Scoped Milsurps
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For slightly less "push" from a .30-06 use a powder like IMR4064 or IMR4895, rather than a slower burning one like IMR4350 or H4831. You will get about the same performance with several grains less powder. Another nice mild .30-06 load for chipping away @ 100 yds is with SR4759. 23 or 24 gr with any 150 or 155gr jacketed bullet makes a mild and accurate load. I shoot this one in my M1903s, incl an 03A4 sniper, quite a bit. Best accuracy in a .30-06 often comes at less than top velocity.
Of the top of my head, I can't remember what I was shooting last with that rifle. I had a box of mixed and matched 30-06, but I believe it was 180 gr stuff.
I don't reload anything yet, but I save my brass for the day that I start reloading.
As far as the scope goes, I don't really know what actual magnification it is, but I think it's 12x based on how targets look through it compared to a newer scope set at 12x.
I actually bought that setup from a fellow on CGN (my first purchase from the EE to be exact) but the front scope mount escapes my mind right now.....I may have a better picture of it on my computer at home though.
I don't reload anything yet, but I save my brass for the day that I start reloading.
As far as the scope goes, I don't really know what actual magnification it is, but I think it's 12x based on how targets look through it compared to a newer scope set at 12x.
I actually bought that setup from a fellow on CGN (my first purchase from the EE to be exact) but the front scope mount escapes my mind right now.....I may have a better picture of it on my computer at home though.
I love the 1903 Springfield! It's got a smooth action, easy to reload the mag and smooth cycling of the action when reloading.......some other rifles can't do all of those things I find.
The scope on mine attracts more attention than the gun itself. And compared to optics of today, it's not a very quality piece, but it's fun to shoot and fairly accurate.
My shoulder isn't too impressed with it though. I find that it's a hard kicker, and with the steel butt plate it's not particularly easy on my tissue.
Your rifle looks likes a USMC 1903-A1 mounted with the 8X Unertl scope.
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To the OP and your original question about a scoped Mosin-Nagant. They are about the most affordable option and they're pretty much ready to go, out of the box.
There are a number floating around, including some still in dealers' hands. What's on the markets are, generally speaking, either "refurbs" or "repros".
The repros are for the most part, standard Mosin-Nagants which have had a repro scope and mount added to them, with other tweaks (stock cuts for the scope base, bent bolt handle, etc.) undertaken to bring them into a sniper configuration. A few "ex-sniper" rifles, that were removed from the sniper pool by the Soviets have also been re-snipered by current owners.
The refurbs are original Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles which at some time post-war went through a refurb process which saw the rifles undergo some work. Some rifles got more work done to them than others, but they utilize original war-dated parts, scopes and mounts.
For a time the Molot company was the exporter of said refurbs and their rifles are etched as such under the handguard and underside of the bolt handle.
How to tell the difference between repro and refurb. There are a number of differences, notably in the design of the scope. Take a wander over to gunboards.com and visit their sniper rifle forum. Search the threads there and you'll find lots of good information to help you find the the rifle that meets your needs.
They are a lot of fun to shoot. Good luck with the search.
There are a number floating around, including some still in dealers' hands. What's on the markets are, generally speaking, either "refurbs" or "repros".
The repros are for the most part, standard Mosin-Nagants which have had a repro scope and mount added to them, with other tweaks (stock cuts for the scope base, bent bolt handle, etc.) undertaken to bring them into a sniper configuration. A few "ex-sniper" rifles, that were removed from the sniper pool by the Soviets have also been re-snipered by current owners.
The refurbs are original Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles which at some time post-war went through a refurb process which saw the rifles undergo some work. Some rifles got more work done to them than others, but they utilize original war-dated parts, scopes and mounts.
For a time the Molot company was the exporter of said refurbs and their rifles are etched as such under the handguard and underside of the bolt handle.
How to tell the difference between repro and refurb. There are a number of differences, notably in the design of the scope. Take a wander over to gunboards.com and visit their sniper rifle forum. Search the threads there and you'll find lots of good information to help you find the the rifle that meets your needs.
They are a lot of fun to shoot. Good luck with the search.
You could also go "full retard" like I did with Lyudmilla here, because.... Well hell, why not?
LOL love that you name your guns, Russian names at that.... my two SKSs are Igor and Sochi... both named by my daughter
LOL love that you name your guns, Russian names at that.... my two SKSs are Igor and Sochi... both named by my daughter
The name is a specific historic reference to a Soviet sniper who was partial to the SVT. She killed more Germans than cancer, and survived the war - which only 1 in 5 Soviet snipers managed to do. Her total of confirmed kills during World War II was 309, including 36 enemy snipers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko
