I hope that this will be a fairly accurate shooter. I've been to the range and fired a freinds Mosin-Nagant (pronounced "mosina"), and I think this will be just as accurate as his. We were shooting 600yrds with 10x scope as well as 200yds with the iron sights. It was fun, but the recoil is pretty hard. Since only the serial numbers on the barrel and receiver match, there isn't a lot of historical ignificance to my rifle, except for teh fact that it was made in 1935. If all the serial numbers had matched I would keep it in it's original configuration, but since they don't, I'll be modifiying this one to modernize it.
I think I'll start the the purchae of a 4x32 scope, mounted in the "scout" configuration. This means the scope will be mounted well-forward of the bolt. This modification does not require me to modify the rifle permenantly. After I've had my fun with that, I'll probably go with a 6x40 scope mounted in the traditional manner. This will require me to drill and tap the receiver, but this will be project for later in the year, maybe 9 months from now. I'll keep you posted.
Next on the mod list will be a synthetic stock to reduce the weight of this beast. I say beast because this rifle is 48.5" long, weighing in close to 9lbs. The synthetic stock should bring the weight down a few pounds. I'll then be able to get a nice bi-pod that attaches to the harness swivel mount, and probably get a muzzle break of it to reduce the recoil. I'll also get my friend to try to get the trigger pull down to about 4-5lbs. Right now it's closer to 9lbs and about a mile long.
I should be picking up my rifle next Thursday, then I'll be taking it to the range on the 29th. I'll post pictures of my groupings once I fire them.
