Picking out a Mosin-Nagant

try extending the bayonette.

what was the problem? patterns instead of groups? or good groups, just hitting in bangladesh instead of on the paper?


The m44 sights are notoriously crappy. they are wide and nearly impossible to use appropriately.


My m44 has a pristine bore, but I can't use the sights for crap.

The sights are a problem even on a good bore. Especially since I've seen a couple with rear sights that wiggle.

Try loading up a batch with proper .311 bullets, instead of the .308. Nagants are notoriously all over the place, and the bore from different years, countries, factories, or even seasons, may be different than any other one.

I use 303 bullets in my M44 (303 PPU FMJBT 190gr)
They work great.

Your friend was VERY lucky to find a M-N rifle that is accurate with .308" diameter bullets. Other than the M-28 (IIRC) Finn rifle that has a .300" bore, all other Mosin-Nagant rifles should have bores of .303" + or -. Add depth of rifling and you require a bullet of .311" or .312" diameter for accuracy. You can measure the diameter of a military surplus bullet to see what the factories provided as issue.

Fortunately, there are proper bullets made by several makers that should bring out the best in your rifle. Try the 150 and 180 grain bullets and you should find a winner.

There's also an old "trick" of putting a small piece of cork under the barrel between it and the lower handguard, supposedly the poor man's M-N "accurizing". I think I saw it somewhere on the box o' truth.

This Mosin Nagant was professionally fitted with a Fajen walnut stock. The trigger has been tuned as well. It will be posted on Gunbroker.com on April 6. The ad will run for one week. Place your bid through the Gunbroker site after that date if interested.

I hate to sell it, but recent job loss has changed things for us.

TR

I, too, have a 1944 M44, and I removed the bayonet entirely, slightly adjusted the front sight, and it shoots to POA out to as a far as I need it to, firing offhand . I guess I've never had a problem with the sights, and I have 51 year old eyeballs. It prints fairly nice groups with both Privi Partizan 150 gr. SP and Wolf 150 gr. FMJ, and will consistantly ring an 8 inch steel plate @ 60 yards, firing offhand seated. I admit this is not a great distance, but 95 % of the deer I have harvested have been taken at less distance. It does what I ask of it.