Mosin Nagant Scope

[matai]

Has anybody tried this out?

http://combatoptical.com/catalog/Mosin-Nagant-M44-2-7x32-scout-scope-combo-set-with-mount-and-ring-421.html

Does it work well enough for a Mosin?

Will it work on a M39?

Thanks!

 

[fireman 9731]

Looks like an abomination to me...

A no-name scope with mounts and everything for 70 bucks sounds like trouble. And I doubt it will work on a 39 when all it mentions is the 44.

The scout setup is an interesting idea though, in that you don't have to get a bent bolt to scope it.

 

[matai]

Does anybody have a good scope mount suggestion for the m39? Its for my 72 year old dad with 72 year old eyesight and he would prefer not to mess with drilling, tapping and bending the bolt handle.

 

[fireman 9731]

This might be an option, it is supposed to fit any Mosin out there, a little more expensive, but still a no-name scope. However it does just seem like a picanty rail mount so any other scope should fit it just fine.

http://www.combathunting.com/ILLUMI...Mosin_Nagant_Scope_Mount_Scout_Rifle_Kit.html

 

[jotto]

I tried this out on a M44. While easy to install it did not hold its zero.

My opinion is I would not recommend it unless you were going to weld it to the rifle or something else crazy like that.

 

[Stainlessbutcher]

I've been having the same delimma myself. I am setting up a MN for my wife for her first deer rifle. Needless to say, it will have a new stock (NOT ATI) that has been shortened and otherwise modded for her stature as well as some sort of optics mount. I'm leaning towards having the receiver drilled and tapped for a solid mount. The scout mount is a reversible mod, but honestly, I'm not all that hip on keeping this thing original and I fully intend to cut the barrel down anyway. I'll be watching this post with interest.

Butch.

 

[ohgrady]

Weaver side mount rings

I had someone suggest using Weaver side mount base 48401 and a set of Weaver side mount rings to scope a round receiver mosin I picked up. I haven't tried mounting the base yet-or had time to take it to a gunsmith.

 

[JonF]

I tried both the cheap $15 b-square mounts and the not-so-cheap S&K mount for the mosin and the S&K is well worth the money.

Both use the pivot in the rear sight block for one anchor point, but the b-square uses "outrigger" set screws in the front and back for a chintzy compression fit. This simply doesn't work because to make it tight you have to hunker down on the screws, then the mount distorts and then the screws work loose eventually. I only hada lightweight red dot sight attached to this and after only a few rounds it came loose. It loosened up after every attempt to re-tighten it so i pitched it.

The S&K also uses the pivot hole for one anchor point, but then it has a hook attachment that positively locks under the lip of the sight base on the other end so it absolutely cannot move once tightened down. I used this setup with a 2-8 pistol scope for a few sessions and it stayed solid the entire time. I eventually ditched the whole concept of the "Scout scope" configuration because the eye relief wasn't for me.

 

[dogrunner]

I have a minty M/44 that shot so well with iron I decided I just had to try it with glass.

A friend gave me a mount base of indeterminate origin, aluminum but well made with the exception of those lousy and poorly designed screws.......I simply drilled a thru hole in that base exactly the diameter of the iron sign pin and attached it that way........I don't maintain round counts so I don't know just how many've been ran thru it but it has to several hundreds, most of which have been heavy handloads.

The talk about cheap glass prompts me to mention that the scope I'm using is one of the Center Point red/green dots that you can pick up for all of fifty bucks at WW & it has held its zero precisely, has not fogged and exhibits clarity way out of proportion to it's low price............(I have seen brand new top of the line Nikon products fail on the first use!!)........so sometimes you get lucky I guess.

Anyway, try the drill and pin route as for sure that screw setup is a breakdown waiting to happen.

 

[JonF]

dogrunner, are you referring to the pivot pin hole? IF so, thats not the primary weak point. Its the set screws that you tighten down on that act as out riggers fore and aft of the sight base. THe idea is to induce an opposing force that stabilizes but you just end up tweaking the rail to get it tight enough and they come loose anyways.

 

[Franco2shoot]

I purchased my 91/30 and the previous owner had installed the ATI rail and bent bolt. I initially went with a Sportsman Bushnell.. (trash) then found a better scope at Wally World. Once I corked the barrel, and spent weeks cleaning the barrel, I started creating cloverleaf holes at 100 yards. At this point I stopped the J&B red rouge barrel cleaning. I've put hundreds of rounds down range since that point, and the scope holds zero perfectly. I did make one minor modification... right near the back of the ATI rail, there was an opening the size or thickness of a piece of paper. I took some black thread, moistened the thread and smeared baking soda on it. Then I wrapped it round and round for about 10 turns. A drop of CaynoAcrylite (CA - Zap or crazy glue) glue turned the thread into rock and it bonded to the rail and the receiver. Before doing this each shot would produce a "Twang" as the short end of the rail vibrated. With the Thread/rock in place the sound disappeared.

Love my MN...

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