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Mosin Scope
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kilimanjaro
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Can't go wrong with a $200 Leupold, but I would check out how you do with iron sights, first. I presume muzzle crowning will not be a concern, things like that.
Are you going to go to a flush magazine, or use the issue magazine?
Are you going to go to a flush magazine, or use the issue magazine?
I've got 2 buddies who bought those stocks and regretted it for several reasons. Once you factor in the cost of the stock, mount, and scope, you've tripled the cost of the gun (which defeats the purpose of buying a Mosin), ruined the classic'ness (is that a word?), and gained zero accuracy with a caliber that has almost no modern hunting ammo available.
I fired both of their guns in stock form and with the fancy crap added... it's just not worth it.
The beauty of the Mosin Nagant is in it's original form, where it looks like it might have just come off a WWII battlefield. Leave it that way.
If you want an entry-level hunting rifle and are on a budget, just get a Savage Axis in .308... Buds has them all the time for $250 and Savage has a $50 mail-in-rebate. Then grab a refurbished Nikon Prostaff for $100 and have a setup that really works. No, the Savage is not a great gun (but it's a good gun for the price) and it beats the hell out of even the tightest Mosin as a hunting rifle.
Or... you could take the $200 you're gonna spend on a stock/mount/rings/scope for the Mosin and walk into a pawn shop... see if they've got a Remington 700 ADL sitting in there.
Just my thoughts.
I fired both of their guns in stock form and with the fancy crap added... it's just not worth it.
The beauty of the Mosin Nagant is in it's original form, where it looks like it might have just come off a WWII battlefield. Leave it that way.
If you want an entry-level hunting rifle and are on a budget, just get a Savage Axis in .308... Buds has them all the time for $250 and Savage has a $50 mail-in-rebate. Then grab a refurbished Nikon Prostaff for $100 and have a setup that really works. No, the Savage is not a great gun (but it's a good gun for the price) and it beats the hell out of even the tightest Mosin as a hunting rifle.
Or... you could take the $200 you're gonna spend on a stock/mount/rings/scope for the Mosin and walk into a pawn shop... see if they've got a Remington 700 ADL sitting in there.
Just my thoughts.
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See if you can fire a friend's Mosin Nagant, examine your budget, and see if it still makes sense.
The Mosin Nagant is a clunky and primitive rifle with a funky trigger, sticky action, and almost unusable safety. They have mostly been through at least one World War, and it shows.
You can figure $200 for a Mosin, $75 for the plastic ATI Monte Carlo stock, $50 for bolt handle / scope mount kit. Without a scope and some metal cutting, grinding, drilling, tapping, and maybe welding, at the very least, you are now in $325.
And then it's still a multi-MOA gun with a funky trigger, sticky action, and an almost unusable safety.
Or, for still under $400 still, you could get a brand new sub-MOA Ruger American or American Predator that weighs 2 pounds less with a decent trigger and an actual safety. Or a Savage, or a Mossberg, or a...
The Mosin Nagant is a clunky and primitive rifle with a funky trigger, sticky action, and almost unusable safety. They have mostly been through at least one World War, and it shows.
You can figure $200 for a Mosin, $75 for the plastic ATI Monte Carlo stock, $50 for bolt handle / scope mount kit. Without a scope and some metal cutting, grinding, drilling, tapping, and maybe welding, at the very least, you are now in $325.
And then it's still a multi-MOA gun with a funky trigger, sticky action, and an almost unusable safety.
Or, for still under $400 still, you could get a brand new sub-MOA Ruger American or American Predator that weighs 2 pounds less with a decent trigger and an actual safety. Or a Savage, or a Mossberg, or a...
Prof Young
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If you shop around you can find . . .
If you shop around you can find a kit that will allow you to mount a long eye relief scope on the the mosin with no drilling or tapping etc. It requires you to dismantle the rear sight. Keep the pieces of the original rear sight so you can make it all original if needs be. Once you get the new mount on and get it tightned down right it works really well. The quality of the scope you mount is open.
Live well, be safe
Prof Young
If you shop around you can find a kit that will allow you to mount a long eye relief scope on the the mosin with no drilling or tapping etc. It requires you to dismantle the rear sight. Keep the pieces of the original rear sight so you can make it all original if needs be. Once you get the new mount on and get it tightned down right it works really well. The quality of the scope you mount is open.
Live well, be safe
Prof Young