Furthest shot taken with your rifle

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Furthest shot taken with your rifle

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Whats the furthest you've fired your 91/30 sniper? How good did it group?

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You mean the bullet still hasn't gotten there?
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websterz wrote:You mean the bullet still hasn't gotten there?
I guess you need to practice more!
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Yup.
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Never fired my PU, it's a Vietnam bringback, last time it was fired was at US troops. Never cared for the optics on it, or the scope mount setup.
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I guess no one shoots their rifles. One of the best parts about collecting is shooting what you collect.
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I shoot almost everything I own, my long range vision sucks these days so I don't bother much with shooting past 100 yards, mostly with my .22's. I have taken shots in the past out to as much as 600 yards, but for me to hit at that distance is more luck than skill.
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1000 yards in the military with an M-14....200 yards with an M-16. Finding a range longer than 100 yards is almost impossible...but at 100 yards I can get an 1 1/4" group out of my 91/30 and 1" out of my M39...with Belgium surplus ammo. Check out my posts DOG will verify my post here huh DOG!

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Oh, I've probably stood back about 12-15 ft at one time. :lol: :lol: :lol: I really need a wide angle lens. :chuckles: :chuckles:
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I have no Sniper rifle... I did shoot my Iron sight M39 at over 800 yards though. Compact car hood with a bullseye painted on it. I hit the hood probably 30% of the time. :wink:
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Rongo wrote:I have no Sniper rifle... I did shoot my Iron sight M39 at over 800 yards though. Compact car hood with a bullseye painted on it. I hit the hood probably 30% of the time. :wink:
That's a long freekin' shot with iron sights. :beek:
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That 30% is better than I would have done :)
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This was the distance... Note the hood (white dot) along the tree line.
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Even in the pic I had some trouble making that out, and I blew up the screen in order to see it better.
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Lilkicker wrote:I guess no one shoots their rifles. One of the best parts about collecting is shooting what you collect.
You asked about a specific rifle. How many times have you shot your 1898 Finn M91? Don't have one? I don't have a 91/30 sniper.
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neorebel wrote:1000 yards in the military with an M-14....200 yards with an M-16. Finding a range longer than 100 yards is almost impossible...but at 100 yards I can get an 1 1/4" group out of my 91/30 and 1" out of my M39...with Belgium surplus ammo. Check out my posts DOG will verify my post here huh DOG!

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There's a 300 yard range in Southern Missouri, I shot my 40 Tula and Polish M44 on it. Standard man-size targets, I got one hit out of five with the Tula and three out of five with the M44. That was all I shot though, I'll go back there next year and try and better that.
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I shoot my pu sniper at two hundred yards and it groups about the size of a softball. At 140 yards its about base ball size groups. At 50 yards golf ball size groups and isn't even any fun. Just too easy. Love the rifle tho.
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No PU but i shot my 40 M91 at 460 yd gong. Did really good. 2 foot diameter gong.
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What do you think the average distance a russian sniper would shot during the war?
Rongo wrote:This was the distance... Note the hood (white dot) along the tree line.
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Is that your home range? I would love to have something that!
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Mike wrote:There's a 300 yard range in Southern Missouri, I shot my 40 Tula and Polish M44 on it. Standard man-size targets, I got one hit out of five with the Tula and three out of five with the M44. That was all I shot though, I'll go back there next year and try and better that.
Where at? I would like to shoot further than 100yards whole I can still see halfway decent.
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