Mosin Nagant at 300 yards

Mosin's are zeroed at 200 meters. If you want a 100 yard zero you will need to raise the front post. I slipped a short piece of insulation from #12 THHN wire over mine and trimmed it to fit. Once zeroed, I have found that the elevation slide on the rear sight is very accurate for distances out to 600 yards, which is the longest distance target available to me.

What do you mean that the Chinese ammo is binding?

If loaded properly (round stacked properly) and with a properly functioning interrupter, you shouldn't be having this issue.

Oh I see. Not trying to insult your intelligence, but you know both those ammos are corrosive right? Sorry, some people don't and that can really ruin a bore. Never hurts to ask!

Isn't shooting Mosins fun at distance? The first time I shot distance with one of mine, I aimed at a 4' tall pine 425 yards away, (set at 400m) and was rewarded with a satisfying puff of flying dirt from right behind it. I've shot them out to a measured 965 yards, and was putting them on a car hood consistently. The .300 WM Rem. 700 I shot at the same distance did shoot smaller groups, but it was fun hitting the hood with a rifle that left the Tula arsenal in 1938.

I have made hits with iron sights on a man-size steel at 600 yards with my Mosin. I am not such a great shot, either. They aren't anything special and virtually every modern bolt action hunting rifle can do the job more accurately, but repeated hits are certainly well within reason.

Mosin's are zeroed at 200 meters.

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No, they're not! If they were, the rear sight graduation would read "200" for the lowest setting.

Additionally, the trajectory for the light ball issue ammo puts it at 1.5" to 2.5" high at 100 meters for a 200 meter zero, not 6" to 12" or higher!

They were sighted in with the bayonets affixed. This is why they shoot high without them. Additionally, during refurb, the sights that were put back on the rifles were not generally the ones they were sighted in with. They were pulled randomly from bins.

When the Mosin's rear sight is at 100 meters, it should hit point-of-aim at 100 meters.

The sight-in procedure was done with the rear sight on the 300 meter mark, by the unit's best shot, and the hits were correspondingly high so that lower settings would be on at their respective distances.

Regards,

Josh Smith
Smith-Sights.com

I guess that you have set us all straight, even though I didn't see any postings for most of your arguments. I bet your business isn't going ballistic given your attitude.....

Hello,

The business has been doing just fine since 2011.

I'm sorry if you took me wrong, or if I came across harshly. That wasn't my intent.

Regards,

Josh

Them rifles, the good ones killed a lot of Nazi's.
I suspect hand loads would reduce the spread by half.

Roza agrees.

The shorter ranges are because I have terrible eyesight.

Regards,

Josh

insulation from #12 THHN wire

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Or a roll pin.