What if the mosin nagant is off by a foot?

Answer 1

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The Mosin-Nagant was normally sighted with the bayonet affixed. This will change the point of impact.

As well, the sights were regulated to hit the torso of an enemy soldier at 0 to 350 meters or so. It will therefore hit about 6" to 12" high at 100 meters/yards.

Windage may be adjusted by drifting the front sight in its dovetail. If it is shooting left, drift it left. If it is shooting to the right, drift it right.

To bring the point of impact down lower, you must replace the pin. First, drift the sight out of its dovetail and secure it so that the pin may be driven out of the bottom.

Insert a punch through the hole in the top of the sight hood, and smack smartly with a hammer. The pin will come out.

The sight pin may be replaced by a nail of appropriate size. Install, and test fire. Trim the sight pin to length.

(I build custom sights for the Mosin-Nagant, and before shipping them I set the pin height to 0.325". I find this works for the vast majority of Mosin-Nagant 91/30 rifles).

I hope this helps you.

Regards,

Josh Smith

Smith-Sights.com