Mosin Nagants...what to expect

[Picknlittle]

Sweet video grimjaw. I was just antsy waiting for mine to get here,...now I'm about 10 stages beyond antsy ! LOL

I gotta order ammo!

 

[gezzer]

Wow really? Hard to believe.

Not to me the last 3 Remington classic 35 whelens had to be returned as the bolts would not close due to the front trigger guard screw was to long and projected into the action.

Remington’s quality control sucks. I hope the new owners correct it.

 

[Phaetos]

My little Mosin is a great hitter. And loud as hell. Was shooting it today at at indoor range(all we got around here) and two guys came in and starting setting up 2 lanes down. Not sure if they had their ears on or not when they came in, not my problem they can't read, and I fired off a round. I heard them scream and jump at the same time. Yes, I said scream! I started laughing and firing them off as fast as I could get the bolt worked I am so evil. I'm still laughing at them.

 

[CajunBass]

Use a little bit too much dynamite there Butch?

 

[Ratzinger_p38]

My own Mosin-Nagant m44 is a rare case of a rifle that is painful to shoot. After a day with that thing at the range it felt like Mike Tyson had punched my shoulder all day long. The M91-30 is a much better shoot. I never understood why the M44 is the most popular - cheapest? If dont like the bayonet, get the M38, it is pretty much the same rifle sans bayonet (and sans bayonet lug of any kind). Youll pay a little more but its worth it. I tried to get one but SOG was out, so I opted for the M44. (already got a M91/30 and they were out of Finn Mosin-Nagants)

 

[rangerruck]

that round is quite a pounder, def put on a small size butler creek slip on pad. however, in my 38, it is a damn accurate round, but def don't use it past about 150 yds. It drops like a stone, and I also noticed it was about 7 inches lower at 100 yds, than my zero with the 147's.
As far as the bayonet goes, ballistics says, no way it could be more accurate, harmonics going through the roof and all. But you gotta see for yourself.

 

[chris in va]

Even with the Limbsaver on my 38 I still don't like shooting more than a wax package of rounds. I have no freakin idea why I bought two tins of the stuff last gun show.:banghead:

 

[flynlr]

Even with the Limbsaver on my 38 I still don't like shooting more than a wax package of rounds. I have no freakin idea why I bought two tins of the stuff last gun show.

ahh the 880 pack? not to mention a pain in the rear to open even with the
supplied opener

 

[Mike U.]

Good luck. They're a "gateway" gun that merely gets you started on addiction. That's what happened to me. First, it's the budget Mosins for $80. Have to start off cheap, you know. Easier to justify to yourself. Then when you tire of that, it's on to SKS'. Then maybe AK's. And finally, if you're really unlucky, you graduate to full on black rifle disease, where one scope mount might cost as much as 2 - 3 Mosins, you're stockpiling mags like there's no tomorrow, and you look back quaintly at the budget priced Mosins you used to be in love with and wonder where it all went terribly wrong.

It all starts with that Mosin. If you can control it, great, but I think once the cosmo is in your blood, you're on the downhill slide.

That is freaking uncanny! Why? That is, seriously, my exact path into this disease. I'm up to AK's now, as a matter of fact my WASR is all black. And, just recently I've begun thinking "Hmmm...AR-15, multiple uppers"


flynlr,
Use a Dremel tool with cut-off wheel to open up those tins. Thats what I did and it was much easier on my fingers.

 

[hksw]

From my experience with my M44, shooting it off of the bench is more enjoyable (e.g., off hand, kneeling, etc. Any position where your shoulder is allowed to travel back under recoil. Prone is a little painful for me also.) I've found that mounting the butt of the rifle on the meaty part on or near the joint with the arm is more barable than putting it in the pocket of the shoulder right next to the collar bone. My arm is a bit sore the following days after, though.

I've never seen a significant change in POI or groups the the bayonet on my gun extended or not.

Don't be afraid to manhandle the bolt. The gun is built to take it. Some bolt, like mine, get a little hard to open after firing and need a good oomph to lift the bolt.

 

[DMK]

Use a Dremel tool with cut-off wheel to open up those tins. Thats what I did and it was much easier on my fingers.

If you hold the cutoff wheel horizontally, parallel to the top of the can, and just cut off the crimp all the way around, you can even re-use the can to store other stuff and use some silicone sealant, JBweld, or something similar to reseal it.

 

[Magnum88C]

Right now my mosin is out shooting my remmy 700sps .308 with factory

Wow really? Hard to believe.

Not really. Besides Remington sucking butt lately, Mosins can be a real crap shoot. One may be phenominally accurate, another may be a complete pig. One that is a complete pig with one type of ammo, may be stellar with another. Half the fun is finding out what that particular rifle likes to shoot.

As tot he original poster, never tried the Silver Bear, but use the old Barnaul stuff that is laquered with the 203-gr Sp bullet (probably sold as Brown Bear now), on hogs and it smacks them down like the hammer of Thor. I've seen no difference in performance between that round and a 405-gr Sp from my .45-70.