05-03-2016, 04:26 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Stover, Missouri
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Mosin Nagant 91/30 Accuracy
I did a little horse trading a while back and part of the deal I received a 1944 MN 91/30, in arsenal refurbished condition. I've been using that for a platform to see how accurate they can be made, on the cheap.
First, I floated the barrel by sanding out the barrel channel in the stock. That brought it in quite a bit. Then, I did the cork gasket material at the nose of the stock trick and that brought it in even more. Smoothed up the trigger and that helped immensely. It's gone from about 3" at a hundred yards with Albanian surplus ammunition, to just over an inch with the same ammo at the same distance. I also spun a 20ga shotgun brush in the chamber to clean out any hardened crap and that helped with shooting the 60's Czechoslovakian silver tipped ammunition. I might use this one for deer hunting this fall. These old rifles are amazing pieces, considering you could buy 2 for under a hundred bucks, at one time. AND... Shooting stuff is always fun. Brian
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