7.62x54R: just how accurate can it be?

[ovenpaa]

Sanselm of this forum is rather good at chambering and supplies TrueFlight barrels.

[meles meles]

*scurries away to investigate*

[Alpha1]

I dont get it you are willing to spend £1000 to find out if a Mosin nagant will shoot with any degree of accuracy. Sorry have I missed some thing why does it have to be 7.62x54.
I have a Mosin nagant in excellent nick all matching numbers including the bayonet fitted with a Darrel mount and a long eye relief scope that will do what you are trying to achieve.
You can have it for £800 pounds job done.

[meles meles]

I dont get it ...

Don't worry, we assume you're only ooman ...

I too have a MN M1891: it too has a bayonet and an excellent trigger, cost less than £300 and it is rather accurate even when spitting out cheap military surplus rounds. That made me wonder what accuracy the ancient 7.62x54R cartridge might be capable of if fired through a modern barrel. No more, no less. Hence the thread here asking what people think might constitute a decent barrel / stock/ trigger et cetera. The £1000 limit was an arbitary choice to keep the concept within the realms of sensibility: if price were no object then anything is possible. I'd grow the barrel from 12C27 steel for starters...

[Dr. Strangelove]

I too have a MN M1891: it too has a bayonet and an excellent trigger, cost less than £300 and it is rather accurate even when spitting out cheap military surplus rounds.

Is your MN from Paul Green? If so, any chance of piccys?

[meles meles]

I have a MN M1891 with an amazing trigger - purchased from Paul Green at http://www.thamesvalleyguns.co.uk - it is now a light, single stage unit that breaks very cleanly, a real testament to the magic Paul can breathe on a rifle. It's nothing like the standard MN 'dragging an anchor on a chain across a cobbled street and then snagging it on the pavement'.

Yes ooman. My MN was purchased from from Paul Green. As for pictures, I'm not sure I'm clever enough to do that. I think it may still be featured on his website. The address is in the quote above. It's got a gorgeous laminated stock and outshoots me*...






* Badgers don't have opposable thumbs, hence getting a good grip on the pistol grip can sometimes be awkward

[Dr. Strangelove]

Yes ooman. My MN was purchased from from Paul Green. As for pictures, I'm not sure I'm clever enough to do that. I think it may still be featured on his website. The address is in the quote above. It's got a gorgeous laminated stock and outshoots me*...

Sorry, was not quite with it earlier! If it's the one on the Classic Rifles page 2 then I'm a bit puzzled - I'm supposed to be seeing him on Friday to have a look at it, and he said that he still had it in stock on Monday..

[meles meles]

Nope, ours wasn't one of those. (It still isn't.) We checked out those that are still listed on his web site, plus the one we bought, and selected the one with the prettiest stock. They were all good in terms of bore quality, workmanship et cetera and so we simply selected the one that we felt had the best trigger and stock. It hasn't disappointed. Nor have the other rifles we have bought from him. We may appoint him "Official Armourer to the Sett"*















* You weren't thinking of volunteering to free shoot in The Cull were you ? We're waiting, ooman. We're out there, prepared and waiting...

[Dr. Strangelove]

You weren't thinking of volunteering to free shoot in The Cull were you ? We're waiting, ooman. We're out there, prepared and waiting...

Of course I wasn't! All the best with that, though!

[meles meles]

We'll win: the propaganda department is already flooding every school and nursery with nice shiny copies of cute cuddly badger posters and storybooks whilst we get on with mining the approaches to every sett and laying out the range pegs...