odd mosin issue

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I have been fixing up my mosin as of late. I noticed it was shooting a little to the left. I took the hammer and nail punch gave it a few taps to the right,and went back to the range the next day. It shot even further to the left, I thought I may have struck it left by accident. Went home and gave it a few more heavy hits to the right, and the next day it's still shooting left. The front site is about half way off the barrel now. Didn't know if any one else has heard of something like that. I am about ready to hit it all the way back left again and see if that works :cuss:
 
if you're hitting the FRONT sight, you're moving it the wrong way :)

don't feel bad, we all do silly things from time to time... I once sold a rifle for almost nothing because it was "inaccurate"... after I had agreed to the price (about 1/4 of it's worth), i was removing my scope and the scope rings were loose... part of me wanted to renegotiate, but I had already agreed....
 
I have to sit down and think about it when I move them, I try to remember when moving the rear sight, move it where you want the bullet to go, up/down/left/right... when moving the front sight, it's backwards of where you want it to go...

glad your rifle is ok!
 
Rear sight chases the target, front sight chases the bullet holes.

When adjusting sights, I found it helpful to imagine the sights being fixed/still and think about where the rifle will point relative to the sights after adjustment. I.e. tapping the front sight left actually makes the rifle point a little more the the right (relative to the sights).
 
if you are adjusting the rear sights you want to move it in the direction you want it to move so if you are hitting left you drift to the right.

front sights are backwards, if you are hitting left you want to drift left. given that mosins are only adjustable by front sight I will advice you to start drifting left instead of right.
 
I think of it by imagining a VERY exaggerated movement. Picture the front sight going three feet to the left. The barrel shifts very far to the right. If you adjust three feet to the right, it's now shooting very far to the left. For some reason my brain gets it if I just exaggerate the concept to make it really obvious.
 
ThePenguinKnight said:
Rear sight chases the target, front sight chases the bullet holes.

When adjusting sights, I found it helpful to imagine the sights being fixed/still and think about where the rifle will point relative to the sights after adjustment. I.e. tapping the front sight left actually makes the rifle point a little more the the right (relative to the sights).
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I find this to be a good way to honk about it, as well -- because that's what's really happening!

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There is usually a witness mark on the front sight base and the front sight blade put there by the factory showing where the sights should line up. Usually they are not aligned for various reasons and if you do re-align them the gun will shoot POA=POI.
 
I got a good deal on an AR7 used. It shot high, even though the previous owner had filed the front sight down to a nub, it still shot high. All he was doing by shortening the front sight was raising the point of impact. I bought a AR7 blaze orange front sight blade from ramline, took it to the range, and got the front sight adjusted for windage and the rear sight adjusted for elevation.
 
You move the rear sight in the direction that you want it to shoot. You move the front sight in the opposite direction that you want it to shoot. Remember the rear sight info, then the rest is easy. That holds true for windage and elevation.


NCsmitty
 
I do what Cosmoline does, but even more extreme. I imagine it's shooting about 45 degrees off, and it makes the visualization almost automatic.
RT
 
Ok so I am moving it back right and it's getting much better. Now the issue it shoots low. My Brian says raise the front sigh, the one I have is adjustable. But this line of thought was wrong. So I wanted to check before I waste some bullets
 
agreed, lower front sight to raise point of impact. since mosins are non adjustable you'll have to file down the front sight.
 
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