Hunting with mosins.

[steve6943]

safe hunting

I find that with one in the pipe the bolt handle will begin to close and then 'notch' at about 30 degrees of travel.
I carry it cradled in the crook of my left elbow, as I can be sure that the bolt is out of battery.

But only when I'm alone, obviously.
Safeties don't do it for me. It's either in battery ( prior to shooting), half #### is fine or empty.
Stay safe

Tokguy is correct. Nothing safer then a bolt action out of battery while hunting. I can't express this enough. Safeties are redundant in this regard. Not only with Mosins., but with any bolt gun. Steve in Calgary.

 

[points]

I think the Mosin makes as good a hunter as any milsurp. A bit longish but I have a nice M59. A very light firearm that will do 5" at 100 yards with open sights.
I rarely use a safety. The round is up the spout only when I am ready to fire.

 

[can14]

chamber a round when you are going to shoot. used a nagant on sea lions for years and it is the safest way.

 

[Big JD-From the hills]

my tikka m91 has killed dozens of deer (maybe close to 100 during the cwd days) and 20 or so coyotes, always empty chamber. No mater what rifle I am carrying I never have a round chambered until target is spotted. My staple load is 150grain hornady over 50grains of varget at over 3000fps.