2 1943 Izhevsk M91/30 "shooters" from AIM

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Re: 2 1943 Izhevsk M91/30 "shooters" from AIM

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It's not as common to see shims in the Soviet rifles, but they did use them sometimes.
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Hopefully the wind dies down today and after work I can try out the cleaned '43.
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Well I did in fact get her out to the range last night after dinner. I discovered the rear barrel band spring is broken, so once again good thing I bought one of those spare stock sets from AIM a few months ago. So far I have used a buttplate screw, nose cap screw, and now a barrel band spring from that donor!

I fired (4) 5 shot groups (or one package of Bulgarian Surplus). I am pleased to say that the groupings were pretty good! Not quite as good as my M39, but probably just as good as one of my M28's... I might have to keep this one out of storage a while longer and put more rounds through it. In particular I'd like to see how it does with some hand loads.
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SOviet refurbs can surprise you, I would expect the usual 4 moa and get 2 moa, then my eyes get tired and it's 7 moa :)
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