tahunua001
Member
hello all,
for some reason I just spent the last 2 days obsessing over the next military surplus rifle that I just had to own. so after failing to find a single Swiss K31 for under $600 in stock, and losing a few bids on gun choker for Arisakas, I came across a sale on M39 mosins. the price seemed right and I've always been curious to test one side by side with a junky wartime production 91/30 so I went ahead and ordered one. now I have tons of questions as a result so I need some info from the guys that own them and know a bit about them.
1. what is the best bore diameter? I vaguely recall hearing at one time that the finns used a 308 diameter bore instead of the 311 that the russians used but then again I could be confusing old info about the 7.62 tokarev with x54R. I am not currently set up to reload x54R but I would like to be set up for it, should I ever decide I want to hunt or compete with it.
2. can anyone provide me with a link to good stripper clips? I never bought stripper clips for the MNs that I own because I always hear about how bad most of the clips are(Mostly ones of chinese make).
3. what's the zero distance? if it shoots good, I would like to take it out to a local CMP shoot. they use reduced targets at 100 yards so I would like to know whether they need a dead on, 6 Oclock, or belt buckle hold under.
I'm sure other questions will arise as well.
for some reason I just spent the last 2 days obsessing over the next military surplus rifle that I just had to own. so after failing to find a single Swiss K31 for under $600 in stock, and losing a few bids on gun choker for Arisakas, I came across a sale on M39 mosins. the price seemed right and I've always been curious to test one side by side with a junky wartime production 91/30 so I went ahead and ordered one. now I have tons of questions as a result so I need some info from the guys that own them and know a bit about them.
1. what is the best bore diameter? I vaguely recall hearing at one time that the finns used a 308 diameter bore instead of the 311 that the russians used but then again I could be confusing old info about the 7.62 tokarev with x54R. I am not currently set up to reload x54R but I would like to be set up for it, should I ever decide I want to hunt or compete with it.
2. can anyone provide me with a link to good stripper clips? I never bought stripper clips for the MNs that I own because I always hear about how bad most of the clips are(Mostly ones of chinese make).
3. what's the zero distance? if it shoots good, I would like to take it out to a local CMP shoot. they use reduced targets at 100 yards so I would like to know whether they need a dead on, 6 Oclock, or belt buckle hold under.
I'm sure other questions will arise as well.