What's the dumbest thing you've ever done with a Mosin

hokie1999 · Post by **hokie1999** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:16 am

I went to the range Saturday with 2 boxes of Tula. I fired one shot and the shell didn't eject. I'd worked on the ejector pin recently so I said "must have screwed it up." Left range, went home and realized: wrong ammo. .308. Boxes look the same.

You know, that could have gone bad, real bad.

Somebody was looking over me Saturday!

redspoon · Post by **redspoon** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 1:26 pm

Sloooow down, what did the case look like afterwards.

websterz · Post by **websterz** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:06 pm

You didn't notice the rimless cases as you loaded the rifle??

zeebill · Post by **zeebill** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:01 pm

I didn't do anything like that yet but I do remember buying the first one I liked and that turned out to be the most expensive mistake I have ever made. Well maybe just a little bit bad not a lot!

Bill

racerguy00 · Post by **racerguy00** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:14 pm

.308 shouldn't even be able to fire in a mosin, and if it somehow did the escaping gas around the case into the action should be significant I'd think.

SA1911a1 · Post by **SA1911a1** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:43 pm

Lapses like that can end a Mosin addiction. At one time I had three nearly identical P-63s. 9x18, .380 and .32acp. I stayed so concerned about mixing something up I got rid of two of them.

TheMaineEvent · Post by **TheMaineEvent** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:10 pm

I haven't done anything stupid with a Mosin, but I put a 303 British round in a 30-06 when I was a kid. It failed to fire and has made me double check that I'm using the correct round every time now.

jimpierce7 · Post by **jimpierce7** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:11 pm

I feel much better about having all Mosins, a 9mm and a .22. No mixing them up!!

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:26 pm

hokie1999 wrote:I went to the range Saturday with 2 boxes of Tula. I fired one shot and the shell didn't eject. I'd worked on the ejector pin recently so I said "must have screwed it up." Left range, went home and realized: wrong ammo. .308. Boxes look the same.

You know, that could have gone bad, real bad.

Somebody was looking over me Saturday!

Good lesson learned that you really really really need to pay attention. It's easy to become complacent and that's when stuff like this or way worse happens. One thing I'd be checking is to see if the projectile actually cleared the bore. Since the chamber couldn't seal properly the bullet might not have had the velocity to make it all the way out of the barrel.

joe7170 · Post by **joe7170** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:43 pm

And I thought sticking the bayonet into the ceiling was the dumbest thing I did

WWW · Post by **WWW** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:58 pm

I think my biggest mistake that I made with a Mosin was picking up a 91/59 at a gun show and then setting it back down. It was gone later when I went back to get it.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:23 pm

I saw a picture of one o' them commie refurbished Mosins and figured buying just one wouldn't hurt.

BuckeyeSgt · Post by **BuckeyeSgt** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:39 pm

Dumbest things? Sold some. I have a light fixture that has the glass covering that look like they go on an oil lamp. Broke one while walking through the house at shoulder arms.

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:36 pm

Then there's this guy. [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbgj8HjZg0U[/BBvideo]

Sonny · Post by **Sonny** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:47 pm

I shot at a black bear in dim evening light..

Target was black..
Front sight was black..
Rear sight was black

Yeah I missed and feel shitty for doing so..

gopedxr7 · Post by **gopedxr7** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:06 am

please post a pic of the casing!

dumbest thing i did. shooting at a 12" log and thinking it would stop the surplus ammo. nope, it went through, then through a fence post and split a rock and was deflected somwhere. all at 50 yards.

BubbaDX · Post by **BubbaDX** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:18 am

I put one back on the shelf once and said "i'll think about it".

Gunowner99 · Post by **Gunowner99** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:02 pm

jimpierce7 wrote:I feel much better about having all Mosins, a 9mm and a .22. No mixing them up!!

I love your signature.

djbuck1 · Post by **djbuck1** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:54 pm

Failed to adequately tighten the bands on an M91, which resulted in the handguard flying off at the first shot, and then "describing a graceful arc" to land in front of the firing line. Thank God the handguard wasn't damaged.

hokie1999 · Post by **hokie1999** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:11 pm

Shell after extracting:

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