The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Junk Yard Dog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:18 am Never buy an antique rifle, military or otherwise, with the anticipation of getting a good shooter. Buy these for the history thay are a part of. Winchester, Remington, Henry, and others sell excellent brand new rifles that are guaranteed to shoot to your expectations or they fix the problem. With them if you got that performance you could speed dial customer service. I have bought hundreds of military surplus rifles over 40 years, and never once gave a thought to how they would shoot, I rarely even looked down the bores. If they shot well, and they often did, then cool, if not I had a cabinet full of commercial sporters that shot well. I always found the history to be the coolest aspect of martial arms collecting, I can't pick one up without imagining the interesting times it's been a part of. Never reline a milsurp, first that destroys it's collector value with a permanent alteration, a huge Very Bad Thing when dealing with antiques of any kind. Second it's a waste of money when the same money could buy you something else that shoots better. Have you tried another brand of ammunition? Sounds like the barrel crown may have a wear issue.

SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:15 am I was thinking crown too.

SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:18 am Although I very much enjoy both, there is a difference in collecting and shooting.

Lotema wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:45 pm Try some different ammo with it. I went through about 10 different brands with drastically different results. Some match grade stuff would keyhole at 25 yards. Remington Thunderbolt on the other hand would produce fantastic groups even out to 50 yards. Everything else was somewhere between the two. Mine likes the cheap, crappy ammo and I'm ok with that! My friends wz.48 was pretty similar and it too liked the Thunderbolt.

alamo308 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:57 am

Junk Yard Dog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:18 am Never buy an antique rifle, military or otherwise, with the anticipation of getting a good shooter. Buy these for the history thay are a part of. Winchester, Remington, Henry, and others sell excellent brand new rifles that are guaranteed to shoot to your expectations or they fix the problem. With them if you got that performance you could speed dial customer service. I have bought hundreds of military surplus rifles over 40 years, and never once gave a thought to how they would shoot, I rarely even looked down the bores. If they shot well, and they often did, then cool, if not I had a cabinet full of commercial sporters that shot well. I always found the history to be the coolest aspect of martial arms collecting, I can't pick one up without imagining the interesting times it's been a part of. Never reline a milsurp, first that destroys it's collector value with a permanent alteration, a huge Very Bad Thing when dealing with antiques of any kind. Second it's a waste of money when the same money could buy you something else that shoots better. Have you tried another brand of ammunition? Sounds like the barrel crown may have a wear issue.

Yep, I agree, and already knew all that, thanks anyway. Good to know someone else knows as much as I do about milsurps.
Really just looking for actual facts about relining in general.
With all my other great milsurp shooters going back to as old as 1895, including some that aren't even half as good looking as the WZ-48, it would have been nice see better results with this one which is in fact the "youngest".
Won't waste my money on more ammo down that drainpipe. Crown is good.

alamo308 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:58 am

SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:15 am I was thinking crown too.

Yep, crown was first thing I checked. GTG.

qz2026 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:47 am I see that you sold it I kept mine for about six years and never fired it. Then, I sold it as well.