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http://www.mojosights.com/I have used these sights on several of my military-surplus rifles. They work well!
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Gonna try those 32 cal incerts from Sportsman guide.
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I would take my 8X57 Mauser over any Mosin. The bolt on the one Mosin that I owned would seize after every shot. I had to open it with a hammer. It may have been the exception but it ruined Mosins for me. 2 That I've owned were that way. Both had a couple of small burrs in the chamber that dug into the brass when fired, making rotation of the bolt difficult. Once those small burrs were polished out with a dremel bonnet, bolt rotation was positive. Would like to know how the burrs get in the chamber to begin with... I have an M38, M44 and a PU, the PU is a really PU not a century knock off. The M44 had a burr like you had and the m38 is a little tough but the PU is a fine shooting rifle, even as ugly as it is. But yes the 38 and 44 are some of the hardest kicking loadest rifles I have every shot.
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I will try 32 mag in the in cert for the rifle.
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Any of you guys try the 215gr Woodleigh bullet for the 7.62x54?
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Got a crazy old neighbor man that shoots the chittt outta everything around here with one, IIRC he shoots Norma ammo, the rifle looks like some old military design.
Have heard him shoot down the mountain ridge, loud sombish.
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Any of you guys try the 215gr Woodleigh bullet for the 7.62x54? If the bore mics at .312" the 215 Woodleigh is a killing sonofagun, I shoot it in a little 303 British at 2168 fps, helluva little plow it is. Gunner
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Have you ever shot Norma ammo in it?
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Roza Shanina was a superb shot with a Mosin. She did lots of hunting with hers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Shaninakd
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I bought one of the $90.00 Nagants at Fleet Farm. Just because. Once I got all the grease cleaned out and started playing with it, I was pleasantly surprised with how well it shot. Maybe one of these days when I get real ambitious, I'll cut it back, recrown it, chop the stock and make it a little more serviceable as a backup gun. Did anyone ever try one of those drop-in scope mounting kits that replace the rear sight? Worth the time or not? I put the scope mounting kit on one of mine. My old eyes like it.
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I have one, works fine for the 32 cal.
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Do I hunt with the mosin, no just sit at a bench and bang away for the 40 or so rounds I can stand. Of course use a shotgun pad on the shoulder for that 40 rounds.
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The thing seems the have power enough for all U S game with the right bullet.
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Well the finns had problem with the russians, and they used hex recievers off captured rifles, replacing just about every thing else. I have a finn mosin, with a SAKO barrel on it, free floated, ajustible sights and so on. When i first go it, i swabed out the barrel, nothing else, and loaded five rounds of russian mil/surp. gallon red folgers coffee can at 100 yards, five rounds, hit it every time, offhand.
The problem is like a lot of mil/surps, how in spec it is, they were often used hard. The other is crud mil/surp ammo. Put good ammo in it with the projectiles sized to the barrel, different story. It's somewhere between .308 and 30.06 in power. A few years ago I did some temp work for ATI to earn some extra Christmas cash. ATI bought 50K of Mosins in the big green crates from some ex-Soviet republic. Our job was to brake down the crates and package the guns up individually with a bayonet, oil can, sling and tool kit. The biggest thing I noticed about these rifles was how bad the crowns were on most of them. If you did the old bullet test on the crown, sometimes the round would drop in up to the shoulder of the case!  I could have bought my choice of rifle for less than $40 but decided to pass.
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The Finnish Rebuilds are in my opinion the best of the bunch- The Russians made over 17 million of them- Mine is out of Tula 1938. They gotten a bit rougher from 1941 on. For a long time, I had no instructions for the rifle or the tool kit that is issued with them, I gotten mine in 1961. Once you figure out the little quirks- they are not bad rifles for the money. They work and if fed good ammo shoot fairly well. They are one of shooting biggest bargains.
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Mosin HumorIf you own a mosin this is really worth reading not only humorous, but true!
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I must have got lucky with my good shooting well built gun.
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Have you ever shot Norma ammo in it? No, I handload the 215 Woodleighs in my 303B, crazy old mountain man down the ridge shoots Norma ammo in his 7.62x54R. Gunner
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