Prof Young
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So I've had my Mosin Nagant for a couple of years now. First time I sighted it in the best I could do with open sights was a foot high at fifty yards which apparently is normal.
So I found a kit as Sportsmans Guide that let you mount a scope without having to tap and drill. I did have to disassemble the rear sight. Well, I could get okay accuracy with that but it was very unstable and hard to adjust. Plus if you have a milsurp that has some history, why modify it? (Mine is a 1934 communist Russian made with hex receiver. It even has the hammer and sickle stamped on it.) So I was back to regular iron sights.
On Amazon I found a "Red Mosin Nagant Front Sight Extension" for eight bucks. Kind of a rip off, but it's an metal tube that fits right over the front sight and you file it down for accuracy. Installed it today. Did some shooting and filing. Now, at fifty yards, if I really concentrate and do my best shooting I can keep the group in about eight inches with the bullseye in the middle of the group. Not to bad for an old guy with an 80 year old gun and ammo that's almost that old.
Life is good.
Prof Young
So I found a kit as Sportsmans Guide that let you mount a scope without having to tap and drill. I did have to disassemble the rear sight. Well, I could get okay accuracy with that but it was very unstable and hard to adjust. Plus if you have a milsurp that has some history, why modify it? (Mine is a 1934 communist Russian made with hex receiver. It even has the hammer and sickle stamped on it.) So I was back to regular iron sights.
On Amazon I found a "Red Mosin Nagant Front Sight Extension" for eight bucks. Kind of a rip off, but it's an metal tube that fits right over the front sight and you file it down for accuracy. Installed it today. Did some shooting and filing. Now, at fifty yards, if I really concentrate and do my best shooting I can keep the group in about eight inches with the bullseye in the middle of the group. Not to bad for an old guy with an 80 year old gun and ammo that's almost that old.
Life is good.
Prof Young