Went out and built a new 600m set up today, took my favorite milsurps... pic heavy

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Wasn't able to make it to the Ross shoot this weekend, so had to take advantage of the time off in another way. First the family and I went camping at Kinuso Falls for the weekend...(hope you guys don't mind the family pics)







Then today I took advantage of my last day off and went out to my favorite spot and set up the new gong I built at around 600m for some fun with the new Mosin PU, repro Long Branch No4 MkI*(T) and my Savage Model 12 in 223. I also brought out the Ross MkI*, but I'm still working on some issues with it. The extractor decided to misbehave about 20rds in today, so I have a live round stuck in it right now that I'll have to deal with. Things were looking up though, bullets are no longer tumbling and it was cycling properly up until the extractor failed to jump the rim on that cartridge.

Building the set up:







The new gong. Two hoe chuck blade corner bits welded together with some flat bar welded across the back, the old hardware welded in to fill the holes. Held up very well, most of 50 hits today and only paint taken off for damage, not a dent in the surface. Corner bits are good stuff!



Old Ross at the 100m target.





Mosin about to take aim for the first time since refurb:


It didn't work as well as I felt that it should, but I only shot starting loads with one bullet type and two powders. It will get better.
Some of these were from figuring out where it was shooting. There are two five round groups there once I had that figured out. Groups are fairly flat so maybe its just that super long trigger creep thats getting me yet.



Heres the 100m stuff with the 4T. I learned a lesson with it today: once you are zeroed do not take the scope off! Its not going to go back exactly the way it was. It will move a little wee bit and then you get to have all the fun of playing with that scope tool by yourself with no real rifle rest to hold it still all over again. ha ha. Center three here were once I got it back on target.



Lower five were the first group. This shows how far the zero migrated by removing an reinstalling the scope. I had read that the British snipers would not remove their scopes after zeroing and now I see why.



View of the gong from the shooting position. I only made one hit with the Mosin from here, I need to figure it out bad! With the 4T I made a first round hit, and hit probably 27/30 after that. That rifle is deadly. That Mosin sure hits with authority when it does though!







And my non milsurp gun #### contribution for the day, my Model 12 FCV. That little gem is coming along quite well too. I was regularly picking off rocks a little bigger than a softball at that range with it today. I'm very happy with it for a $1000 package.

 
Thanks guys, it's a real privilege to be allowed to shoot there. It's only a little better than a half hour drive from my house. Too bad that going a little longer isn't an option though, I'd like to try the T out a bit further.

I've never had the opportunity to try a Finn Mosin. I may have to in the future!
 
Nice looking country you live near there FP. What load were you shooting through your No4, and what sound did these plates make at 600yds? Would have made a nice HD video.
 
I like how you even managed to set up your firing point at 600 in the shade...deadly. ;)

Looks like a lot of fun. Your No.4 is working pretty nice.
 
Thanks for the compliments guys. That rifle just fits. I feel better shooting it than any of the others. It's Smellie's load he's always talking about on here so I hope he doesn't mind if I pass it along again. That's 38gr 4895 (I used IMR) under a Sierra Pro Hunter 180 set to 3.05" OAL in PRVI neck sized cases prepped with every anal step I have tools for (weighed and sorted, annealed every five firings, chamfered, I clean inside case necks and primer holes, hand clean every case).

It's very nice having the mountains close to home, I've spent a lot of my life in them.

The gong lets out a loud thump when hit. It's very heavy so you have to hit it on an edge to see much movement with these calibers but you always hear it.
 
Try this for a modification to improve trigger pull that doesn't permanently alter the rifle. I did it to my 1st MN and it worked pretty good.
h ttp://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/mosinnaganttrigger/
 
You do realise that likely you are the only person in the country who takes a Mark ONE Ross to the range, I hope. Any guy who does things like that DESERVES a nice wife and cute kids..... and I'm glad that you have them to go with.

That was some very nice shooting, too.

Glad you are having fun!

That's what it's all about.......
 
Tokguy, thanks for the link, I may have to try that out.

Smellie, I need to get my hands on some of those Woodleigh 220gr RN bullets to try in it. The Pro Hunters shoot about 2 feet low at 100m and I was told it was due to the rifle being set up for Mk6 ammo? It has a few small issues to figure out but as you say, there aren't many of us shooting these. I'll have an exciting update to my thread about the restoration of this rifle in a few days. Lets just say things are REALLY looking good now! Do you have any idea why the extractor failed to wind up in front of the rim on that one cartridge? That one has me wondering. I'm hoping maybe the cartridge was just pushed in by the extractor instead of the bolt face and was a bit of a fluke. Thanks for the kind words BTW.
 
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