Another nice addition to my Finn collection
Hello you all!
This 22nd of June 2011, I got my hands on that very nice example of a 1942 VKT barreled Finn M-91 Mosin-Nagant.
Her barrel is one of the cleanest in my collection : mirror bright with very sharp lands.
Upon returning home, I rushed to my reloading room and managed to prepare 25 carefully assembled cartridges with a load that usually gives good results in my other Finns, then went to the range.
I put a target at 50 meters and another one at 100 meters.
After drying the barrel with a patch, I slipped a round in the chamber and put a six o’clock hold on the target’s white bullseye at 50 meters; That first shot went just like that :
Encouraged with that result, I put my glasses on and loaded five rounds in the magazine then held my six o’clock on the 6’’ black circle at 100 meters.
Everything was going fine when I « burst my bubble » on the fifth and last shot, rushing it. Er… damn flies!
I ended with that 2 3/4’’ group. Had I not goofed I could have been rewarded possibly with an 1 3/4" group instead.
Anyway, I’m quite happy with the results; that kind of shooting from a new rifle with standard loads in not yet fireformed brass shows lots of promises.
Next weeks are going to see more load development!
PP.