M39 (or M91/30). Cheap to buy, and surplus ammo is ubiquitously available in bulk for a song. Corrosive primers? Big deal... I have more hot water than I do money. I rather enjoy my "cratered bore M44" as well. While I do have higher end match rifles, there's a lot to be said for the Russian notion than "Quantity has a quality all of its own."
Most accurate milsurp of the three kings
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mandrake
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Like the M39, especially the sights.
I keep a shimmed up, cut down M44 stock without the handguard for more serious shooting.
Handloads deliver the best accuracy for me. My favorite is:
-Laupa brass
-50gr. AA4350
-WLR primer
-174gr. Sierra Match King HPBT, (.311" diameter)
-OAL= 3"
-slight crimp
The guys at Wholesale Gun are great to deal with. Picked up another one last week for $139, & they even thew in an original sling.
I keep a shimmed up, cut down M44 stock without the handguard for more serious shooting.
Handloads deliver the best accuracy for me. My favorite is:
-Laupa brass
-50gr. AA4350
-WLR primer
-174gr. Sierra Match King HPBT, (.311" diameter)
-OAL= 3"
-slight crimp
The guys at Wholesale Gun are great to deal with. Picked up another one last week for $139, & they even thew in an original sling.
Cosmoline said:Loumu, I'm checking with the big Mosin-Nagant forum over at Tuco's site (http://www.mosinnagant.net/) to see if any of those guys already have the chart you reference. I've never heard of it, but I'm only a Jr. Grade Mosin collector. Feel free to post over there as well.
Edit--is this the chart you're talking about?
Cosmo,
no, that's not it. But someone there probably has the same collection of old articles that I have. My chart comes from 1949 instruction manual for rifle training, published by GHQ, Infantry Division.
If you could find a copy of a russian book about sport shooting written by A.A. Jurjev, you'd find more useful tips about tuning the Mosin Nagant for competition. The book is very old, finnish edition is out of print, and only way for me to get it would be to steal it out of library.
Cosmoline
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Hmmm. Well I'll continue probing. I'm hopeful Tuco or Vic over there has this squirreled away. It's a lot easier for one of those guys to pop it up on line.
jefnvk
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That is probably the best you are going to get. Both are excellent, individual weapons are going to vary a little. Most are going to shoot better than the guy behind the trigger.
Simple solution? Buy both
Swiss K-31.
Quality, quality quality .... and accuracy!
I don't own any of the others but I've tried examples of them, and also shot against them at the range. It seems even the "beater" grade K-31's outshoot most others in it's class and even the iron-sighted modern stuff. I believe one big reason is it's great trigger.
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Quality, quality quality .... and accuracy!
I don't own any of the others but I've tried examples of them, and also shot against them at the range. It seems even the "beater" grade K-31's outshoot most others in it's class and even the iron-sighted modern stuff. I believe one big reason is it's great trigger.
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