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cheap rifles? mosin nagant scout scope rail settup?
recurve shooter:
wow. dane, lots of info there! thanks man! my friend has one of the 91/30s, and everyone that shoots it falls in love with it. he sanded all the gunk off the wood and refinished it to a really pretty light oak collor. at the 100 yard rifle range (serriously, 100 yards is long range for louisianians. cant find a longer space to play in.) clay pigions, open sights off hand, just with the jurry rigged sling wrapped around your arm, is easy. i love the simplicity and just ruggedness (is that a word? :P) of them. and you are absolutely right about the report, weight, and pleasant recoil obsorbtion. as long as your wearing ear pluggs, its just sweet to shoot.
now, as for historical accuracy, though i would love to have the money and time to try for it, i just dont. im a senior in highschool workin as a buss boy lol not much cash here. i just want something reliable, cheap, accurate, and with a scope. sooo i believe the mosin is the way to go, just the standard long heavy and ugly. i think with that scope rail that replaces the rear sight, a nice modern scout rifle scope, a muzzle brake that replaces the bayonette, and maby some kinda bipod, it could be a really accurate, really cheap, really dependable "dragg through the swamp" rifle. i believe thats the way im gunna go.
UNLESS anyone has tried the scout scope rail rig things and found them to be not so great. ;D
JackCrafty:
Wow is right! Good info Dane!
jeffhalfrack:
Have you ever seen a M|N with a synthetic stock???? good looking rifle,,,there was a gun show here awhile back,, a guy had a few scoped like that $250.oo complete I couldn't keep my hands off of it!!!!,,,,,,,,no I didn't buy one that show is due back soon, I saved some $$$$$$ we'll see JW
agd68:
The only trouble with scoping a Mosin Nagant is that the standard rifles have a straight bolt handle. When you open the bolt the handle points straight up and wont clear a scope The sniper version has a turned down bolt handle. You can modify it though if you can weld. I may be biased being Canadian but having owned and shot the Lee enfeild, M91/30 and the M44, I'd take the Enfeild. Better quality and better handling gun. The 10 round box magazine does'nt hurt either. 303 ammo may cost a little more but all the big names make it besides military surplus and it is a whole lot easier and cheaper to reload than 7.62x54R. The Russian round uses a Berdan primer which can be hard to find and pricey when you do.
bubby:
they sell a kit, scope mount and turn down bolt that you cut off the straight and attach benddown, seems to me you can get a glass stock and the rest for $100.00, got my mosin at Big 5 for$75.00 but now the run about$90.00, got them all the time, and with the iron sights on the third or fourth shot I nailed 10 ring on our ranges 1,000 yd target, but that was just luck, Bub
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