The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

I have shot my mosin about 40 times...its a blast to shoot...but i am running out of ideas of what to shoot...the dead computer hard drive was cool..straight through a thick metal hard drive like it is nothing...What are some of the things you enjoy shooting for fun with your mosin?

If I'm not shooting paper, I'll usually shoot at clays at 100-200 yards.

Izhevsk762 wrote:If I'm not shooting paper, I'll usually shoot at clays at 100-200 yards.

Yeah i was thinking about maybe printing out targets for my next venture into my backyard

i bought a couple of zombie targets and one was a large rat with a arm in it's mouth.

dou44 wrote:i bought a couple of zombie targets and one was a large rat with a arm in it's mouth.

Nice

Watch a few Hickok45 videos. You'll get ideas what to shoot.

lol mosin!

We used to shoot water filled gallon milk jugs. I'm not sure that a 7.62 FMJ round would do anything but make a leaker out of it, but soft point 30-30 rounds used to make a pretty impressive display

Just now doing some last minute Christmas shopping, I saw a bag of those little green army men. I thought about grabbing one, but then remembered I don't have a place to shoot. Man, back in the day, I can't even guess at how many of those guys sacrificed their lives for my amusement. The Mosin would be like sending in Mach III artillery shells though

Old Golf balls. They're a real challange laying on the ground. Usually put them on top of an old rail road tie where I normally go shooting.

WE shoot the reactionary targets every once in a while, The ones that blowup. Loads of fun and only coost about $5. And some pumpkins and clay targets

I had never seen a milk jug fly so high as when I shot it with 7.62x54r!! At 100yrds I'm going to say it reached 30' in the air !! That was with a softpoint bear ammo!! Very fun!!

a lot of people have said clay targets..im probably going to get some of those defiantly... they're pretty cheap too arent they? like 10$ for 50? Any other ideas? I love shooting my mosin if you havent noticed Also..would this be ok to shoot with the mosin? with FMJ heavy ball? http://www.cabelas.com/targets-chronogr ... erralID=NA

avenger wrote:a lot of people have said clay targets..im probably going to get some of those defiantly... they're pretty cheap too arent they? like 10$ for 50? Any other ideas? I love shooting my mosin if you havent noticed

Here's one for you. Has to be in an open well ventilated area with nothing around that's flamable, like dry grass or leaves. Has to be a calm day. Sit a can of starting fluid slightly behind a candle..... ok you see where I'm going with this. Light the candle and go back about 75 to 100 yards. Shoot the can of starting fluid. Watch the fireball. Just about any aerosol product with at least a flamable propellant or flamable contents will work. A wide based candle is best. The ones that are about 2 inches or bigger in diameter are best. I probably don't have to tell you what happens if you substitute a small propane canister for the can of starting fluid.

lol, that sounds like fun

Keeping it cheap is always good

Plastic bottles of all sizes are fun but fill them with colored water, has a much better affect when you hit them nicely in the center. Biggest disappointment I ever had was a gallon jug at 200 yards and a 22-250. The jug folded up like I used a vacuum on it instead of a varmint rifle. But a nice spray of water out the back, what got me was the twist on top was still on the jug.

etprescottazusa91 wrote:Buy a box of sporting clays, the orange make good targets and lay them up against a dirt berm, you get to see destruction with every hit.

Im thinking about making a little table with a little ledge on the back to hold clays to shoot...we have tons of old wood in the basement The cool thing is clays are pretty cheap..and one of these... and id be set for awhile ;)

What about Bowling Pins?

I forgot to mention, clays are nice because they break down, no worry about pollution or cleanup like when you shoot up and old color TV

avenger wrote:a lot of people have said clay targets..im probably going to get some of those defiantly... they're pretty cheap too arent they? like 10$ for 50? Any other ideas? I love shooting my mosin if you havent noticed Also..would this be ok to shoot with the mosin? with FMJ heavy ball? http://www.cabelas.com/targets-chronogr ... erralID=NA

More like $15 for 135...As for the gong, surplus rounds will more than likely go right through it.