Originally Posted by
Junglecarbin
My Mosin 91 is a great rifle and is dead on. Unfortunately the bolt action is quite sticky. I am not sure if it is the surplus ammo I shoot or the rifle itself. My Mosin 44 was unissued and remains unsued.
I had the sticky bolt problem. Fixed it.
What you need to do is take the bolt down completely and clean the heck out of it. They were packed in cosmoline for so long (I guess) that it got way down into the cracks and crevices of the bolt. Caused it to stick. At least that's my impression and I've heard others do the same.
After I did that, used gun grease in and on it and had no problems. Probably shot four or five hundreds rounds before cleaning to see if it would do it again. Never did.
As for accuracy, I might have gotten lucky, but I get 4 inchers or better at 100 yds. Offhand. That's about as good as you're gonna get from a Mosin. Viced, I get 2 or 2.5 inch groups. That's good enough for me to trust it hunting. Never shoot past 150 yds usually anyway.
Best part about them is the price of ammo. It's gone up a little, but still well below any others. Only downside is they don't, and probably never will, make copper ammo for it. Not as far as I know. If there is, I'd love to know. I can't use lead ammo in some of the areas I hunt. Guess I could load my own, just gotta find dies for it.