mosin nagant 91/30 scope

[Kidder]

Is it worth it to put a $500+ scope on $150 rifle? Im wanting to turn it into a precision rifle to shoot over 500 meters. If so then what scope would best fit it?

 

[tulku]

Kidder .....you're " KIDDING " right ??? When I was a teenager I bought a Nagant for $15 . I will just say it was not a Target Rifle . If it were me , I would put that $500 into a nice old Used Rem 700 ( your choice of Caliber ) and buy a Used Lyman or Leupold when you have enough green . Good Luck .

 

[Kidder]

What do you mean its not a target rifle? And I already have Remington 700 in 7mm rem mag.

 

[tulku]

If a Rifle won't Group 5 Shots into 0.5 inches or less off a Bench with no Wind ( which is how I Test my Varmint Rifles ) , they get reworked or go down the road . Full Blown Target Rifles are a whole lot better . The Nagants I saw many years ago had horrible bores and Groups at 50 Yards ( with Iron Sights which is all I had at the time ) were in Inches . A while back I saw a Magazine Test of a bunch of Military Rifles and the Nagant came out well ... compared to the others which surprised the heck out of me ! I also saw a recent Ad where someone was Selling Nagant Repro Sniper Scopes . If your Nagant is in great Condition and you want to see what it will do at Long Range ..... have at it and more power to you .

 

[Panchik]

Is it worth it to put a $500+ scope on $150 rifle? Im wanting to turn it into a precision rifle to shoot over 500 meters. If so then what scope would best fit it?

If this rifle is in good condition and shoot good - why not?
I saw a lot of good results got from Mosin in both hunting and target shooting. The main downsides for me are outdated original stock and poor quality of Russian ammo.

 

[Kidder]

The bore looks to be in excellent condition. And from the looks of the rifle I don't think it seen combat at all. The stock is all ruffed up and their is still cosmoline on it. When I sporterize it ill get all of the junk out but i need to know a what scope would go great with it. Im thinking either a vortex viper hs-t or a Nikon monarch. What do yall think?