or a PU sniper repo bolt handle. I have one on mine. I had to cut the bolt handle off, file, drill and tap, then thread this one on. Bending the current one, you be left with a small bent nub. I just went with a more back angle closer to the trigger.

My cheap bush stock.

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Ganderite said:
If you want to buy a Mosin for hunting, but a M44. The carbine version. Take the bayonet off and you have a good hunting rifle.
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I got you there, but as it's more expensive, the M44 becomes a less interesting deal to me. Of course it has a better collector's value I guess.. but I want to stick with the 91/30, or I would try to buy a regular second-hand .308
 
delavan said:
I got you there, but as it's more expensive, the M44 becomes a less interesting deal to me. Of course it has a better collector's value I guess.. but I want to stick with the 91/30, or I would try to buy a regular second-hand .308
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I bought a 91/30 with an excellent bore and cut the barrel down to about 21", had it recrowned with an 11 degree invert.
Cut the stock down with a hacksaw and reformed it with chisels and razor blades. Carved a new band spring channel into the stock and drilled the drift pin hole through.
Bedded the action and entire barrel length in the stock with JB Weld using shoe polish and lip balm for a release agent.
Filed the sear angle down very slightly and shimmed the trigger sear with an old OHIP card to reduce the contact between the bolt cocking lug and the sear (passed the "smash the cocked rifle butt onto the gun bench really hard test")
Filed the front post down until it was exactly POI to POA with the rear sight set at 100.
Even built a very effective trigger spring out of a clothespin spring, wrapped it around the trigger retaining pin to create a "slackless" two stage type trigger.













And yes those are two zap straps for the front band :rockOn:

With a good target and prone supported using 147gr Chinese surplus I can consistently put 10 rounds into a 3-4" circle almost every single time if I'm on that day.
I would imagine with hand loaded rounds in the 147gr projectile it would be even tighter and more consistent. It's one of my best shooters I own and it's become my favorite for reliability and practical accuracy for an iron sight rifle. My favorite rifle in general these days because I can beat the s**t out of it and not even worry.

I would take it hunting very confidently.

Mosins are 1:10 twist as well so can stabilize the heavier hunting projectiles fine as well!
 
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