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Hi,

I never had a scope before and need some help picking one for my Mosin Nagant.
I will be using the Brass Stacker see trough scope mount, that goes over the front sight.

As fair I understand I will need a long eye relief scope due to the distance.
I was thinking about getting a 4-9x40 magnification.
The Mosin kicks really hard and I don't want to buy something that's going to break after just a few shots.

On the other hand I would like to spend as little as I can get away with.

What are my options?
Would a Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn survive on the rifle?
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.
 
I would measure how far away your eye will be from the bell of the scope. Bushnell dusk and dawns are pretty junky, I would look at a Redfield Revolution at minimum. Chances are you won't be happy with anything but a LER scope like the ones made by leupold, but they are not cheap. Don't worry about recoil, mosins are tame in the grand scheme of things.

My opinion: mosins are awesome, shoot them irons. If you want a scoped rifle save and get something that was meant for a scope. It will be far less frustrating.
 
I'm looking at same thing: this LER scope was recommended off of a pretty decent youtube video - backed with video of shooting / results.

Weaver 2.5x8x28mmhandgun scope #849429

But keep in mind - that scope is worth more than two mosins. Think about what you really want.

When you shoot your mosin with irons - what kind of groupings are you getting now? Adding a scope will allow you to, in theory, shrink you group at a distance - however, if your mosin is grouping pie-plate groupings now, it's not going to magically shrink them.

IF you have an accurate mosin, then I say if that's what you want, then go ahead.

If you're looking for consitant moa or sub, then you're in the wrong rifle ;)
I have an accurate mosin pu repro - and it has shot sub moa - but not consitantly. It's still groups awesome. 1-2 inch groups at 100 yards. But it's my most accurate mosin by far. I have a couple that shoot dinner plate groups.
 
My best is a scoped 1940 Mosin-Nagant using the Accumounts mounting system and a Bushnell Elite 3200 in 3-9x40. The barrel is fully floated, the reciever is bedded, the trigger is modified so that it is light. I looks awesome but gets MOA of 4-5 inches at 100 yards and is a 2-3 shot gun because after that the bullets fly in every direction with an MOA of about 2 feet. I have tried 2 bullet manufactures and 2 bullet weights, no difference. Remember, this is the best of 4 Mosin-Nagants so I am not whining about my 1 and only Mosin-Nagant. In my opinion, buying ammo for a Mosin-Nagant is a complete waste of tiime. On the up side 2 shots is all you may ever need and the Mosin-Nagant does make an excellent spear. So its 2 shots, affix the bayo and throw that POS.
 
I've gotten 3 shots all touching with my 1942 mosin 91/30 at a distance of 50 meters. Might measure .8 of an inch or so. At a hundred that would dictate a 1.5 MOA rifle. Not bad for $110 + tax and shipping. I've found ammo does make a difference. Mine LOVES the Hornady Vintage Match stuff that LeBaron sells.

It's nothing special - was bought from the ammo source about a year ago. Put an S&K rail on it (replaces rear sight leaf), and a cheapy NC Star 2-7 LER scope on it. I've gotten 3 or 4 MOA with surplus ammo.

I've also bedded the receiver, and bedded the front of the barrel (where the front band wraps around the hand guard. These thin barrels were never meant to be free floated and they do benefit from certain specific contact points.
 
I shot my Mosin in two service rifle matches last year. It's a 3 MOA rifle, but that's to be expected from a service rifle. Mine has a very good bore. I've shot it out to 500m in practice and to 300m in competition, all with irons. To the OP, I'd still stay with irons.
 
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Thank you all for sharing your experience.

Considering that from the center of the rail to my eye is about 16inches,
I probably will have to go with a pistol scope.

Anyone know a good place to buy pistol scopes?
It is quite frustrating to try to Google for them, because most of the
merchants that come up based in US.
 
 
Boulevard said:
My best is a scoped 1940 Mosin-Nagant using the Accumounts mounting system and a Bushnell Elite 3200 in 3-9x40. The barrel is fully floated, the reciever is bedded, the trigger is modified so that it is light. I looks awesome but gets MOA of 4-5 inches at 100 yards and is a 2-3 shot gun because after that the bullets fly in every direction with an MOA of about 2 feet. I have tried 2 bullet manufactures and 2 bullet weights, no difference. Remember, this is the best of 4 Mosin-Nagants so I am not whining about my 1 and only Mosin-Nagant. In my opinion, buying ammo for a Mosin-Nagant is a complete waste of tiime. On the up side 2 shots is all you may ever need and the Mosin-Nagant does make an excellent spear. So its 2 shots, affix the bayo and throw that POS.
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Didn't you test accuracy prior to scoping it?
 
I finally got the Brass Stacker mount, and got
around installing it.
I had a really hard time getting the pins out,
the included punch is a joke.

Now, I'm just waiting to get the Ncstar LER 2-7x from
Marstar as Mhowarth suggested.

I toke some pictures if anyone cares to see it.
Click on it to see larger pic.








 
ghostntheshell ;

I sure thought I did. Best of 4 rifles, remember. It was never perfect but I thought that I would play with it a bit and see if I could bring it in. My mistake. No matter now 'cause after 40 rounds the once excellent, gunsmith inspected bore is now complete junk...the rifling is completely rounded over and everything else is heavily pitted. It looks like it shot the steel right out of the barrel....I never let it overheat, I never used corrosive and I always cleaned it. I said it once and I'll say it again, buying ammo for a Mosin-Nagant is a complete waste of time.
 
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