Sighting in my Nagant....aaarrggghhhh!

[W Turner]

My wonderful wife bought a model 44 mosin-nagant for my birthday about two years ago and I recently put a Mojo rear sight on it due to the fact that it was shooting about 18" high at 100 yds with the rear sight lowered all the way.

I took it to the range this weekend to see if I could get it closer and here is how it went.

1- firing from a prone position at 50yds. just to get it on paper. Took me 3 rounds to get it shooting at about POA (elevation was dead on, windage was about 2" right).

2- Go back to 100yds off a rest and it was shooting completely (high) off the paper again (Outers 100 yd small bore rifle). I cranked the Mojo down until it is almost bottomed out and it was still shooting wwaayyy high.

I assumed that it would print higher at 100yds. versus 50, but I didn't see it shooting that much different. Anybody have any ideas, or am I really that bad of a shot?

Thanks,
Minotaur

 

[Red_SC]

My brother's MN has the same problem. It is actually pretty close if you use the bottom of the rear sight groove instead of the top. We may add some solder to the top of the front sight to correct the problem.

 

[DnPRK]

Why don't you replace the front sight post with a taller post? Slide the front sight assembly out of the dovetail. The front sight post drops out of the bottom of the globe. Replace the post with one fashioned from a small finishing nail. Reinstall and touch up with cold blue.

 

[jem375]

DnPRK is right............replace the front sight with a taller one........I had to do that with my 96 Swedish Mauser and it worked out fine..................

 

[Zeke Menuar]

My M91/30 was shooting about a foot high at 100 yards. I took a piece of allen wrench that was the same diameter as the front sight post, just a little higher, and epoxied it to the OEM sight post. Now it shoots about 3 inches high at 100 yards. Best thing is the epoxy job can be removed if necessary.

ZM

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I have an 03A3 Springfield that shoots high with the rear sight bottomed out. I made a ball of epoxy and attached it to the top of the front sight, and blended it in. Then I painted the face of the epoxy with typewriter correction fluid. It makes a nice, highly visable bead, great for hunting, and the rifle now shoots dead on.

 

[Cosmoline]

Mojo sights are another way to fix this problem

 

[DMK]

A cheap/easy way to increase the sight post height and lower the point of bullet impact:

Take a piece of small diameter electronics shrink tubing (found at your local Radio Shack) or one of those nozzle straws found on WD40, carb cleaner or somethin similar. Fit it over the sight post. Cut to desired length.

 

[W Turner]

I have already installed a Mojo rear sight just to avoid having to work on the front sight and because I like the peep/ghost ring sight picture. The Mojo is supposed to have enough travel on it to fix this problem.


Maybe it's my shooting?

And if it is shooting to POA at 50 yards, why would it shoot so high at 100? We are talking about an 18-24" piece of paper here and it is not even touching the paper.

Mino

 

[Poodleshooter]

Because it's a military rifle. Almost all older military bolt rifles shoot 6-18" high at 100yds. Usually this is because they were designed with heavier bullets in mind, and because they were designed for fire at rather "optimistic" ranges.

 

[W Turner]

I know they were originally sighted to shoot high, that is why I put the new rear sight on it.

I just can't see why it is shooting to POA at 50 yards (before it was shooting 12" high at 50yds.), but is off the paper at 100.

Would it make a difference that I was shooting from prone at 50yds and shooting off of a bench at 100?

Mino