So the latest Mosin "group".

When I was 14, his age, I had my eye on a $15 Mauser at a local surplus joint.
Wanted it bad.

Glad now I couldn't afford it, it would have done nothing but set me back.

Couldn't have afforded ammo, had no father around to teach me, nothing.

Fortunately learned, on my own, with a bolt-action .22 Marlin, two years later.

That gun taught me the basics, and those were further refined by the military later on.

Mo made a great collector choice, but a poor first-gun choice, and he's just trying to go too fast in too many directions with it.

He'll ultimately have to be the one to decide which advice to follow, and the one to live with the consequences. :)
Denis
 
no calling your shots
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You do know what I am talking about when I refer to "calling the shot" don't you?

This ain't Babe Ruth pointing to the center field fence.

It is simple awareness of where the sights were aligned when the shot broke.
 
ahh, ok. Normally when I hear people talking about calling shots I think of the guy/gal in the back with a stop watch calling out targets and the guy behind the trigger trying to hit them as fast as he/she can
 
I apologize.

I know I can get impatient sometimes, most of the time, all the time. But I just get frustrated sometimes. My dad goes out at 300 yards and hits 2" targets with his savage and then makes fun of my shooting and tells me to "get an accurate rifle". But I will continue working with it. I'm ordering a spam can tomorrow and I plan to shoot a pack at the range every week (20 rounds, probably won't limit
it to that though. )

I'll also be bringing the .22 along to shoot before I shoot my Mosin.

No slinging up, benchrest, 100 yards, standardized metrics every time, I promise.

I do my best to keep you guys up to date with the results. Until then I'll be practicing.

Thanks for your help and understanding.

I appreciate it. Alot.
 
Mo,
I'm picking up a sense that your Dad is not actively involved in helping you learn your Mosin.
Fair assessment?
Denis
 
He's not exactly you or tahuna, you know what I mean?

When it comes to shooting, it seems I'm the polar opposite of him and his friends. I love him though, he's my dad. But he's not really helping me. He knows what he likes to do, I know what I like to do.
 
OK, wasn't trying to knock him, just wondering, by your lack of commentary including him through most of this, if he was helping you at all.
I'd asked you a couple times if he'd ever sat down with your Mosin & shot it, to help determine where & how it shoots & the subject was kinda ignored.

It's tough to learn without in-person help to give a second-person reference base on the gun and spot & coach you while you're shooting to help you improve.
I know.

You mention your frustration about him getting small groups at 300 yards with his Savage.
Presumably he's using glass on it.

What you're trying to do with your Mosin & what he's doing with his Savage are apples compared to oranges.
Ignore it when he makes fun of your shooting.
Don't judge your performance by his abilities & standards.
Denis
 
don't get discouraged. I'm sure he's helping you in his own way. some people have that one rifle that they like and any other rifle is simply not up to snuff, I used to be that way with remingtons, then I started buying everything under the sun(including mosin nagants) and started to realize that there were some that were just better. it could also be that by needling you, he is pushing you to be better.

I had an older brother like that who attempted to teach me to shoot by heckling me after every shot. as unproductive as it may have been to hear him tell me to "stop flinching" for the thousandth time, it did irritate me enough to try to get better, if for nothing else but to stop hearing him say it. I get the feeling that is how he also learned from his friends. patience is a virtue and trust me, we've all gotten impatient at one time or another.
 
Mosin,

Try this:

Buy 100 rounds of ammo.

Day 1, shoot a group at 10 yards.

Day 2, shoot a group at 20 yards.

Day 3, 30 yards.

Day 4, 40 yards.

Day 5, 50 yards.

Day 6, 60 yards.

Day 7, 70 yards.

Day 8, 80 yards

Day 9, 90 yards

Day 10, 100 yards

Do you know about NPOA? I see horizontal stringing, and that's usually you.

Regards,

Josh
 
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