Mosin-Nagant Yesterday. Looking for comments

Yesterday for the first I finally fired a Mosin I acquired a few years back. Tula armory, hex receiver, pristine bore.

As I would methodically approach any weapon, I started at 25 and 50 yards...groups sucked big green donkey balls.

Volley 1 (25 yds): Poor group at 11 o'clock
Volley 2 (50 yds): Windage barely tolerable, elevation all over the place
Volley 3 (50 yds): Nothing but flyers.



In all my years in the service, I alway scored Expert or Sharpshooter on rifle. Only once did I ever get just Marksman (was sick as a dog that day). My eyes aren't as good as they once were, but I still know how to fricking fire a rifle.

I'm thinking, "damn, I wasted my money on this piece-of-shite bastard. Why do people buy these sacks of shite? frick it, I'm selling it."

I ask my 11 yr old if he wants to plink with it, and he excited accepts.

A few minutes later, the 11 yr old boy starts nailing an 8-inch plate with the Mosin 100 yrds away. How?!

With only 4 rounds left, I take over and sure enough I hit the plate twice at 100 yds. I go back to paper with the last 2 rounds at 100 yds and here's what happens...



I'm withholding my speculations. Want ya'lls thoughts.