Range Report and some pictures..

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 05:00 PM

I sent a letter off to Deussne Thanking him again for selling me this rifle. Finally I had a day with out rain to practice shooting...
I had purchased this Mosin Nagant a few weeks back and again wanted to thank this site for a honest bunch of fellas and a big thanks to Chris . It was purchased through the trading post, Firearms listing and everything went very smooth as a transaction..Here are some pictures....
http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1254434232
http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1254434262
http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1254434289

mtncrash1 · 10-01-2009, 05:35 PM

Nice shooting Earl. Still like that Mosin you got a nice one.

Deussne · 10-01-2009, 05:48 PM

Looking good! Im glad to hear that it is shooting well. How is your shoulder feeling?

I usually manage to draw blood or get a few bruises after a mosin session.

woody1981 · 10-01-2009, 05:52 PM

Great shootin', buddy! But I'm still drying out after all that rain!!!!

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 07:16 PM

Deussne
I have to be honest with you,the first and second shot high on the target as i wrote you in a PM was me hesitant and wondering how it would kick. I was holding the bolt down with my righthand on those first two shots because it felt a little loose. After i knew it was not going anywhere thats when it got a lot better. My shoulder has no pain nor any marks on
it any where,it shot just like silk,very smooth along with the bolt action. What a nice
rifle...Thanks everyone for the nice comments, but i do need some practice and this rifle will have its workout. Not one jam...i think i am hooked....

Ya know the top end wood stock got so hot it boiled out or favorite oils...LOL i just wiped it off with my hand and kept shooting...Earl

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 07:27 PM

Hi woody,
I had to go outside in the wet yard and gather up another load of firewood or i would have been on answering you back faster.The ground is saturated like soup..LOL I suspect your area had some grass ponds on it also since your so close. We are gonna git some more this weekend so enjoy while ya can....

mtmcrash
Thanks for viewing, i enjoyed myself a little too much today...LOL so Friday i will get back out and shoot another 40 or so and really have at it before the rain starts again.......

SwedeSteve · 10-01-2009, 07:36 PM

If you love that one, you just GOTTA have a M39 !!

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 07:47 PM

Swede,
I saw one at the Military Surplus in my neck of the woods,it looked real nice.
I was there buying up all the 7.62x54R i could and he had a few there. Those 39's are good looking....

FortyXDM · 10-01-2009, 07:56 PM

Hey Earl - That is amazing......only about 24 shots and you dug out that huge tunnel behind the target !!!!! I had no ideee that them there Mosin's was that powurfull. Whooeeeeeeeeee. Small wonder the Finn's kicked Russia plum outta their country during the winter war.

blueice · 10-01-2009, 08:06 PM

Only two outside the box, Pvt Earl, to the front lines!!

BTW, excellent way to recycle cardboard!!

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 08:09 PM

Hey Tom it looks like a ground hog was a diggin in the dirt mound...LOL

I only remember shooting only 20 though...I'll be out Friday wakin the neighbors up with another 20 er so.....

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 08:15 PM

blueice
They won't take me this time cause of the one eye..ROTFL
Those cardboard inserts come with a large order of stained glass sheets, they separate
each piece of glass. You should see my pheasant targets you would get a
kick out of them,i might have to post them tomorrow..........

Whootsinator · 10-01-2009, 08:19 PM

Nice shooting, and even better rifle!

Whenever someone says come on over and bring my Mosin, I have to warn them that there WILL be a trench dug very quickly behind whatever we're shooting at, and ask them again. They usually laugh like I'm being sarcastic the first time... Tsk tsk tsk....

Get out there with a shovel and dig your bullets out! I always see how many I can recover. Building a decent little collection. I have one czech 80's light ball complete bullet, just mildly deformed. You can clearly see the rifling marks. I also have the steel core of one of them... No idea what-so-ever how the jacket was stripped off, but the core was in pristine condition, no deformation at all. Not even a little. It looked like someone took needle-nose pliers to the back of the bullet and just pulled it straight out.

I think that Hungarian stuff you're using has steel cores too... Maybe not. Dig 'em up and see!

Even if you aren't interested in that kind of stuff, I'm sure the grandkids or nephews or someone would think they're really cool.

Earl Easter · 10-01-2009, 08:30 PM

Hi ya Whoot
I was going to dig them things out but got busy with the fire wood again...LOL
I will see tomorrow, i have done that with the 1911 .45 and a few 50 cal rounds into a hill side 750 yards away,the 50's really mushroomed out. and those .45's at 30 yards looked like ya could reuse em..ROTFL...Thanks for viewing...Earl

SwedeSteve · 10-02-2009, 02:23 AM

I live, almost daily, through you !! I do not know what to say bud !! I wish you would do video !!

Mike82 · 10-02-2009, 04:13 AM

yes video....we need video!!! nice shootin earl, really nice....if you ever get a dry day during the fall or whenever there's alot of leaves on the ground, try standing, sitting, kneeling and prone, all 4 stances, while aiming across either a field or somewhere with alot of leaves on the ground(i've done it on a set of train tracks outside a mine).....and just let loose....doing a vid of that would be epic. The leaves all just fly up and swirl. So awesome of a spectacle. Do make sure you have a good backing of dirt or that no one lives within about a half mile of the direction you're shooting(i'd give it 3/4mi just to be safe).

-Mike.

billy · 10-02-2009, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Easter

Hi ya Whoot
I was going to dig them things out but got busy with the fire wood again...LOL
I will see tomorrow, i have done that with the 1911 .45 and a few 50 cal rounds into a hill side 750 yards away,the 50's really mushroomed out. and those .45's at 30 yards looked like ya could reuse em..ROTFL...Thanks for viewing...Earl

yay earl!
those .45's are weird arent they?
they dont deform...

Earl Easter · 10-02-2009, 08:33 AM

Man its raining Again,maybe i could do a video shootin out the window...No neighbors in the back acres within a mile er so.

Billy,
I do have some of those Speer Superior Gold Dots, 45 autos,230gr GDHP's, man those are killers. Those puppies are all mushroomed out......... silly. But i save them like there gold, they are always around fer the bad guys.......

billy · 10-02-2009, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Easter

Man its raining Again,maybe i could do a video shootin out the window...No neighbors in the back acres within a mile er so.

Billy,
I do have some of those Speer Superior Gold Dots, 45 autos,230gr GDHP's, man those are killers. Those puppies are all mushroomed out......... silly. But i save them like there gold, they are always around fer the bad guys.......

i have loaded some cast lead 230 grainers.
those expand alrighty.
good thing they feed ok in the 1911a1

Earl Easter · 10-02-2009, 08:49 AM

Billy, I think its time fer me to invest in a reloading set up, i just shoot way to much and being retired just don't cut it no mo..Maybe i need a part time job,driving the old folks around, shopping er something...LOL......

10-01-2009, 05:00 PM	#1
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Range Report and some pictures.. I sent a letter off to Deussne Thanking him again for selling me this rifle. Finally I had a day with out rain to practice shooting... I had purchased this Mosin Nagant a few weeks back and again wanted to thank this site for a honest bunch of fellas and a big thanks to Chris . It was purchased through the trading post, Firearms listing and everything went very smooth as a transaction..Here are some pictures.... http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1254434232 http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1254434262 http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1254434289 Attached Thumbnails

10-01-2009, 05:35 PM	#2
mtncrash1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,748	Nice shooting Earl. Still like that Mosin you got a nice one. __________________ Mike

10-01-2009, 05:52 PM	#4
woody1981 One of the Usual Suspects Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: southwest PA Posts: 1,603 Blog Entries: 1	Great shootin', buddy! But I'm still drying out after all that rain!!!! __________________ A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.”~Freud

10-01-2009, 07:36 PM	#7
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 26,420	If you love that one, you just GOTTA have a M39 !! __________________ In the absence of orders, ATTACK !!

10-01-2009, 08:06 PM	#10
blueice Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Maoistsota, where nothing is allowed! Posts: 1,236	Only two outside the box, Pvt Earl, to the front lines!! BTW, excellent way to recycle cardboard!! __________________ God bless and our Men and Women In Uniform. Me

10-01-2009, 05:48 PM	#3
Deussne Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Niles Michigan. Posts: 262	Looking good! Im glad to hear that it is shooting well. How is your shoulder feeling? I usually manage to draw blood or get a few bruises after a mosin session.

10-01-2009, 07:16 PM	#5
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Deussne I have to be honest with you,the first and second shot high on the target as i wrote you in a PM was me hesitant and wondering how it would kick. I was holding the bolt down with my righthand on those first two shots because it felt a little loose. After i knew it was not going anywhere thats when it got a lot better. My shoulder has no pain nor any marks on it any where,it shot just like silk,very smooth along with the bolt action. What a nice rifle...Thanks everyone for the nice comments, but i do need some practice and this rifle will have its workout. Not one jam...i think i am hooked.... Ya know the top end wood stock got so hot it boiled out or favorite oils...LOL i just wiped it off with my hand and kept shooting...Earl

10-01-2009, 07:27 PM	#6
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Hi woody, I had to go outside in the wet yard and gather up another load of firewood or i would have been on answering you back faster.The ground is saturated like soup..LOL I suspect your area had some grass ponds on it also since your so close. We are gonna git some more this weekend so enjoy while ya can.... mtmcrash Thanks for viewing, i enjoyed myself a little too much today...LOL so Friday i will get back out and shoot another 40 or so and really have at it before the rain starts again.......

10-01-2009, 07:47 PM	#8
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Swede, I saw one at the Military Surplus in my neck of the woods,it looked real nice. I was there buying up all the 7.62x54R i could and he had a few there. Those 39's are good looking....

10-01-2009, 07:56 PM	#9
FortyXDM Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Gladstone, Mo. (kc area) Posts: 4,229	Hey Earl - That is amazing......only about 24 shots and you dug out that huge tunnel behind the target !!!!! I had no ideee that them there Mosin's was that powurfull. Whooeeeeeeeeee. Small wonder the Finn's kicked Russia plum outta their country during the winter war.

10-01-2009, 08:09 PM	#11
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Hey Tom it looks like a ground hog was a diggin in the dirt mound...LOL I only remember shooting only 20 though...I'll be out Friday wakin the neighbors up with another 20 er so.....

10-01-2009, 08:15 PM	#12
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	blueice They won't take me this time cause of the one eye..ROTFL Those cardboard inserts come with a large order of stained glass sheets, they separate each piece of glass. You should see my pheasant targets you would get a kick out of them,i might have to post them tomorrow..........

10-01-2009, 08:19 PM	#13
Whootsinator Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,067	Nice shooting, and even better rifle! Whenever someone says come on over and bring my Mosin, I have to warn them that there WILL be a trench dug very quickly behind whatever we're shooting at, and ask them again. They usually laugh like I'm being sarcastic the first time... Tsk tsk tsk.... Get out there with a shovel and dig your bullets out! I always see how many I can recover. Building a decent little collection. I have one czech 80's light ball complete bullet, just mildly deformed. You can clearly see the rifling marks. I also have the steel core of one of them... No idea what-so-ever how the jacket was stripped off, but the core was in pristine condition, no deformation at all. Not even a little. It looked like someone took needle-nose pliers to the back of the bullet and just pulled it straight out. I think that Hungarian stuff you're using has steel cores too... Maybe not. Dig 'em up and see! Even if you aren't interested in that kind of stuff, I'm sure the grandkids or nephews or someone would think they're really cool. Last edited by Whootsinator; 10-01-2009 at 08:23 PM.

10-01-2009, 08:30 PM	#14
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Hi ya Whoot I was going to dig them things out but got busy with the fire wood again...LOL I will see tomorrow, i have done that with the 1911 .45 and a few 50 cal rounds into a hill side 750 yards away,the 50's really mushroomed out. and those .45's at 30 yards looked like ya could reuse em..ROTFL...Thanks for viewing...Earl

10-02-2009, 02:23 AM	#15
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 26,420	I live, almost daily, through you !! I do not know what to say bud !! I wish you would do video !! __________________ In the absence of orders, ATTACK !!

10-02-2009, 04:13 AM	#16
Mike82 Mmmmm, I Like PIE!!! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Starkville, Mississippi USA Go BullDAWGS!!! Posts: 2,762	yes video....we need video!!! nice shootin earl, really nice....if you ever get a dry day during the fall or whenever there's alot of leaves on the ground, try standing, sitting, kneeling and prone, all 4 stances, while aiming across either a field or somewhere with alot of leaves on the ground(i've done it on a set of train tracks outside a mine).....and just let loose....doing a vid of that would be epic. The leaves all just fly up and swirl. So awesome of a spectacle. Do make sure you have a good backing of dirt or that no one lives within about a half mile of the direction you're shooting(i'd give it 3/4mi just to be safe). -Mike. __________________ No Trespassing! Violators Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again!

10-02-2009, 08:33 AM	#18
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Man its raining Again,maybe i could do a video shootin out the window...No neighbors in the back acres within a mile er so. Billy, I do have some of those Speer Superior Gold Dots, 45 autos,230gr GDHP's, man those are killers. Those puppies are all mushroomed out......... silly. But i save them like there gold, they are always around fer the bad guys.......

10-02-2009, 08:49 AM	#20
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,521	Billy, I think its time fer me to invest in a reloading set up, i just shoot way to much and being retired just don't cut it no mo..Maybe i need a part time job,driving the old folks around, shopping er something...LOL......