My new [70 year old] Red Rifle

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Received my 1944 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant 91/30 this past Monday and managed to feed the kids before getting started on cosmoline removal.
After cleaning up the cosmo and figuring out how to put the bolt back together I got it to the range today.
I've never owned a bolt action before and only loaded one round just to be safe, when I opened the bolt to eject the spent cartridge I learned that placement of the left hand is important. That first round was at the gongs just to make sure it went bang when I pulled the trigger. It did go bang and gave a very satisfying thump on the shoulder to boot:D. Next four rounds were at my 50 yard target.
After moving the reticle onto the holes I put five on the 100 yard paper.
Very happy with these results from my first trip to the range. I think I had to move the reticle as high as I did in the field of view because I was shooting such short range. Can any Mosin owners with more experience than I have confirm this? My next visit I'll put a target up on the hill at 200 yards and see if the reticle needs to be dropped much.
 
I'd be happy as well with those results. I havn't tried mine out yet, I have a sniper version but the scope and mount are missing. I'll be shopping around for one in the near future.
Congrats!
 
skookumchuck said:
Received my 1944 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant 91/30 this past Monday and managed to feed the kids before getting started on cosmoline removal.
After cleaning up the cosmo and figuring out how to put the bolt back together I got it to the range today.
I've never owned a bolt action before and only loaded one round just to be safe, when I opened the bolt to eject the spent cartridge I learned that placement of the left hand is important. That first round was at the gongs just to make sure it went bang when I pulled the trigger. It did go bang and gave a very satisfying thump on the shoulder to boot:D. Next four rounds were at my 50 yard target.
After moving the reticle onto the holes I put five on the 100 yard paper.
Very happy with these results from my first trip to the range. I think I had to move the reticle as high as I did in the field of view because I was shooting such short range. Can any Mosin owners with more experience than I have confirm this? My next visit I'll put a target up on the hill at 200 yards and see if the reticle needs to be dropped much.
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Very nice
 
There are Mosin Nagants here in Halifax going for $150.00, I talked the Wife into letting me get one for my Birthday in August...lol. Can't wait they look like an awesome Rifle.....BTW-- Congrats on your new Rifle! I had been sitting on the fence on getting one of these or not but your post /Pics has made up my mind to get one after all...:D
 
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You need to get fairly close to get a good sight picture and because the mount is so high it's more of a chin weld than cheek weld. Looking at the scope this morning I notice that I've dialed the top turret to number one and number three puts the reticle about centre of field of view. Perhaps it's calibrated in meters? I'll shoot it at 300 meters next weekend and post up results.
 
Commercial non-corrosive, MFS 185 gr FMJ made in Russia. Bought in bulk it works out to 60 cents a round. Not bad when you consider a couple of boxes is all you need for a visit to the range if you throw in a little 9mm and maybe some 7.62x39.
 
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