My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?

On 1/19/2015 6:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?



Just raise the target 8.5 inches. :-)

On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:34:08 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/19/2015 6:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?



Just raise the target 8.5 inches. :-)

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When the elevation is off that much it's difficult to consistently aim
low by the correct amount.

On 1/19/15 8:55 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:34:08 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/19/2015 6:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?



Just raise the target 8.5 inches. :-)

===

When the elevation is off that much it's difficult to consistently aim
low by the correct amount.




http://www.pakguns.com/showthread.ph...ment-Available

The PakistanFirst fella appears to know what he is talking about.

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:26:50 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


http://www.pakguns.com/showthread.ph...ment-Available

The PakistanFirst fella appears to know what he is talking about.

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I like his analysis based on sight radius. It's a nice simple
conceptual approach that's easy to remember and apply.

In my case the sight radius is 24 inches and the distance is 1800
inches. Using his formula to drop the point of impact by 8 inches, I
need to raise the front sight post by .1 inches or lower the rear
sight notch by the same amount. That's a significant amount and will
take some planning to do it right without screwing things up.

On 1/19/15 10:12 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:26:50 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


http://www.pakguns.com/showthread.ph...ment-Available

The PakistanFirst fella appears to know what he is talking about.

===

I like his analysis based on sight radius. It's a nice simple
conceptual approach that's easy to remember and apply.

In my case the sight radius is 24 inches and the distance is 1800
inches. Using his formula to drop the point of impact by 8 inches, I
need to raise the front sight post by .1 inches or lower the rear
sight notch by the same amount. That's a significant amount and will
take some planning to do it right without screwing things up.


There are so many variations of that rifle and the sights that were
attached and there are so many different refurbishments that I don't see
how anyone at a shooting club would know which sights were "OEM" for a
particular rifle.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinFeatures02.htm

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:34:08 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/19/2015 6:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?



Just raise the target 8.5 inches. :-)



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I may have found a solution. Since I needed to either raise the front
site about 1/10th of an inch or lower the rear by the same amount, I'm
trying a little of each. First I used a very small file to deepen the
notch in the rear sight. It's not nearly a tenth but it makes the
notch easier to see and is a step in the right direction. For the
front sight I salvaged a thin piece of orange plastic from a "squid
like" fishing lure, cut it to length, and glued it to the back of
front sighting post, leaving a bit sticking out above the top.
Using a black magic marker I toned down everything but the very tip of
the plastic. It now looks like an orange dot and is highly visible
through the rear sight.

I'll try it out tomorrow and see how it works.

On 1/19/2015 6:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
My club is starting up an event for antique military rifles. After
hearing all of the rave reviews here and other places, I went out and
bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30 the other day. It seems to be in fairly
good condition and shoots reliably but is consistently about 8 or 9
inches high at 50 yards which is the distance for our event. The rear
sight is down all the way. The gun must be totally stock for the most
part - no scopes or replacement sights are allowed which sevely limits
the options.

One thing I was thinking about was cutting the notch in the rear sight
a little deeper. Any ideas on that or anything else?

The barrel must have taken on a banana shape

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Wayne the front sight is adjustable

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv_WFWV6u6k

On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:29:03 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Wayne the front sight is adjustable

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv_WFWV6u6k

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Can you make the post higher on the standard sight?

I found this one on Amazon but I don't know if it will pass muster
with the match inspectors:

http://www.amazon.com/Mosin-Nagant-Smith-Sights-Adjustable-Target/dp/B00IQGADSY