Josh Smith
03-18-2012, 07:36 PM
Hi Folks,
I was trying out my YouTube contest's target today after making some adjustments to the Mosin's shims, namely replacing some of the rubberized cork with actual shim stock I had laying around and put about 5lbs of upward pressure on the barrel while countering that with the upper handguard -- pretty much I was aiming to duplicate the idea of the Gew88's sleeved barrel, since it shoots so well with it.
This is what I got:
http://www.smith-sights.com/resources/50%20yard%204%20shot.jpg
I'm sure the rifle will do better than this; the limitations were my own.
Do you suppose I should drift the front sight a bit to the right, or wait until I fire a few more strings so make sure the error wasn't me?
Thanks,
Josh
I was trying out my YouTube contest's target today after making some adjustments to the Mosin's shims, namely replacing some of the rubberized cork with actual shim stock I had laying around and put about 5lbs of upward pressure on the barrel while countering that with the upper handguard -- pretty much I was aiming to duplicate the idea of the Gew88's sleeved barrel, since it shoots so well with it.
This is what I got:
http://www.smith-sights.com/resources/50%20yard%204%20shot.jpg
I'm sure the rifle will do better than this; the limitations were my own.
Do you suppose I should drift the front sight a bit to the right, or wait until I fire a few more strings so make sure the error wasn't me?
Thanks,
Josh