Took the old Mosin out to the shooting hole today

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So my brother, my dad, and my buddy and I went out for a
Nice shooting day on a nice peice of crown land.
Brought a svt40, sks, m305, and my Mosin nagant sniper. All the guns shot great, and we were just shooting at pop cans from about 50 yards. I sighted in the mosin with a Laser bore sight out on the range for 50 yards. For a while the shots were blowing up pop cans left and right with no troubles. As the barrel got realy hot the rounds seemed to go all Over the place. I thought my scope was out, so I sighted it in again and it hadn't moved. All the other guns got hot too but were shooting consistantly but the mosin was all over the place after it got hot.
Is this supposed to be normal for the mosin? Anything I might have been doing wrong or should try
Differently? Thnx!
 
It may be normal, I remember my dad telling me that after the barrels heated up you could sometimes see the bullets come out the end and falling after 40-50 yards.
 
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So my brother, my dad, and my buddy and I went out for a
Nice shooting day on a nice peice of crown land.
Brought a svt40, sks, m305, and my Mosin nagant sniper. All the guns shot great, and we were just shooting at pop cans from about 50 yards. I sighted in the mosin with a Laser bore sight out on the range for 50 yards. For a while the shots were blowing up pop cans left and right with no troubles. As the barrel got realy hot the rounds seemed to go all Over the place. I thought my scope was out, so I sighted it in again and it hadn't moved. All the other guns got hot too but were shooting consistantly but the mosin was all over the place after it got hot.
Is this supposed to be normal for the mosin? Anything I might have been doing wrong or should try
Differently? Thnx!
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Slug the bore.
 
I usually sight all of my stuff after 10 to 20 rounds of semi rapid succession just to get some heat into the barrels.
 
FastFord58 said:
I usually sight all of my stuff after 10 to 20 rounds of semi rapid succession just to get some heat into the barrels.
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Depends what you want to use it for. This is an effective method for at the range, but for hunting its the first cold shot you want to be most accurate with. And yes, I do hunt with my mosins.

I'd look to the stock contact with the barrel for irregular fit or contact.
 
fiddler said:
Depends what you want to use it for. This is an effective method for at the range, but for hunting its the first cold shot you want to be most accurate with. And yes, I do hunt with my mosins.

I'd look to the stock contact with the barrel for irregular fit or contact.
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Makes sense...
 
we gun oil our surplus rifles at our range we put sometimes about 100rnd during one day shooting with a little cool down times here and there....

Usually the barrel heat will be a little lower with a oil soaked stock eventually the stock will start to excrete the oil tho while firing some people dont like this but we dont mind we usually get alot more rnds down range before barrel is too hot

Of course only works with Wood Stocks Non laminated
 
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I was sceptical about this theory but it's sound.
The bayonet.
My first M/N didn't come with one so I couldn't test it out with & without.
Took out the M-39 and the new to me M-44 on Friday (the daughter likes the M-39 as it's much better behaved)
Used the rangefinder to put us 295 yds from a cow sized rock and proceeded to burn the middle row out of the spam can

She was about 12 ft behind me calling hits from placement and folding out the bayonet moved the pt of impact about 3-4 ft to the right at that range, that's a pretty big difference.
Would shoot the 44 from seated elbows on knees with a tight sling wrap til the cosmo started to run then inset it into the brushguard on the truck with the bolt open so the wind could cool it off; let the daughter shoot the 39 for a few minutes.
BTW; the folks that cry about bruising from the legendary M44? Pull that sucker in tight and you'll see nary a mark.
Must have ran 100 rds through that 44 in the space of an hour, just having fun. Didn't see any bullets dropping to the ground 50 yds out though...
 
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