Hi everyone,
My name is Matt, and I am brand new to this forum. I read where this is one of the most frequented gun forums so I thought I would stop in and see if I can find some help.
I recently purchased a Mosin Nagant. When I got it both the barrel and stock had been cut down. Since there was no front sight I could not really test the accuracy of the gun, but the bore looked good to me ( no bad pitting etc) and I intended to put a scope on it anyway.
Since the barrel had already been cut I smoothed the end with my lathe and put a slight chamfer on the tip with a threading tool. I also threaded the end for a break.
I used the RSI scope mount made a bent bolt for it and off to the range I went. Here is where the fun ended.
I have every screw on this tightened as much as a screw ever should be. However the accuracy with this gun is horrible. At only 50 yards this gun will shoot no better than a 5" pattern with 5-10 rounds.
My first suspect in this situation is always to check and re-check the mount screws and all were fine. My next suspect is of course me. With smaller calibers at this range I can typically shoot about 1" group with an occasional flyer in a multitude of rounds. But I thought maybe high caliber was different.
Anyway I got a vice and set up with it and the result was the same. There are of course times when I thought "hey look there" when the gun would shoot 2 or maybe 3 rounds in close proximity, but of course the next shot would then be about a 4 or even a 6" flyer. Worse still most often after the flyer the pattern will not even re group. It might shout a couple off to where the flyer was in a group, or even start a new group.
The next thing I though was maybe I was getting strikes on the muzzle break but removing it made no difference.
Finally I thought, well maybe the new scope I bought was crap, so I pulled one from another gun that I can shoot said 1" patterns with and the result was the same.
I just dont know what else to try. The only other thing that came to mind is maybe the ammo is bad??? I am using mil surp ammo. I think mabye Hungarian? It came in a tuna can but not the normal kind. I was a square box that had been soldered shut. Heavy ball I think, green steel casings with a yellow tip..
Anyway I know its hard to trouble shoot a gun you dont have in your hands, but if anyone has any ideas I would be glad to hear them.
Thanks
My name is Matt, and I am brand new to this forum. I read where this is one of the most frequented gun forums so I thought I would stop in and see if I can find some help.
I recently purchased a Mosin Nagant. When I got it both the barrel and stock had been cut down. Since there was no front sight I could not really test the accuracy of the gun, but the bore looked good to me ( no bad pitting etc) and I intended to put a scope on it anyway.
Since the barrel had already been cut I smoothed the end with my lathe and put a slight chamfer on the tip with a threading tool. I also threaded the end for a break.
I used the RSI scope mount made a bent bolt for it and off to the range I went. Here is where the fun ended.
I have every screw on this tightened as much as a screw ever should be. However the accuracy with this gun is horrible. At only 50 yards this gun will shoot no better than a 5" pattern with 5-10 rounds.
My first suspect in this situation is always to check and re-check the mount screws and all were fine. My next suspect is of course me. With smaller calibers at this range I can typically shoot about 1" group with an occasional flyer in a multitude of rounds. But I thought maybe high caliber was different.
Anyway I got a vice and set up with it and the result was the same. There are of course times when I thought "hey look there" when the gun would shoot 2 or maybe 3 rounds in close proximity, but of course the next shot would then be about a 4 or even a 6" flyer. Worse still most often after the flyer the pattern will not even re group. It might shout a couple off to where the flyer was in a group, or even start a new group.
The next thing I though was maybe I was getting strikes on the muzzle break but removing it made no difference.
Finally I thought, well maybe the new scope I bought was crap, so I pulled one from another gun that I can shoot said 1" patterns with and the result was the same.
I just dont know what else to try. The only other thing that came to mind is maybe the ammo is bad??? I am using mil surp ammo. I think mabye Hungarian? It came in a tuna can but not the normal kind. I was a square box that had been soldered shut. Heavy ball I think, green steel casings with a yellow tip..
Anyway I know its hard to trouble shoot a gun you dont have in your hands, but if anyone has any ideas I would be glad to hear them.
Thanks