josh, i looked at the pics in the link you provided. pretty cool.
when researching option for projectiles, i was trying to research the difference between Mosin's barrel to model, and came up with that 99% of MN's are going to have the same twist. I see that the biggest chunk of your hunters are using the 200gr-ish stuff with apparrent sucess. i have tried it several times, two manufacturers, compaing it to the 175-180gr i find the 200's are terrible in my rifle. I would think this would be a universal issue among mosin's, but i am seeing it must just be me. what ammo'ss do you find to be most accurate? i am pretty settled on the hornady 174's, but have about six new bullets to try out including the 180gr RN soft-pointt which looks like a great hunting bullet.
i am not done finding the perfect nagant round for accuracy AND hunting, but have a lot to choose from. picked these up n a trade and really need to get busy reloading and shooting. it very well could be the fact that all the 196-210 bullets i ever ran were factory loaded and not handloads, bt even compared to the other factory's under 180, the 200's(although not key-holing) appear to be less stabilized at 100 yards, some grouping with several errratic flyers.
nice selection from another forum member. after a ride in a tumbler, I hope to find an accurate bullet in the soft-point variety, the SST's are great so far, but at a huge cost.