Just last weekend i finally got my permit delivered by the police (Took them 6 bloody weeks). Of course i went to pick it up ASAP and at first it looked quite dirty. Cleaning it took basically two days, but the worst part was the barrel. All of this Dark green substance came out of the barrel, obviously from corrosion. I had to clean the barrel about 3 times for all of the green stuff to be completely removed. The next day, my mate and i went to a rifle range to test it out. All i can say is that this rifle has some powerful recoil and it was the loudest rifle in the range. What could you expect from a rifle with a 20 inch long barrel that shoots 7.62's? It was very accurate when placed on a bag with a recoil pad on its buttstock, but without them... Accuracy was not as good. The recoil makes things harder, especially when it hurts your shoulder as well as having the buttstock at times hitting your nose if you don't hold it tight enough. Overall im satisfied with it, just its hard finding 7.62x54R bullets in Australia.

Nice work champ.

Very very nice!!

Old Rifles like that are some of the most fun weapons to shoot with..
I've used a similar weapon, the old Mauser 98 (7.62x63mm) many times before, and they can really kick like a mule..
http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl02-e.htm

Cheers!

I could imagine the Mauser being extremely powerful, as well. 8mm bullets pack a hell of a punch. I tell you one thing, WW2 rifles weren't exactly user friendly. Makes you wonder how those soldiers back then handled these monsters.

I still wanna get a Lee Enfield .303, I love pre-1950 rifles

A friend of mine currently owns a Lee Enfield rifle. It is heavier and more chunky than other rifles, but i have seen it in the range and it is very effective. There is less recoil, but only by small amount compared to other WW2 rifles with larger calibres.

If you really want one, it isn't hard to collect them in Australia. You're likely to find them in most gun stores and you'll surely never will have trouble finding ammunition for it.

An M1 Garand would be nice

BTW how do you pronounce mosin nagant

I think i pronounce the words wrong but everyone understands which rifle im talking about when i say it anyway.

M1 garand would be nice but in Australia, semi automatics can not be held for private use unless for a good reason, like.... hunting as a main source of income.

If we could have semi-autos here, I'd give my left nut for an SLR. Top notch bit of kit it was.

aahhh. I want a rifle...