Doug Bowser
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Moisin Nagant 91/30 Scout Telescope Mount
A friend has a near mint Izhevsk 91/30 rifle that looks unfired. He wanted a telescope mounted and decided on a Leatherwood LER 2x7x32mm. The scope rings are Burris tip off high rings for a .22 RF rifle. The rings are made from solid steel and the clamps are quite sharp. The steel rings allow the clamps to be screwed to the dovetail tighter than the usual aluminum scope rings. The scope rings still moved forward when fired, so I drilled and tapped a screw in front of the rear sight base (on the rifle) and this stopped the scope from moving.
The first step is to remove the barrel bands and the hand guard. To remove the barrel bands without scratching the wood, insert a small slot screwdriver into the bottom of the band and spread the band open, push the barrel band spring retainer in and slide the barrel bands off the stock.
Raise the rear sight and drive the 2 traverse pins that holds the sight onto the 3/8" dovetail and drive the rear sight forward, off the barrel dovetail. On some of the older 91/30 rifles the sight pins are Silver Soldered in. You will need considerable heat to remove them. Remove the sight leaf and spring before heating the sight base. I was lucky. the bands on this rifle were not silver soldered.
Install the scope rings and put the telescope in the open ring and install the top of the split ring and do not tighten. Be sure the telescope is in the proper position for correct eye relief, turn the cross hairs so they are parallel to the ground an tighten all screws.
I hope this setup will work with the 91/30 because it allows the telescope to be as low as possible. This setup worked out very well. The telescope has enough windage and elevation in it to bore sight the rifle, easily.
We are going to shoot Prvi Partizan brass, Sierra 180 gr .311" bullets, IMR 4064 powder and CCI primers. The velocity will be 2400 fps. CCI primers are recommended because the firing pin hole and the depth of the firing pin is quite variable on 91/30 rifles. The rifle shot 5 shot groups at 100 yards of 1.2 to 1.5 inches. My friend is ready for a Mississippi hog hunt. It is not hard to find the exit pupil with the Leatherwood telescope kept on the lowest power setting.
A friend has a near mint Izhevsk 91/30 rifle that looks unfired. He wanted a telescope mounted and decided on a Leatherwood LER 2x7x32mm. The scope rings are Burris tip off high rings for a .22 RF rifle. The rings are made from solid steel and the clamps are quite sharp. The steel rings allow the clamps to be screwed to the dovetail tighter than the usual aluminum scope rings. The scope rings still moved forward when fired, so I drilled and tapped a screw in front of the rear sight base (on the rifle) and this stopped the scope from moving.
The first step is to remove the barrel bands and the hand guard. To remove the barrel bands without scratching the wood, insert a small slot screwdriver into the bottom of the band and spread the band open, push the barrel band spring retainer in and slide the barrel bands off the stock.
Raise the rear sight and drive the 2 traverse pins that holds the sight onto the 3/8" dovetail and drive the rear sight forward, off the barrel dovetail. On some of the older 91/30 rifles the sight pins are Silver Soldered in. You will need considerable heat to remove them. Remove the sight leaf and spring before heating the sight base. I was lucky. the bands on this rifle were not silver soldered.
Install the scope rings and put the telescope in the open ring and install the top of the split ring and do not tighten. Be sure the telescope is in the proper position for correct eye relief, turn the cross hairs so they are parallel to the ground an tighten all screws.
I hope this setup will work with the 91/30 because it allows the telescope to be as low as possible. This setup worked out very well. The telescope has enough windage and elevation in it to bore sight the rifle, easily.
We are going to shoot Prvi Partizan brass, Sierra 180 gr .311" bullets, IMR 4064 powder and CCI primers. The velocity will be 2400 fps. CCI primers are recommended because the firing pin hole and the depth of the firing pin is quite variable on 91/30 rifles. The rifle shot 5 shot groups at 100 yards of 1.2 to 1.5 inches. My friend is ready for a Mississippi hog hunt. It is not hard to find the exit pupil with the Leatherwood telescope kept on the lowest power setting.
