is there any one out there that has one and what kind of range do you get out of it?? I just got one for free today the wood stock was not the best from the cosmalee but the barrle and action and every thing else was in very good comdition after 1.5 hours of cleaning and found a synthetik stok for it and now it is sportrised and it has a 26" barrle and sems to have a four land rifaling I have 4 boxes of olypic 180gr FMJ ammo to play with was just wondering if any one had one and what kind of range they had??????

I cant belive out of every one out there no one has somthing to say

There's absolutly nothing wrong with the 7.62x54R. In fact, in the late 30's a guy by the name of Olavi Elo set a world's record in the International Army Matches with a Finn version (M28/30) of the Mosin-Nagant rifle. As far as "range" goes, the round is pretty close to the 30-06 in performance.

with some load tinkering they are about a 2moa rifle out to silhouette range with a decent scope sitting on top of them. The military ammunition the russians used was all corrosive, so check the bore very carefully. They make a great 45-70 or 45-90 with a re-barrel and a bit of feed rail tweaking. The octagon receiver is the coolest one. Great truck rifle.

Rich
DRSS

No offense, but it wears me out to read a post with no puncuation/capitalization, etc. Try to watch that!
Now, I've read more than once that the Olympic ammo is JUNK. I've fired a bit of the surplus ammo, both Hungarian & Czech (148 gr. in both) and it shoots fairly well. Power-wise, they're roughly between the 308 Win. and the 30-06.
35W

I have a 18*8" steel plate at 275 yards. After a bit of practice to find the correct sight setting, I can hit the plate 4 of 5 tries. This is with silver tip surplus, from sandbags.

My 91/30 is my most accurate MilSurp, right up there with my K-31's. I like the sights better than any Mauser.

S&B is good ammo and the Wolf Gold is also good. There is good commercial ammo out there, it just in NOT Olympic! A basic bedding -freeflot job seems to help them alot.

It´s not a bad round and still quite popular with Finnish hunters. More Finnish elk have been killed with this caliber than you would believe.

The Finnish version is the 7.62x53R and I once read a really good explanation of why the cal. differs to the Soviet version -I think the Finns where able to use Soviet ammo in their rifles but the Soviets couldn´t use ours (something like that).

You can get these dirt cheap in Finland, you´ll actually have problems giving them away! I have a sporterized one for sale but I can´t even get 50 Euros for it!

The Finns are .308 and the Russians are .310-.312

cewe,
sounds like a price like that is a good way for some importer to make a couple hundred thousand dollars on the import end.

Rich

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Originally posted by 500MagMan:
is there any one out there that has one and what kind of range do you get out of it?? I just got one for free today the wood stock was not the best from the cosmalee but the barrle and action and every thing else was in very good comdition after 1.5 hours of cleaning and found a synthetik stok for it and now it is sportrised and it has a 26" barrle and sems to have a four land rifaling I have 4 boxes of olypic 180gr FMJ ammo to play with was just wondering if any one had one and what kind of range they had??????

Moisin-nagant, sem kinaa ranj thet has a .30/'06 inna sprinfeeld.

500Magman:
The 7.62 X54R (or 53R if Lapua brass) is a fine round and will do about anything a .30-06 will, and at the same distances. I have probably owned 10 or more of the Mosins over the years, from American made Remington and Westinghouse rifles to the full gamut of guns produced at the various Soviet arsenals. By far the most accurate for me were the Finnish-rebuilt M39s. One Sako M39 gave me a 100-yard five-shot group of .780 using Lapua brass, Winchester 760 powder and a 190-grain .312 bullet -- and with the issue sights. I have had Springfields, Swiss Schmidt-Rubins and Swedish M96 Mausers come close to that, but that was the most accurate military surplus rifle I have ever owned, and I wish I still had it. In contrast, many of the Russian guns, even with excellent bores, have been closer to 2-inch guns at 100 yards with decent ammo. Be sure to slug your barrel to make sure exactly what diameter you have in order to extract maximum accuracy.