Mosin Nagant Scout scope options?

Rambopants · November 29, 2011, 11:11 PM

I decided to start hunting with my 91/30. I don't wanna drill my receiver so im gonna get a UTG mount and a scout scope. The only problem is i don't know anything about Scout Scopes.... I want something i can shoot accurate up to 100 yards if that's even possible with these scopes. Please help! Thanks.

OkieCruffler · November 30, 2011, 10:19 AM

Probably the best mount made for the M-N's. http://milsurpshooter.net/topic/3695...t-Availibility
And yes you're rifle would be good for 100 yrds and beyond.

Rambopants · November 30, 2011, 11:06 AM

Whats the highest power scout scope I could use?

benogil · November 30, 2011, 02:41 PM

Nothing wrong with the UTG trirail and a Ncstar LER scope combo.
May not be a Burris or Leupold, but many folks are pleased.
http://www.opticsplanet.net/ncstar-p...-spb2732b.html

AirborneMosinFan · November 30, 2011, 03:12 PM

One of my two will stay the red dot I put on it and the other is getting this.

http://centerfiresystems.com/MNTMOI01.aspx

http://centerfiresystems.com/STKMOI01.aspx

I spend 130 on the finnish hex barrel and soon 100 to sporterize. For the accuracy and round I will get you can't buy that for 230 in anything else.

AirborneMosinFan · November 30, 2011, 05:14 PM

They offer a military discount and I loved the product I recieved for my Arisaka and mosin.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/SKM9170-1.html

As for accurate up to 100 a red dot with do but any scope with a long eye relief of 8 inches will do just fine, alot of cheap pistol scopes work well my friend used this one with great success.

http://www.combatoptical.com/catalog...-ring-420.html

OkieCruffler · November 30, 2011, 06:18 PM

I've used alot of NcStar scopes, destroyed a few of them. But not as many as you might think. Had a 2X20 that held up to everything I put it on, including my 444marlin scope eater. A good all around scope that won't break the bank too much is the Bushnell Trophy 2-6X.

res45 · December 3, 2011, 10:37 AM

I went with the S & K ring mount and NcStar 3 x 7 x 32 LER scope on my M44 the also make a Weaver rail version as well. My brother has the same setup on his 91/30 for about five years now and has no issues.
http://207.36.233.89/reviews/skm44scopemount/index.asp

jimbob86 · December 3, 2011, 11:07 AM

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The only problem is i don't know anything about Scout Scopes.... I want something i can shoot accurate up to 100 yards if that's even possible with these scopes. Please help! Thanks.

I have set up two rifles with the scout set-up, a Marlin 30A (X-S sight systems Leverscout mount and Burris 2.5X pistol scope) for my Eldest daughter, and a Ruger Frontier (2.5X Leupold on the factory rib).

A scout scope (or any scope) won't make your gun any more accurate: it will only make your target image larger...... If you can't hit a pie plate a 100 yards from field positions with the iron sights on your Mosin, making the pie plate appear larger to your eye won't help ....... The one thing a good scope has over the irons on the Mosin is repeatable adjustments to the aiming point- you move the aiming point of the irons with a hammer and brass drift punch......

All the scout scope mounting options for the Mosin I have seen look pretty flimsy, which cancels out the one really great quality of the Mosin: ruggedness.

The one really great quality of the scout scope set-up is handiness and speed of use, which is just silly on a rifle that is nearly 5 feet long......

I have a Mosin ........ I doubt I will put a scout scope on it. I'll spend the money on brass and bullets for practice, in an effort to shoot up to the accuracy of my rifle .........

jimbob86 · December 3, 2011, 11:13 AM

@res45:

That set-up seems very high for the comb height of the stock- make it hard to get a good cheek weld, no? (I realize it is not as bad as the original Russian scopes, which stuck up there like 3 or 4 inches.......)

I have an older .270 Remington that has a stock that was not designed for a scope...... I put a Beartooth Products neoprene comb raising kit on there.... now when I mount the gun, the scope reticle apears in front of my eyes, like magic........

res45 · December 3, 2011, 11:48 AM

I didn't really notice a problem with the cheek weld after installing the mount and scope the height is a little deceiving once you have the rifle in your hands,maybe it my facial structure or the way I shoot but it seem to work ok. I have a much higher Choate mount on Yugo SKS rifle and I shoot better groups with it than I do the Mosin.

I'm just an old country boy that used to put food on the table with my guns and learned to shoot what ever was put in my hands before the internet came along and told me I was doing everything the wrong way.

On a side note that group posted with the rifle was shot by two different individuals,myself two bullet holes directly to the right of the bull and one of my friends top three holes above mine that I reload,cast and shoot with so it seem the cheek weld isn't an issue for either of us.

November 29, 2011, 11:11 PM	#1
Rambopants Junior Member Join Date: November 29, 2011 Posts: 2	Mosin Nagant Scout scope options? I decided to start hunting with my 91/30. I don't wanna drill my receiver so im gonna get a UTG mount and a scout scope. The only problem is i don't know anything about Scout Scopes.... I want something i can shoot accurate up to 100 yards if that's even possible with these scopes. Please help! Thanks.

November 30, 2011, 10:19 AM	#2
OkieCruffler Senior Member Join Date: July 9, 2001 Location: Denison Texas on the banks of Texhoma Posts: 1,556	Probably the best mount made for the M-N's. http://milsurpshooter.net/topic/3695...t-Availibility And yes you're rifle would be good for 100 yrds and beyond. __________________ John A. Monroe, Never Forgive, Never Forget, Blood Pays Blood

November 30, 2011, 03:12 PM	#5
AirborneMosinFan Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2011 Location: Kelly nc Posts: 137	I'm getting away from the scout scope, it was no fun. One of my two will stay the red dot I put on it and the other is getting this. http://centerfiresystems.com/MNTMOI01.aspx http://centerfiresystems.com/STKMOI01.aspx I spend 130 on the finnish hex barrel and soon 100 to sporterize. For the accuracy and round I will get you can't buy that for 230 in anything else. __________________ "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - General George Washington

November 30, 2011, 05:14 PM	#6
AirborneMosinFan Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2011 Location: Kelly nc Posts: 137	If are set on the scout scope get from from s&k They offer a military discount and I loved the product I recieved for my Arisaka and mosin. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/SKM9170-1.html As for accurate up to 100 a red dot with do but any scope with a long eye relief of 8 inches will do just fine, alot of cheap pistol scopes work well my friend used this one with great success. http://www.combatoptical.com/catalog...-ring-420.html __________________ "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - General George Washington

November 30, 2011, 06:18 PM	#7
OkieCruffler Senior Member Join Date: July 9, 2001 Location: Denison Texas on the banks of Texhoma Posts: 1,556	I've used alot of NcStar scopes, destroyed a few of them. But not as many as you might think. Had a 2X20 that held up to everything I put it on, including my 444marlin scope eater. A good all around scope that won't break the bank too much is the Bushnell Trophy 2-6X. __________________ John A. Monroe, Never Forgive, Never Forget, Blood Pays Blood

November 30, 2011, 11:06 AM	#3
Rambopants Junior Member Join Date: November 29, 2011 Posts: 2	Whats the highest power scout scope I could use?

November 30, 2011, 02:41 PM	#4
benogil Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2008 Posts: 131	Nothing wrong with the UTG trirail and a Ncstar LER scope combo. May not be a Burris or Leupold, but many folks are pleased. http://www.opticsplanet.net/ncstar-p...-spb2732b.html

December 3, 2011, 10:37 AM	#8
res45 Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2007 Location: NC Posts: 753	I went with the S & K ring mount and NcStar 3 x 7 x 32 LER scope on my M44 the also make a Weaver rail version as well. My brother has the same setup on his 91/30 for about five years now and has no issues. http://207.36.233.89/reviews/skm44scopemount/index.asp Last edited by res45; December 3, 2011 at 10:42 AM.

December 3, 2011, 11:13 AM	#10
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	@res45: That set-up seems very high for the comb height of the stock- make it hard to get a good cheek weld, no? (I realize it is not as bad as the original Russian scopes, which stuck up there like 3 or 4 inches.......) I have an older .270 Remington that has a stock that was not designed for a scope...... I put a Beartooth Products neoprene comb raising kit on there.... now when I mount the gun, the scope reticle apears in front of my eyes, like magic........

December 3, 2011, 11:48 AM	#11
res45 Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2007 Location: NC Posts: 753	I didn't really notice a problem with the cheek weld after installing the mount and scope the height is a little deceiving once you have the rifle in your hands,maybe it my facial structure or the way I shoot but it seem to work ok. I have a much higher Choate mount on Yugo SKS rifle and I shoot better groups with it than I do the Mosin. I'm just an old country boy that used to put food on the table with my guns and learned to shoot what ever was put in my hands before the internet came along and told me I was doing everything the wrong way. On a side note that group posted with the rifle was shot by two different individuals,myself two bullet holes directly to the right of the bull and one of my friends top three holes above mine that I reload,cast and shoot with so it seem the cheek weld isn't an issue for either of us.