Deus Machina
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The first time I managed to beat the Friday-afternoon rush for the rifle range after I've got these things more or less sighted in. So I'm going to share!
Now let's see if I can do this with my 'add picture' buttons and such not working...
This is my Mosin Nagant. There are many like them, but this one is mine.
I call it Boris.
M44, made in Izhevsk in 1944, all matching parts. Bore is bright, rifling is a hair rounded at the edges, but nice and prominent. This thing still has a good harsh thump to it. It's fun to watch the flash, like someone taking a photo that will give people suntans 25 yards away.
I got a good deal on the ammo--me and a friend split late-80's Albanian surplus, at $75 for the can. Brass case (Berdan primed--I may experiment with removing the primer, smoothing the integrated hammer, and reloading. Not that interested in that yet.), copper-washed steel jacket, steel core.
I daresay it likes it.
Those shots are at fifty yards, iron sights, sitting but offhand, a couple with the front elbow resting on the bench. The circled group on the left is with the bayonet folded. Flipping that out makes a quick change to that. I should paint the sights--black on black sucks.
Fired, extracted, and cycled smoothly and flawlessly. Only hand to whack it once, from a first-round rimlock.
Trigger is stiff, but short and has a nice sharp release.
Maybe I should get a scope on that. Either way, if I finally get around to it, this thing has decidedly become my deer or boar gun. I'm thankful for the rubber butt pad I put on it, and I can't imagine anything in North America this thing won't handle.
Best $69.99 I've ever spent.
This is my newest acquisition, bought brand-new from Dick's Sporting Goods for $260--$100 of which was on a gift card, and I got another $10 off from joining their rewards card.
That scope was off a friend's old ten-pump BB gun, and found its way from the junk in his range back halfway through my shooting.
The sights on this also suck--front sight is painted red, but was in shadow from the sight hood. I should repaint it white, and possible the rear sight red, like on everything else I have.
Ammo was Winchester XPert 36-grain lead hollowpoint .22LR, in the 500-round bulk pack. Cost me $13.95 at Wally World. The nose of these seems rather inconsistant in various flat spots. Several rounds even had a noticeably louder 'crack' or softer 'pop'. These are, IIRC, the most obvious fliers. Not nearly as bad as the Thunderbolt I ran through it last time, though.
Again, sitting, and offhand. 25 yards this time, with the iron sights.
The bottommost shot was a 'pop', and the second-to-leftmost was a 'crack', as well as--oddly enough--the one right in the 0.
This scope cost my friend $20 at Wal-Mart in 1997. It's for airguns. I wasn't expecting much, and indeed the glass is a little foggy.
And after the scope found it's way on there--the first group of five at 25 yards hit nothing. So reel it back in...
Both 10-yard groups were for vertical adjustment. The 20 was for horizontal.
Both 10's, the 20, and 50 were shot at the scope's lowest zoom--about 2.5x. Look closely at those tens--they are[/] three shots. And let me say, once again, this was not on a rest.
The 75 was shot at the scope's 7x, and opened up a good little bit. It could be the scope wobbling out of zero, but I'm certain it's the ammo.
I am a little surprised it was shooting obviously higher at 75 yard then at 20 and 50. Huh. I'll adjust it for 100 from a rest next time I'm out. I want to be able to pick flies off of cowpies with this thing.
Even if I am a little disappointed in the 75-yard group, I hardly think that's bad considering I was shooting the world's cheapest ammo.
Now let's see if I can do this with my 'add picture' buttons and such not working...
This is my Mosin Nagant. There are many like them, but this one is mine.
I call it Boris.
M44, made in Izhevsk in 1944, all matching parts. Bore is bright, rifling is a hair rounded at the edges, but nice and prominent. This thing still has a good harsh thump to it. It's fun to watch the flash, like someone taking a photo that will give people suntans 25 yards away.
I got a good deal on the ammo--me and a friend split late-80's Albanian surplus, at $75 for the can. Brass case (Berdan primed--I may experiment with removing the primer, smoothing the integrated hammer, and reloading. Not that interested in that yet.), copper-washed steel jacket, steel core.
I daresay it likes it.
Those shots are at fifty yards, iron sights, sitting but offhand, a couple with the front elbow resting on the bench. The circled group on the left is with the bayonet folded. Flipping that out makes a quick change to that. I should paint the sights--black on black sucks.
Fired, extracted, and cycled smoothly and flawlessly. Only hand to whack it once, from a first-round rimlock.
Trigger is stiff, but short and has a nice sharp release.
Maybe I should get a scope on that. Either way, if I finally get around to it, this thing has decidedly become my deer or boar gun. I'm thankful for the rubber butt pad I put on it, and I can't imagine anything in North America this thing won't handle.
Best $69.99 I've ever spent.
This is my newest acquisition, bought brand-new from Dick's Sporting Goods for $260--$100 of which was on a gift card, and I got another $10 off from joining their rewards card.
That scope was off a friend's old ten-pump BB gun, and found its way from the junk in his range back halfway through my shooting.
The sights on this also suck--front sight is painted red, but was in shadow from the sight hood. I should repaint it white, and possible the rear sight red, like on everything else I have.
Ammo was Winchester XPert 36-grain lead hollowpoint .22LR, in the 500-round bulk pack. Cost me $13.95 at Wally World. The nose of these seems rather inconsistant in various flat spots. Several rounds even had a noticeably louder 'crack' or softer 'pop'. These are, IIRC, the most obvious fliers. Not nearly as bad as the Thunderbolt I ran through it last time, though.
Again, sitting, and offhand. 25 yards this time, with the iron sights.
The bottommost shot was a 'pop', and the second-to-leftmost was a 'crack', as well as--oddly enough--the one right in the 0.
This scope cost my friend $20 at Wal-Mart in 1997. It's for airguns. I wasn't expecting much, and indeed the glass is a little foggy.
And after the scope found it's way on there--the first group of five at 25 yards hit nothing. So reel it back in...
Both 10-yard groups were for vertical adjustment. The 20 was for horizontal.
Both 10's, the 20, and 50 were shot at the scope's lowest zoom--about 2.5x. Look closely at those tens--they are[/] three shots. And let me say, once again, this was not on a rest.
The 75 was shot at the scope's 7x, and opened up a good little bit. It could be the scope wobbling out of zero, but I'm certain it's the ammo.
I am a little surprised it was shooting obviously higher at 75 yard then at 20 and 50. Huh. I'll adjust it for 100 from a rest next time I'm out. I want to be able to pick flies off of cowpies with this thing.
Even if I am a little disappointed in the 75-yard group, I hardly think that's bad considering I was shooting the world's cheapest ammo.
