Mosin-Me-Nagant
Plinker
- May 2, 2012
- 139
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Wow, what a terrible range day!
I was shooting a zombie target at my local, and favorate, indoor range with Svetlana, my Mosin Nagant 91/30. I had shot a few clips with no more fanfare than usual. Shoot a round, lower the rifle, pull bolt back, charge a round, aim, and fire. Well, this time I lowered the rifle to get some leverage on the bolt. I pushed the bolt forward and then, holding the knob like you would a motorcycle handle, I pushed down to lock the bolt and BOOM!!!!!!!!
The rifle went off while I was treating it like it was loaded and aimed down range, i was pointed down range at a target, my fingers were on the bolt and not! the trigger, and I was sure that the bullet trap and wall behind it were ok. Needless to say, I was scared ****-less. I am a new shooter and had no idea this could happen. The bullet went into the ceiling that was steel plated.
The first thing that I could think of was the firing pin maybe sticking out? I had the store gunsmith take a look at everything and he could not reproduce the scenario while inspecting it. I have taken the bolt apart a few times to clean cosmoline and surplus ammo powder.
The only thing that I have noticed different was that the trigger pull decreased significantly over the last few weeks. The trigger weighed in around 3lbs pull. The gunsmith said the sear looked rounded and that was usually a desired attribute to a gun, but how would it lighten up on it's own?
To make things worse, I was trying out my new Peltor Electronic earmuffs that I picked up. I could not get a good fitting seal and my ears were a bit ringy after the trip. I shot mostly .22 with about 15 rounds in the Mosin. It didn't sound deafening or painful, but I noticed some discomfort when I took them off. I went back to plugs after. I also had a crappy time dealing with my junk black dog 50 round drum for the 10/22. I tried tightening the spring to stop the jams but the thing will not feed right. Back to Midway for it to pay for the tech sights that just came in.
PHEW! /rant off
I was shooting a zombie target at my local, and favorate, indoor range with Svetlana, my Mosin Nagant 91/30. I had shot a few clips with no more fanfare than usual. Shoot a round, lower the rifle, pull bolt back, charge a round, aim, and fire. Well, this time I lowered the rifle to get some leverage on the bolt. I pushed the bolt forward and then, holding the knob like you would a motorcycle handle, I pushed down to lock the bolt and BOOM!!!!!!!!
The rifle went off while I was treating it like it was loaded and aimed down range, i was pointed down range at a target, my fingers were on the bolt and not! the trigger, and I was sure that the bullet trap and wall behind it were ok. Needless to say, I was scared ****-less. I am a new shooter and had no idea this could happen. The bullet went into the ceiling that was steel plated.
The first thing that I could think of was the firing pin maybe sticking out? I had the store gunsmith take a look at everything and he could not reproduce the scenario while inspecting it. I have taken the bolt apart a few times to clean cosmoline and surplus ammo powder.
The only thing that I have noticed different was that the trigger pull decreased significantly over the last few weeks. The trigger weighed in around 3lbs pull. The gunsmith said the sear looked rounded and that was usually a desired attribute to a gun, but how would it lighten up on it's own?
To make things worse, I was trying out my new Peltor Electronic earmuffs that I picked up. I could not get a good fitting seal and my ears were a bit ringy after the trip. I shot mostly .22 with about 15 rounds in the Mosin. It didn't sound deafening or painful, but I noticed some discomfort when I took them off. I went back to plugs after. I also had a crappy time dealing with my junk black dog 50 round drum for the 10/22. I tried tightening the spring to stop the jams but the thing will not feed right. Back to Midway for it to pay for the tech sights that just came in.
PHEW! /rant off