The 1st 6000 M39's built at SAKO in 1941 had the straight stock due to not having the machinery for making the pistol grip stock at the time. The stock was made using the pattern from the M28/30 which in itself was also an excellent rifle built for the Civil Guard. The M28/30 was the rifle Simo Häyhä used during the Winter War.
I agree, However It may be close with the M-39,, They were gone through by the Fin's. But.. Like you I believe that the K-31 would have an edge over the the M-39. I love mine.. Never going to get rid of it.
There is no actual D166 surplus ammo available in the States. So it would be old and crummy Swiss 7,5x55 surplus ammo against hadloaded brand spanking new Lapua D166 bullets with Vihtavuori N140 powder and Brand spanking new Lapua 53R-brass and brand spanking new CCI-primers.. Actually I think some of the barrels on M39s were made by the same folks at Sig that made the K31.. Go figure.. :D
I'm sure that in his network Eric could get some Factory D-166, He has 1.343.445 and growing subscribers, There has to be someone out there who could get him some or tell him where to get it. You are right though, The Handloaded ammo would be a race in it's self. Good point though StPaul76.
I enjoyed the video. Years ago I somehow accidently found my way into an M39 for $70 at my local gun shop. I knew it was a moisin but I had never seen one like it before. I didn't actually know just what it was until several years later. I took it to the range with surplus Russian ammo and it stacked them on top of each other at a 100 yards. A very good shooting rifle. I was very pleased years later when I learned that they were very collectable and sought after. I want to load some D166 and see what she can do. Thanks guys, I really enjoy your videos.
Got damn, those rounds were smacking the shit outta that target. I absolutely love the sound of lead hitting a steel; one of the most satisfying sounds in the world.
I really enjoy watching the range videos, love the live commentary on the Gun and it's history. I'm an English man and would REALLY ENJOY watching another range video (like this one) on the Lee Enfield. :-)
I have one of these, handed down through 3 generations. Still take it to the range every now and then with the old man. So much fun to shoot with the iron sights only.
I have a pristine M39 that I bought for cheap 30 years ago. With a load that it likes it is astonishing what it will do. 5 shot 100 yards Groups with all holes over laying. Remarkable rifle.
Hi all you Finns, I just want to thank you on behalf of many Americans for your excellent rifles and for Linux, Angry Birds, and those once popular Finnish cell phones that we don't use much any more. You guys make good stuff. Please make us some more! Waiting....
well done guy .. plzz keep posting more Videos .. I am an English interpreter I working With an american , british & Canadians military trainers here in kurdistan .. really I got a very great benefit from your videos
I watched this and the reloading video when I was living in UK and couldnt own guns, now that I live back in Finland and have m39 and cant find your reloading videos anymore thanks to YT.......
I recently got a M39 in a trade at a gun show. I bought some Monarch green cased ammo from our local Academy and hit the range at my local gun club. I set the ladder at 600 yards and fired at the 24" gong at that distance. I was ringing it 3/5 shots each magazine. I'm very satisfied with the weapon.
I ask cause a buddy of mine has harvested several California ground squirrels at our farm at that distance with his hopped up 10/22. He did 3 in one day. If i wasn't there i would not have believed it.
I just wanted to say thanks for all the knowledge I have gained from all your vids. There are tons of large channels like yours but this is the one I always return to. Definitely my favorite non gaming channel although I believe I found this one from the BF1 related video LOL
Thanks Eric and Chad,I absolutely love my M39's and K31's so seeing a video on using handloads is great. I must have completely missed the D166 video so I'm going there after this......it was you Eric that got me addicted to the M39 and K31 so thanks again for continuing to do video on this two awesome rifles!!!
Hey. I reloaded the rifle M 39 cartridges with Lapua 6,5g bullets. They are accurate up to 150 m. Shooting with this bullet is pleasant the recoil is low. Nice video 👍👍🎯🎯
I was very excited to see the video on reloading the D166, and this is the proof of its deadly reputation. Until I did some long distance shooting myself last year I didnt realize how much the wind factors in. Some might watch this, and think its accuracy was nothing to sing about, but quite the opposite is true, 600 yards, open sights, 20mph crosswinds, is nothing to "sniff-off". I'm 100% confident, if one of those cows had made a mis-step, it would have been met with a very swift end, those rounds struck the plate with plenty of authority.
A Mosin M91/30 was the first gun I ever owned, I still marvel every time at how accurate a 1944 milsurp is. One day I'd like to get my hands on one of the Finnish models.
Love the old M39 - the Finns made great guns. Like to see more of old war guns being shot - such as the small ring Mauser 96s, and other European shoulder arms of the previous two world wars.
Straight stock M39s were all used in combat. It was a small batch made with old specification stocks and those were delivered to border guard units which were advancing into east at the beginning of the continuation war. (And I've got one.)
Sometimes I curse the fact that I was born a Millennial. I feel like the best days of milsurp collecting has long passed. It just makes it more urgent to start collecting now. I'm hoping to get an M39 as soon as I get a steady job.
Hey guys. Had a thought for a video that I think would be really fitting for you bros. A ballistic comparison of various barrel length ARs with a chrono from 100-600 yards. SBR, 14.5, 16, 18 etc all in 5.56 for the guys out there trying to decide what to do with their next build. It would be great to see the benefits and differences with real, tangible evidence to help decide. Hope you guys see this and hope it's not something you guys already have done. Keep it up. Congrats on 1.3M subs! Well deserved!
Impressive shooting with iron sights. I took my M39 out the other day and just wanted to empty the case on 6 HLs that were not working that I had for the brass (intended for a PSL) and even with my bad eyes they all were grouped nice and tight. Love those M39s.
gromann That's inspiring. I have a typical Russian 91/30 that I put into an archangel stock. I was thinking about digging up an m39 barrel and having it put onto my 91/30. Maybe I'll hold off on that and see what kind of accuracy I can get out of the original before I go dumping even more money into it. I put a Timney trigger into and got a bipod etc etc. Really jazzed it up more than it's worth. Luckily it's a project gun for my son and I don't plan on selling it cause I'll never get out what I put into it. Just wanted to see how much accuracy I could get out of an old milsurp rifle if I gave it some help. I haven't really had a chance to put it to the test but before I put anymore into it I'll see how well it's doing. This is probably more info than you were expecting. Sorry.
Mosins react very well to accurizing. The action lends itself to great feats of accuracy, but that's also why their accuracy is so inconsistent. There may be a 91/30 that did 1 moa out of the factory just because it happened to have that lovely luck of having perfect tolerances from luck. A 3-4 MOA rifle being average - with handloads, bedding and floating, then a better trigger (or just a trigger job) can get very respectable groups. I'd say upgrade the barrel as a last resort if you have good rifling and the crown is intact.
Hey Eric, I wanted to share my information for you and the others, now I know what the big "T" in a m39 stock means. Those rifles were kind of a reference rifles which units had and adjusted or checked zeroing of other rifles somehow with those marked rifles. So they were not allowed to be used in combat to avoid losing the reference values in them. I don't exactly know how that was done in practice, but those rifles should be in a better condition than some others. Hope this was helpful and greetings from Finland! PS "T" could indicate "tarkka"=accurate, "tarkistus"=check, inspection etc...
I thought I was alone in that respect LOL!!! I do the same thing. Then, I usually get all giddy and head out to the back acreage for some shooting of my own
Some things we'd all like to see: Pattern 17 Enfield video; K31 vs M39 at range; "Winter War Special"; m1903a4 at 600 yards; scoped milsurps; milsurp shotguns; more milsurps in general. Thank you.
Eric & Chad, Barry would be So Proud of you boys, he would dance an Ol' Timers Jig! Y'all Have Done Him Proud! Awesome Video, Thanks Much & Keep Having Fun!
good video, i personally usa wolf wpa 200gr. match extra in my m39 finns and i get great accuracy and it only costs about 20 bucks a box no need to hand load.
I liked what I saw. 600 yard is by no means an easy shot. I would like to see you guy work up a custom cast bullet load for the M39. For all of us casters it would be great to see you find a bullet mold (albeit custom probably an NOE or accurate mold) that would be awesome in the M39. Lee/ RCBS etc. would be great too as long as it was a great load.
I must agree with Eric such a nice gun to be old as it is and shoots is remarkable in my view glad to see your still having fun tack care and keep the video clips coming thanks and a hello frump the United Kingdome
200 grains....600 yards! Sweet! I really like my M39. I would like to change one thing.....the thickness of that front sight blade. I wonder if that might improve the long range results.
It'd be cool to see y'all do a similar video with the Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55, seing as that still is kinda the go-to caliber here in Sweden when it comes to hunting!
53R was the bullet what Lapua design just for finnish mosins. Finnish army wanted the most accurate round so they design bullet to match the rifle. It was the starting point for their own designs.
i was lucky to get 480 rd.'s of 1999 Yugo brass non-mag. ammo and the groups i get with my M-39 Sako iron sights are amazing with my old eyes. these M-39's are truly the best Mosin there is. i'll put it up to my 98 Mauser anytime even with the good 8mm ammo i have for that. the sights on M-39's make it easier than the Mauser.
Perrkele jo on nu ei osu... Ite latasin samoja vihtavuori povder.. Must be the wind!!.. That must be wind shooter or somethin else.. Thats warm my heart when you say idiot behind riffle😊!!..
I have done a fair amount of target shooting at 600 yards. But it shooting at bigger bullseyes with rifles that had sights that were easily adjustable for windage. Even then the wind cold play havoc. I find your marksmanship to be quite credible under your circumstances.
hi no one seems to care over here in England but I've secured funding to attend the SDI I cannot wait even though I've got to there wait lists crazy long
You've probably seen it, but you should watch 9 Hole Reviews video of their test of this same model rifle. I've learned a lot from watching Henry and his commentary about how he holds off using different aspects of the iron sights, and different terrain markers. Also your spotter wasn't giving you complete information. More than a few times, he was telling you high or right when you were both. Watch the video and you'll see. Watch Henry's spotter John. Excellent spotter. Notice he gives the miss in terms like 1/2 target low, full target right. I think you're in NC. Wishing you were closer to the mountains so we could all get together for some shooting. I have a M39 as well, but it came with a 2.5 post and crosshair Derrick's.
I'd like to see you guys do that video again without all that wind. I think you'd do a lot better. That wind was really kicking up. I want to see what that thing can do and the wind didn't do it justice. Maybe you guys could revisit this one?? Beautiful rifle by the way.
Funny, I was just at a long range yesterday here in Ohio and 1st shot at 600 hards set at 550 on my M39 was a hit on the plate. I was tempted to quit there. Lol. That was barnaul 174 grain as well. I'll load up some real lapua stuff soon and see what it does
The 1st 6000 M39's built at SAKO in 1941 had the straight stock due to not having the machinery for making the pistol grip stock at the time. The stock was made using the pattern from the M28/30 which in itself was also an excellent rifle built for the Civil Guard. The M28/30 was the rifle Simo Häyhä used during the Winter War.
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So thats really m39.. Looks very much like 28/30. Just like my own.
Thank you for the info.
Was about to say this one doesn't have the semi pistol grip, thanks for the info
need this in my life!
yes you do, you need more milsurps on your channel and you need a wood stock on that M1A you just reviewed ;)
CAted 1996 ^^^^ He's right ya know..??
Eric please, do more videos about the M39. I love that rifle. Thanks for this video
They took the original reloading video down its on Full30 now. Thanks Eric! Buying a mint condition M39 SKY right now.
Watching this video makes me proud of being a Finn.
You and Chad need to do a shoot off.. The M-39 Vs. the K-31 @ 600 yards.. Handloaded and Service surplus ammo. Now that would be a good Video. Dave.
GP11 kicks ass
Yep.. I love mine.. I did a Video on my channel with the up graded sights (Diopter) Available from Swiss products. 1/4 inch groups. @100 yards.
I agree, However It may be close with the M-39,, They were gone through by the Fin's. But.. Like you I believe that the K-31 would have an edge over the the M-39. I love mine.. Never going to get rid of it.
There is no actual D166 surplus ammo available in the States. So it would be old and crummy Swiss 7,5x55 surplus ammo against hadloaded brand spanking new Lapua D166 bullets with Vihtavuori N140 powder and Brand spanking new Lapua 53R-brass and brand spanking new CCI-primers.. Actually I think some of the barrels on M39s were made by the same folks at Sig that made the K31.. Go figure.. :D
I'm sure that in his network Eric could get some Factory D-166, He has 1.343.445 and growing subscribers, There has to be someone out there who could get him some or tell him where to get it. You are right though, The Handloaded ammo would be a race in it's self. Good point though StPaul76.
1800 feet with open sights, and a gun that is what, 80 to 90 years old? That is way beyond cool. Big fun.
I enjoyed the video. Years ago I somehow accidently found my way into an M39 for $70 at my local gun shop. I knew it was a moisin but I had never seen one like it before. I didn't actually know just what it was until several years later. I took it to the range with surplus Russian ammo and it stacked them on top of each other at a 100 yards. A very good shooting rifle. I was very pleased years later when I learned that they were very collectable and sought after. I want to load some D166 and see what she can do. Thanks guys, I really enjoy your videos.
Swiss K31 vs Finnish M39 vs Russian 91/30 vs 1903 Springfield vs German Kar98 at 600 yards.
Got damn, those rounds were smacking the shit outta that target. I absolutely love the sound of lead hitting a steel; one of the most satisfying sounds in the world.
I really enjoy watching the range videos, love the live commentary on the Gun and it's history. I'm an English man and would REALLY ENJOY watching another range video (like this one) on the Lee Enfield. :-)
It'd be cool to see the mosin, Mauser, enfield, Springfield and other milsurp bolts side by side at long range
I have one of these, handed down through 3 generations. Still take it to the range every now and then with the old man. So much fun to shoot with the iron sights only.
I just bought a 1916 Spanish Mauser in 7 mm Mauser from J&G Sales. I absolutely love this rifle!
I am thinking about buying one in 7.62x51 next.
7mm Mauser is an awesome round I have a Chilean 95 short and it’s a plate ringer all day.. smooth action too .
I have a pristine M39 that I bought for cheap 30 years ago. With a load that it likes it is astonishing what it will do. 5 shot 100 yards Groups with all holes over laying.
Remarkable rifle.
You all had already sold me on eventually getting an M39! Such a beautiful rifle and I love great engineering. Thanks for sharing.
I have 2 now. Amazing rifles.
perkele
Tässähän pitää käydä torilla melkein päivittäin kohta.
Karjala takaisin!
suomalainen voima (3/4 finnish here)
No nyt on kyllä hurja meininki.
Hi all you Finns, I just want to thank you on behalf of many Americans for your excellent rifles and for Linux, Angry Birds, and those once popular Finnish cell phones that we don't use much any more. You guys make good stuff. Please make us some more! Waiting....
well done guy .. plzz keep posting more Videos .. I am an English interpreter I working With an american , british & Canadians military trainers here in kurdistan .. really I got a very great benefit from your videos
I'm surprised they still bring back good old memories Barry I do miss him a lot from go back to the old videos and listen from him
You guys are great. MY FAVORITE GUN CHANNEL
I watched this and the reloading video when I was living in UK and couldnt own guns, now that I live back in Finland and have m39 and cant find your reloading videos anymore thanks to YT.......
I recently got a M39 in a trade at a gun show. I bought some Monarch green cased ammo from our local Academy and hit the range at my local gun club. I set the ladder at 600 yards and fired at the 24" gong at that distance. I was ringing it 3/5 shots each magazine. I'm very satisfied with the weapon.
Moving to the US was the best choice I ever made. I love my wife and I love my guns!
Where did you move from?
challenge: i would like to see a .22lr out of chad's hoped up 10/22 on gelblocks at 600 yards
Next to no penetration
Chad Dieffenbach i have gotten milk jugs to spill water that's about it at around 550
I ask cause a buddy of mine has harvested several California ground squirrels at our farm at that distance with his hopped up 10/22. He did 3 in one day. If i wasn't there i would not have believed it.
Chad Dieffenbach you'd be surprised
jared Noah agreed.
I just wanted to say thanks for all the knowledge I have gained from all your vids. There are tons of large channels like yours but this is the one I always return to. Definitely my favorite non gaming channel although I believe I found this one from the BF1 related video LOL
Absolutely love the sound at the start when the round was going into the dirt
Thanks Eric and Chad,I absolutely love my M39's and K31's so seeing a video on using handloads is great. I must have completely missed the D166 video so I'm going there after this......it was you Eric that got me addicted to the M39 and K31 so thanks again for continuing to do video on this two awesome rifles!!!
Hey. I reloaded the rifle M 39 cartridges with Lapua 6,5g bullets. They are accurate up to 150 m. Shooting with this bullet is pleasant the recoil is low. Nice video 👍👍🎯🎯
Simo Häyhä, got over 800 kills with one of those rifles durring the winter war with no scope.
Since the M39 rifle emerged after the Winter War Simo's feat was not only extraordinary but unbelievable...
I was very excited to see the video on reloading the D166, and this is the proof of its deadly reputation. Until I did some long distance shooting myself last year I didnt realize how much the wind factors in. Some might watch this, and think its accuracy was nothing to sing about, but quite the opposite is true, 600 yards, open sights, 20mph crosswinds, is nothing to "sniff-off".
I'm 100% confident, if one of those cows had made a mis-step, it would have been met with a very swift end, those rounds struck the plate with plenty of authority.
Where is this video on reloading the D166? Im very interested !
Thanks
mauser 98 600 yard please.thanks for great videos
Better be seeing the Lee Enfield after that
mauser 123 He just did a video on that
A Mosin M91/30 was the first gun I ever owned, I still marvel every time at how accurate a 1944 milsurp is. One day I'd like to get my hands on one of the Finnish models.
550 meters, damn thats good shooting!
Krasi Radev is that what 600yards is. well a thousand yards is 920meters
548.64 meters
the sound of ringing steel is a great thing. did some of that Saturday.
Love the old M39 - the Finns made great guns. Like to see more of old war guns being shot - such as the small ring Mauser 96s, and other European shoulder arms of the previous two world wars.
Straight stock M39s were all used in combat. It was a small batch made with old specification stocks and those were delivered to border guard units which were advancing into east at the beginning of the continuation war. (And I've got one.)
The Finnish m-39 is not an off the rack mosin. It is a refurbished mosin. A much better rifle than a conscript mosin.
If Eric is high and left we have a serious problem :)
I like your last name Mr. Sýkora.
😂
I enjoy these types of videos from you guys, you are lively characters that are fun to watch shoot.
Sometimes I curse the fact that I was born a Millennial. I feel like the best days of milsurp collecting has long passed. It just makes it more urgent to start collecting now. I'm hoping to get an M39 as soon as I get a steady job.
I have m39 it was captured by the Finns and Sako modified it. super accurate
Just put a order in for some 7.62x53r and a box of d166 projectiles not a bad way to burn through $250 the joys of living in Australia
Hey guys. Had a thought for a video that I think would be really fitting for you bros. A ballistic comparison of various barrel length ARs with a chrono from 100-600 yards. SBR, 14.5, 16, 18 etc all in 5.56 for the guys out there trying to decide what to do with their next build. It would be great to see the benefits and differences with real, tangible evidence to help decide. Hope you guys see this and hope it's not something you guys already have done. Keep it up. Congrats on 1.3M subs! Well deserved!
Six hundred yards in the wind with an off the rack antique rifle and you're still hittin' steel! Nice shootin, Eric!
Impressive shooting with iron sights. I took my M39 out the other day and just wanted to empty the case on 6 HLs that were not working that I had for the brass (intended for a PSL) and even with my bad eyes they all were grouped nice and tight. Love those M39s.
Do a comparison test between finnish m39 and the russian standard mosin! please
depends on the condition of the russian barrel
Bleach That would be an interesting video. I'd love to see that too. Just to see how much better the Fin does.
Sanford Hoffman you know, with handloads my 91/30 seems to shoot a little better than my m39.
gromann That's inspiring. I have a typical Russian 91/30 that I put into an archangel stock. I was thinking about digging up an m39 barrel and having it put onto my 91/30. Maybe I'll hold off on that and see what kind of accuracy I can get out of the original before I go dumping even more money into it. I put a Timney trigger into and got a bipod etc etc. Really jazzed it up more than it's worth. Luckily it's a project gun for my son and I don't plan on selling it cause I'll never get out what I put into it. Just wanted to see how much accuracy I could get out of an old milsurp rifle if I gave it some help. I haven't really had a chance to put it to the test but before I put anymore into it I'll see how well it's doing. This is probably more info than you were expecting. Sorry.
Mosins react very well to accurizing. The action lends itself to great feats of accuracy, but that's also why their accuracy is so inconsistent. There may be a 91/30 that did 1 moa out of the factory just because it happened to have that lovely luck of having perfect tolerances from luck. A 3-4 MOA rifle being average - with handloads, bedding and floating, then a better trigger (or just a trigger job) can get very respectable groups. I'd say upgrade the barrel as a last resort if you have good rifling and the crown is intact.
Hey Eric, I wanted to share my information for you and the others, now I know what the big "T" in a m39 stock means. Those rifles were kind of a reference rifles which units had and adjusted or checked zeroing of other rifles somehow with those marked rifles. So they were not allowed to be used in combat to avoid losing the reference values in them. I don't exactly know how that was done in practice, but those rifles should be in a better condition than some others. Hope this was helpful and greetings from Finland!
PS "T" could indicate "tarkka"=accurate, "tarkistus"=check, inspection etc...
I cuddled with my M39 while watching this video
alaskajohn907 I know the feeling...I like to get out and fondle guns appropriate to the video I'm watching.
I thought I was alone in that respect LOL!!! I do the same thing. Then, I usually get all giddy and head out to the back acreage for some shooting of my own
I really need on of these in my life.
I've been waiting for this vid! My body is ready!
Taylor Petty Is your statement up for interpretation?
Some things we'd all like to see: Pattern 17 Enfield video; K31 vs M39 at range; "Winter War Special"; m1903a4 at 600 yards; scoped milsurps; milsurp shotguns; more milsurps in general. Thank you.
Love my M39, great video. Love seeing y'all shoot!
Eric did u know that people actually use the M39 and K31 at the Camp Perry vintage rifle matches
Eric & Chad, Barry would be So Proud of you boys, he would dance an Ol' Timers Jig! Y'all Have Done Him Proud!
Awesome Video, Thanks Much & Keep Having Fun!
good video, i personally usa wolf wpa 200gr. match extra in my m39 finns and i get great accuracy and it only costs about 20 bucks a box no need to hand load.
That snap sound is so awesome
You need to revisit the "how far will a 12 gauge kill" thought y'all were going to make a follow up vid when you had a bigger range...cant wait
Love the long distance videos guys!! Keep up the great work.
Do you guys have a microphone near that gong ? It sounds much clearer and closer than usual. Superb content as always !
I liked what I saw. 600 yard is by no means an easy shot.
I would like to see you guy work up a custom cast bullet load for the M39. For all of us casters it would be great to see you find a bullet mold (albeit custom probably an NOE or accurate mold) that would be awesome in the M39. Lee/ RCBS etc. would be great too as long as it was a great load.
AWSOME video as always brother. Great shooting.
LOL.yea once you found the hold it was spot on.Looks like too much fun.
I must agree with Eric such a nice gun to be old as it is and shoots is remarkable in my view glad to see your still having fun tack care and keep the video clips coming thanks and a hello frump the United Kingdome
“Uh, Eric... that’s not a milking cow” I freaking lost it haha 😂
200 grains....600 yards! Sweet! I really like my M39. I would like to change one thing.....the thickness of that front sight blade. I wonder if that might improve the long range results.
Pressing thumbs up at 0:02, this'll be a good one!
Nicklas Bergström glad I wasn't the only one! thumbs up for your comment!
It'd be cool to see y'all do a similar video with the Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55, seing as that still is kinda the go-to caliber here in Sweden when it comes to hunting!
Aww, that comment about Barry just made me smile
Am I only the one that loves the sound when he misses.. reminds me of those suppression scenes in war movies
I also saw a hawk above the target at 8:30.
53R was the bullet what Lapua design just for finnish mosins. Finnish army wanted the most accurate round so they design bullet to match the rifle. It was the starting point for their own designs.
Damn! Bring them back!! Have only 3...
love the videos lately
Love the M39 videos!! Keep it up!
Very entertaining watch. Wouldn't mind watching more!
I'm a simple man, I see milsurps I press like.
M39 = instaupvote
dreyrugr well said man ...I feel the same way✌
Same. Wood and iron all the way.
Im a simple man too.... i see milsurps and i buy them 😂
I'm a simple man, I see milsurps and I buy them. That's why my wife doesn't let me go to gunshops without supervision!
love hanging out with you guys, the finns still build good guns.
Mahtavaa kivääri! Terveiset Suomesta!!
you have made me a fan of the mosin and im going to have to get one. so keep the videos coming.
CF update on 10/2/17 says there won't be any more M39s coming out of Finland. Makes me want to cry.
Definitely wanna see more Mosin stuff, or milsurp stuff in general, even if it's sporters that you've worked on. Really interesting.
i was lucky to get 480 rd.'s of 1999 Yugo brass non-mag. ammo and the groups i get with my M-39 Sako iron sights are amazing with my old eyes. these M-39's are truly the best Mosin there is. i'll put it up to my 98 Mauser anytime even with the good 8mm ammo i have for that. the sights on M-39's make it easier than the Mauser.
600 yard range...I am always jealous of the real estate you guys have to shoot on. I can't get past 400 here.
You could say the cows were 'moooving targets!' (sits in corner in shame!) ;)
Reminds me of my local rifle range it ALWAYS windy over there.
how about Finnish Mosin vs Swiss K31? both seem to be among the best of the old milsurps in terms of accuracy...
Getting a milsurp on steel is one of my favourite things.
Perrkele jo on nu ei osu... Ite latasin samoja vihtavuori povder.. Must be the wind!!.. That must be wind shooter or somethin else.. Thats warm my heart when you say idiot behind riffle😊!!..
Oh my goodness the M39s sights don't lend to accurate shooting. You smoking poll they are terrific sights.
I have done a fair amount of target shooting at 600 yards. But it shooting at bigger bullseyes with rifles that had sights that were easily adjustable for windage. Even then the wind cold play havoc. I find your marksmanship to be quite credible under your circumstances.
Going to look at one today. Hope it is in good condition
hi no one seems to care over here in England but I've secured funding to attend the SDI I cannot wait even though I've got to there wait lists crazy long
Shot mine out to 630 yards with 147 grain ball did better than my PSL that day 😁
Awesome tutorial!
Thanks for the video.
You've probably seen it, but you should watch 9 Hole Reviews video of their test of this same model rifle. I've learned a lot from watching Henry and his commentary about how he holds off using different aspects of the iron sights, and different terrain markers. Also your spotter wasn't giving you complete information. More than a few times, he was telling you high or right when you were both. Watch the video and you'll see. Watch Henry's spotter John. Excellent spotter. Notice he gives the miss in terms like 1/2 target low, full target right. I think you're in NC. Wishing you were closer to the mountains so we could all get together for some shooting. I have a M39 as well, but it came with a 2.5 post and crosshair Derrick's.
I'd like to see you guys do that video again without all that wind. I think you'd do a lot better. That wind was really kicking up. I want to see what that thing can do and the wind didn't do it justice. Maybe you guys could revisit this one?? Beautiful rifle by the way.
Sad that UA-cam pulled all of your reloading videos please post them somewhere we can reference them
Nice video, well done.
Funny, I was just at a long range yesterday here in Ohio and 1st shot at 600 hards set at 550 on my M39 was a hit on the plate. I was tempted to quit there. Lol. That was barnaul 174 grain as well. I'll load up some real lapua stuff soon and see what it does