Had some nice weather today so I decided to go to the gun club and do a little shooting. The 30MPH wind gusts were not conducive to testing the Mini-14 loads I had worked up, but I figured that the .30 caliber bullets from the Mosin would buck the wind nicely. Got pictures of the results, my 2 best groups of the day. 100 yards off the bench with iron sights and it shot much better than any rifle has a right to with the cheap ($6/20rounds) gun show ammo that I had. I did find that a recoil shield really helps me dial in the groups off the bench. This rifle is just too much fun to shoot. I did notice that the rifle is grouping to the right, this may be me but I suspect the sight was tweaked somewhere along the line. I'm still trying to decide if I should work the rear sight to get it shooting to point of aim or not.
This group is just under 2" the 5th hole can't be seen in the picture because it's behind the measuring tape.
This group is right around 3"
This group is just under 2" the 5th hole can't be seen in the picture because it's behind the measuring tape.
This group is right around 3"