What is the worst shooting rifle you ever owned....
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Mine was a worn out Win 92 in 25-20. Bore / rifling was gone from using black powder but never being cleaned. That thing shot 4 foot patterns at 25 yds. 10 shots would look like 1 round of 00 buck on a target, all over hell's half acre.
Second funniest was a custom slug gun I had, it didn't like the Rem all copper sabot slugs. It would group them at 8" at 50 yds, all of them sideways! Never failed. But it would shoot sabot BRI types into 2" or less at 100 all day...go figure??
Second funniest was a custom slug gun I had, it didn't like the Rem all copper sabot slugs. It would group them at 8" at 50 yds, all of them sideways! Never failed. But it would shoot sabot BRI types into 2" or less at 100 all day...go figure??
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Just a heads up, these carbines were zeroed in with the bayonets turned out.
And locking up is from lacquered cases...often from the Hungarian ammo we see allot of these days here in Canada.
Also break cleaner will not get the oil that has penetrated in the wood, only heat, and or use will do it. Hold it with a rag for a few range visits.
x2, I have one of these.
I hate Bubba.
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Marlin 1895 45-70 . It would not cycle rounds at all even factory ones, which effectivly made it a single shat . it was work even to get it to chamber singles and it shot patterns not groups. Completly unreliable!!!
When i sold this rifle(almost give away price) I was very very clear that the rifle was a problem rifle that was a Gunsmith special.
When i sold this rifle(almost give away price) I was very very clear that the rifle was a problem rifle that was a Gunsmith special.
An SKS,and a couple M1 cabines I had shot pie plate goups as close as 80yds.
One of the worst accuracy hunting rifles I had was a Browning BLR in 308.After the first,and second shot flyers were very common with a variety of ammo factory,and hand loaded.
One of the worst accuracy hunting rifles I had was a Browning BLR in 308.After the first,and second shot flyers were very common with a variety of ammo factory,and hand loaded.
manbearpig
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You mean like this?
Wore out Martini-Enfield.
That's a 5 shot group at 50 yards BTW.
oh my god. thats by far the worst group ive ever even imagined, let alone actually saw.
how is that even possible? i wonder how many neglected wartime rifles were actually used in battle like that. i guess in 'volley fire' it doesnt really matter.
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wait, is the one on the bottom left part of that group? i assumed it was, but i count 6 bullets.
manbearpig
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yeah i was noticing how perfectly keyholed the rounds were. hows that for consistency? 
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Stevens (Savage) 12 ga 3 rnd pump shotgun (28" bbl, adjustable choke). My dad found it in a lady's crawlspace while doing a reno on her house years ago and I guess her ex had hid it there sometime before that. He bought it from her for $40 and took it home since I needed my own 12 ga. We registered it alright, but its severely pitted and rusted and it took me a long time to get it shooting half decently. It a complete POS, takes two pumps to chamber every round, the recoil pad has been chewed by mice so its extremely uncomfortable, and the wood's loose so it rattles you when you shoot it. i finally broke down and bought a Rem 870 and banished it to the gun closet for ever. I tried blowing it up once without success, and figured I should stop before it takes me out with it. Waste of $40 IMO. LR
Your a right of course & naturally I was told that same info about the ammo & stock by a gunsmith buddy after I had got rid of the rifle. Groups still sucked with the milsurp ammo I had though. And by that time I was so pissed off with the rifle pissing grease/oil all over (I swear that thing was producing at least 3 barrels of oil a day)& bolt locking up I had given up on it completely. Luckly I didn't have much tied up into it & someone got a cheap misurp. Needless to say, it didn't leave me with much of an affection for the Mosin, due mostly to my own ignorance.
Way back in the late 80's I bought a used Glilon rifle. It was ex-Israeli army. There was an AR-10 flash supressor welded to the end of the barral to make it a non-resricted. It was badly chopped to make it semi-auto only. Because of this the trigger pull was all messed up. It wasn't smooth at all and the sears were worn out. There was actually a small gap so when the sear missed the hammer bent it would rock on automatic until I squeezed the trigger all the way back. This scared me so much that I removed the trigger mech and threw it in the garbage. I didn't want to get caught with a gun that would be mistaken for full auto! For about a year I couldn't fire it because it had no trigger mech until I found one from a private seller at a gun show. Even after installing the new mech the trigger pull was still all messed up!
manbearpig
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some of the post-war Mosin M44s are actually quite accurate, with bores and chambers that look like any modern production rifle. the main limitation is the massive bayonet hanging off the barrel -- i removed mine, tapped over the front sight which was off by 1/8" to compensate for the bayonet on the right, and it shoots great now - about as well as i can shoot with any U-notch sighted rifle.
im considering upgrading the rear sight to one of these drop-ins since i am pitiful with U-notch sights:
(and yes i know thats not a Mosin - the company has no photos of their Mosin sight for some reason)
im considering upgrading the rear sight to one of these drop-ins since i am pitiful with U-notch sights:
(and yes i know thats not a Mosin - the company has no photos of their Mosin sight for some reason)
As much as I hate altering milsurps, that looks like a good modification.
Also last summer I switched from the dirty milsurp ammo to using modern sellier ballot ammo, and found the groups quite acceptable for an iron sighted hunting rifle.
I was given a bubba'd FR8 which is a Spanish mauser converted to a 17" barreled carbine circa early 1950s. They used them as a training gun ahead of the pending semi autos they were going to so didn't put a lot of thought into them...
Anyways I've only shot a couple 2 shot groups (as the 308 cases bulge at the base fairly drastically). It appears to hover around 6" groups at 50 yards.
Anyways I've only shot a couple 2 shot groups (as the 308 cases bulge at the base fairly drastically). It appears to hover around 6" groups at 50 yards.
BigUglyMan
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My M305. That's why it's the only rifle I've ever sold.
