Originally Posted by stalkingbear

Well, actually I recently won a bet by hitting a 12" gong at 500 yards from a "sporterized" Mosin Nagant I only paid $70 for at a pawn shop. The previous owner had put a aftermarket barrel on it, did a very good job of fitting & crown too. He had put a set of Rem 700 sites on it & put a turned down LONG bolt handle on. All I had to do was D&R the receiver, put a inexpensive scope on it (old Weaver K-4 steel tube with microtrac I'd had lying around for years), a buddy sent me a new aftermarket stock for it & I bedded it, and put a Timney trigger in it. I even used cheap Prvi Partizan 150 gr soft points in it. The bet was to take a old milsurp, and total investment of less than $500 to consistently nail a 12" gong at 500 yards. I won that easily.