doger5
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Looking for ways to reduce the effect of the recoil on a 91/30. So far, got check stock fit. And replace the stock with an ATI stock. Still checking for ideas.
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Mosin recoil ideas
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308sc
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add weight to the stock, slip on recoil pad? im 15 and don't the recoil is that bad. The recoil on my Savage .308 seems worse.
Cosmoline
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A healthy man should not need to do anything. Just make sure you're holding it at an angle obtuse enough to allow you to cycle the bolt without dropping the rifle down. I've seen a lot of folks try to shoot these with their eye right behind the bolt, as though there were a scope there. Your eye should be back and the rifle should be resting firmly but comfortably in your shoulder, but not jammed into the bone while you're crooking your neck forward.
Think about it for a second, and forget all the internet nonsense about the big recoiling Mosin. This is a rifle that weighs EIGHT POUNDS or more, depending on the wood in the stock. It's firing a cartridge no more potent than standard .30'06. The math simply does not support this notion that it's a bad recoiling firearm. The problem seems to lie in the fact that the stock ergonomics are very different from modern American hunting rifles.
Think about it for a second, and forget all the internet nonsense about the big recoiling Mosin. This is a rifle that weighs EIGHT POUNDS or more, depending on the wood in the stock. It's firing a cartridge no more potent than standard .30'06. The math simply does not support this notion that it's a bad recoiling firearm. The problem seems to lie in the fact that the stock ergonomics are very different from modern American hunting rifles.
Bartkowski
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Throw a recoil pad on it and be done.
rcmodel
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I agree totally.A healthy man should not need to do anything.
Afterall, a little teenage Russian girl named Nina Lobkovskaya, using a Mossy, was one of the most deadly snipers in WWII.
Folks who feel beat on shooting a Mossy have no frame of referance to what heavy recoil really is.
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ScottyT
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Stand up.
Sure it is harder to shoot accurately standing up, but the felt recoil isn't nearly as bad as sitting at the bench.
I am a big guy though, the recoil doesn't bother me much until maybe 40 rounds in or so.
Sure it is harder to shoot accurately standing up, but the felt recoil isn't nearly as bad as sitting at the bench.
I am a big guy though, the recoil doesn't bother me much until maybe 40 rounds in or so.
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