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Posted: 10/3/2002 12:08:29 PM EDT
Man, I love having a C&R license! Picked this Finnish Sako M39 up from Wholesale Guns and Ammo in the springtime. First time to the range was today. I'd highly recommend these 91/30 based rifles to anyone looking for a Nagant style rifle under $160. Shooting surplus Yugo ammo - irons, 50 yards, with 50 yd. target - sitting (2.2" 6 shot string): I think its smiling at me   And irons at 100 yards with 50 yd. target -sitting (2.8" 5 shot string): 
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i love mine! best mosin ever built, imo. have you tried any of the romanian 7.62x54r yet? hungarian silver tip? i bought mine last year and paid $139 for a minty 'b' (belgian high nickel steel) barrel. dang thing is a great shooter and fun little piece of history. |
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Actually the Yugo was all I had. I purchased the ammo from Aim Surplus - at .11 cents a round so I wasnt expecting match accuracy. I'm sure with a little ammo selection/testing, I might see those groups tighten up even more. Any idea where to get the Hungarian ammo? Perhaps I'll give the Russian surplus a go next time around as well. I picked up a Russian M44 for a buddy of mine, and the best grouping I could do was about 6 inches at 100, albeit the bore was quite rough, and the recoil/blast on the 44 was twice as nasty with the 39. Caught myself flinching a few times and the trigger pull was horrible. The 39 shoots and feels like an entirely different rifle - quite a bit of takeup in the trigger, but the thing breaks at about 5 pounds. Needless to say, I'm quite pleased with the results from today - and unlike the 44, my shoulder thanks me as well. |
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