Here is a Ram my wife took with our M44 from 180 yards. The rifle took the ram and 2 hogs , both hogs were running. I now also have a 91-30. Several of my budies have purchased Mossin Nagants to play and hunt with. Some have scopes some dont. When you buy the rifle for 70 or 80 $ you can afford to spend more on the scope than you did on the gun. You can buy soft point hunting bullets for 7 to 8$ per 20. Let's see you do that with a 270.