Smyert Mk1 restored

[Grimstod]

The aluminum flash on the barrel will come off easily with a oil soaked polishing cloth. Sorry about that but it is necessary to use a heavy metal vise on a Mosin. Wheeler makes a cool looking vise with the little hardwood blocks but its insufficient to break loose a Mosin barrel. It will clean up with no problems. Shows you may have a little Russian in your blood, they never let any good parts go to waste.

I knew it would come of and it did not alarm me at all.

[Grimstod]

This project is Looking like it mite be a success. Now first let me tell you a little about how terribly this thing shot. Like a scatter gun It was really the worst shooting gun I ever shot. Best group I ever got was 2.75in and that was with hand loads and resting 1:20 between shots to let the barrel cool. I tell you I tried everything to get here to shoot good but nothing helped. Tried Bedding it, quorking the barrel, different sites, hand loads, every type of factory bullet I could buy but nothing grouped under 4in consistently!

Now she is shooting much better. After firing 15 rounds to get it sited in I made a nice 2.5in group on a smoking hot barrel with junky surplus. Really am stoked about this one. I think with hand loads I might even be able to get it close to 1MOA!!

[ShootnMathews]

great job

[Marauder 1]

Nice job Ben, You've done her proud!!
Mark

[Grimstod]

I shot a much better group with her on another day. vertical spread with the match ammo is really low. I will do a video with here once I finish testing my cork and finding the right spot for it.

[Grimstod]

I have done some fine running and now she is shooting much better. Doe a 1in 3shot group with surplus now.

Watch on youtube.com

[Marauder 1]

Nice video, what software is on the screen in the background? Glad you got a good barrel on that Tula.

Mark

[farmerboy78]

Pretty cool, glad you got the old girl running again! And well

[Grimstod]

Thanks Farmer boy.

Mark the left screen is Aperture and the right one is iMovie. Both are the same computer.

[Shepard]

I see you've got a new shooting stand. I like it. You need to do a video review of it. I found a bipod I'm posting over in the equipment section.