Matt Dillion
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How accurate are 7.62x54 Mosin Nagants ? I've seen a lot of people talking about them and sporterizing them and was wondering how accurate one would be for hunting?
On the ammo point, you should check out the sellier and bellots they're not terribly expensive and they're a good old soft point.They can actually vary in accuracy to some degree, depending on when and where they were made. Wartime models may have been "slapped together" to standards below those required during the years before. Also, those made in some countries may be better-built than some in others. For example, the Finnish models command more respect than wartime Soviets, but peacetime Tula Soviets seem to best those same Finnish guns in respect. Those guns tested after manufacture and deemed worthy of "sniper" designation would certainly make good hunters.
Of course, there are many people who hunt with M-N rifles. I would, once it checked out. I haven't shot mine yet, but I have shot another, and found it pretty to place on target, at least, at the limited range at which I tried it.
Most ammo sold for these rifles is FMJ, a poor (and sometimes unlawful) choice for game hunting. Suitable ammo may be more difficult to source, and more expensive, than in some more-common calibers. As the rifles become more scarce and more expensive, the trade-off is becoming less logical than it once may have been. Still, I'd love to try it some day.
wheres the fun in that?And if you had left that M39 in the issue condition, it still would have shot a half inch group at 100 yards, and it would be worth $3-400 today instead of zero.
If you get a good one, 2 MOA is a reasonable expectation.
2 MOA is not a reasonable expectation. Maybe 3-5 on average, using Russian mil-surp.