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Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/07/15 02:50 PM
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So if you recall a couple weeks ago I went out to set up a camera and ended up shooting a wild hog with my AR-15. It was a direct hit and the hog went down; but between the less-than-ideal .223 cartridge and my poor bullet choice it wasn't enough and the hog got up and ran away as I was looking to shoot a second hog. No exit wound, no blood. Whatever. Anyways...yesterday I went back out to retrieve pictures from the camera and this time took my Mosin Nagant loaded with some 150gr Hornady SST. A higher power must be looking out for me because AGAIN, a group of hogs came trotting out into the open where I was at...just as I stood up and was about to walk out. So I shot a big one from about 35-40 yards away with dedushka and the hog dropped like a bag of concrete and never got back up. This was the first time I've taken the ruski out...74 years old and still killin.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/07/15 03:26 PM
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Sure is nice to shoot a pig with an old open site rifle.
Retired U. S. Army, which means I still have to work to make a living.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/07/15 03:32 PM
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Sure is nice to shoot a pig with an old open site rifle.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
[Re: Jhop]
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09/07/15 05:22 PM
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Sure is nice to shoot a pig with an old open site rifle. Yes it is!...It just feels right. And a lot easier to tote around than my scoped rig.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/07/15 06:37 PM
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Isn't that illegal to shoot them with a rifle that old and no scope?
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/07/15 07:17 PM
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Isn't that illegal to shoot them with a rifle that old and no scope? Yeah, are you allowed to use a rifle that's older than you are? Oh wait, I've killed a dozen hogs or so with a .303 Enfield . . .
I have two unwritten rules: 1. 2.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
[Re: Nivlac]
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09/07/15 07:32 PM
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I'm a lot more comfortable with rear blade sights instead of the ghost ring peep type.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
[Re: der Teufel]
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09/07/15 07:36 PM
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Isn't that illegal to shoot them with a rifle that old and no scope? Yeah, are you allowed to use a rifle that's older than you are? Oh wait, I've killed a dozen hogs or so with a .303 Enfield . . . 303 Enfield...nice! My Mosin was made in 1942. I really want an M1 Garand someday since both my Grandfathers carried them; one in WWII and the other in Korea.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/07/15 10:45 PM
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i'm postaddic
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 12:38 AM
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 01:35 AM
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I like it
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 07:21 PM
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Isn't that illegal to shoot them with a rifle that old and no scope? LOL. Good shooting with your Mosin Nagant. This rifle was made to kill, and it does it well. A million dead Germans can't be wrong.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 07:23 PM
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There you go!!! I'd say you are now carrying a rifle with enough umph to get the job done right!
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 08:12 PM
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Now that you got that 'ol battle axe warmed up - SKIP the cartridge next time and plow forward with the BAYONET!!! I miss my old MN
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 08:40 PM
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Now that you got that 'ol battle axe warmed up - SKIP the cartridge next time and plow forward with the BAYONET!!! I miss my old MN And get video, of course.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 08:51 PM
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Now that you got that 'ol battle axe warmed up - SKIP the cartridge next time and plow forward with the BAYONET!!! I miss my old MN LOL! That would make an interesting pic!
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/08/15 08:52 PM
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Now that you got that 'ol battle axe warmed up - SKIP the cartridge next time and plow forward with the BAYONET!!! I miss my old MN And get video, of course. LOL!
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/09/15 03:52 AM
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Those will be flying off the shelves at Cabela's now that you proved they work on pigs....... Nice job
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/09/15 04:04 AM
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That's just flippin' cool!
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/09/15 04:11 AM
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Got one of those myself and the thing is an absolute tack driver! Been thinking about sporterizing it with an Arch Angel stock.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/09/15 05:19 AM
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Got one of those myself and the thing is an absolute tack driver! Been thinking about sporterizing it with an Arch Angel stock. I have done several of those in the last few months. The old 91/30 with a shortend and re-crowned barrel, Timney trigger, in an Archangel stock with a Rock Solid scope mount is some pretty stout juju. There are several other options though, including a trigger job that I do that will drop a stock trigger down to mere ounces.
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Old age ain't for sissies!
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/09/15 06:02 AM
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Gotta love that 7.62x54 cartridge. Makes me regret having to sell my old Mosin.
Iv got hogs an can show you a good time.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/09/15 12:24 PM
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My youngest Son's first rifle is a Mosin that I bought for him for his birthday years ago. He was playing some video game and used a Mosin in the game and had to have one. Even today, it's the first rifle he grabs when we go daytime pig hunting.
Pick up a nice Mosin for under 200.00 and a spam can of ammo for under 100.00 and that's a lot of hog hunting for little money.
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/10/15 09:13 PM
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Best gun for the money right now. They are ugly but they sure shoot with the cheap surplus. My 1943 PU sniper loves the 147 gr. silver tipped Bulgarian. $110 for 440 rds is cheap fun! Just have to clean the barrel since its corrosive.
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Re: Mosin Nagant didn't let me down. (pics)
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09/11/15 11:01 AM
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Awesome! Nothing like an old warbird like that to put meat on the table! Here are two of mine I took down with my M1 Carbine and Enfield No.5.
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