Scoped My Mosin

tungngroove2000 said:
wow...that m44 makes both mine look used, very nice indeed Mr Williams!!
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It's a Polish one, they are all built like that, top quality workmanship inside and out. No doubt some will say I ruined it by sticking a PU mount on it and bending the bolt handle, which is true as far as a collector is concerned. But I bought it for shooting, which I think was what it was originally made for.:D
 
tungngroove2000 said:
I have ordered the S&K mount, thanks to Strato, the one you mentioned has bad reviews everywhere I've looked. Sloppy fit and won't hold zero apparently.
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Thatz why I made my own.
Mark Williams said:
What are you hoping to achieve by scoping it ?
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This is my sight in target @ 100 meter at poco using Czech Surplus ball x54R ammo.
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How many Mosin's u know can shoot like that iron sight :p
 
Strato50 said:
That is what I liked the most about this option, everything can very easily be put back to the way it was originally and it was a very easily installation...which for me is a good thing as I am not very mechanically inclined.
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Thats why I chose this mount as well, I want to be able to put the rifle back to stock at any time in the future.
 
Mark Williams said:
It's a Polish one, they are all built like that, top quality workmanship inside and out. No doubt some will say I ruined it by sticking a PU mount on it and bending the bolt handle, which is true as far as a collector is concerned. But I bought it for shooting, which I think was what it was originally made for.:D
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I'd love to get my hands on one in that condition, its a beauty!
 
Carbon Mechanic, That is nice shooting especially with surplus ammo. It's great if you have a load of it.

Here's the results of three different BL-C2 loads @100 I have settled with the top one :)

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PS,I tried a scout scope once, I found it terrible to use.
 
Carbon Mechanic said:
How many Mosin's u know can shoot like that iron sight :p
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Many can shoot like that with iron sights, but most people (myself included ) can't. Sights don't make a rifle more accurate, but they can be usefull for accurate placement of the shots:D

PS , Some people use telescopic sights, but I much prefer to use my optical alignment aids.:)
 
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Mark Williams said:
Thanks for the compliment. It's the most accurate rifle I have ever owned. The old scope has served me well but it has only 4.5 x magnfication. I will be replacing it with a 10 x within the next week.
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:O you need to buy a good bolt action rifle of any modern design then......(No offence) but the groups you posted are about as good as my polish M44 shoots, which are horible by comparison to ANY other rifle I own.....even my round ball slinging flintlock shoots better.
 
ciphery said:
:O you need to buy a good bolt action rifle of any modern design then......(No offence) but the groups you posted are about as good as my polish M44 shoots, which are horible by comparison to ANY other rifle I own.....even my round ball slinging flintlock shoots better.
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Yeah right:) Laugh2Laugh2
 
Mark Williams said:
It's a Polish one, they are all built like that, top quality workmanship inside and out. No doubt some will say I ruined it by sticking a PU mount on it and bending the bolt handle, which is true as far as a collector is concerned. But I bought it for shooting, which I think was what it was originally made for.:D
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You are half right. I own a never issued polish M44. It is near perfect fit and finish on the outside. The inside is top notch finish......but with a factory bore of .3155" its hardly good fit. Handloads of resized 8mm projectiles do solve the over bore issue but the gun will never shoot factory ammo with any acuracy to speak of.
 
Mark Williams said:
Strictly speaking I don't think it will improve accuracy, it will undoubtedly help you to see better though :) There are a couple of simple things that you can do that will improve accuracy, floating the barrel, and hand loading. I have found that a 123 grain bullet and 52 grains of BL-C 2 works wonders in my M-44, it came with a floating barrel as standard. Using surplus ammo will not give accuracy that the rifle is capable of.

Watch this to understand how floating the barrel makes a rifle more accurate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGEh_GYgZqk&list=PL56D8F120881CDB5A
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In most cases a floating barrel works wonders, with the weight of a bayonet permanently attached you may want to bed the barrel into the stock as many Lee-Enfield owners have discovered. I initially sanded the inside of my top wood and fore stock barrel channel to increase the float...I have since discovered that wrapping my barrel with approx 10 turns of masking tape and then re stocking the barreled action and forcing the top wood and barrel bands into place actually improves the guns accuracy over having a floated barrel.
 
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