Quote Originally Posted by AK545Man View Post
So I have a Mosin-Nagant with a pretty good bore, rifling is good. I scope it recently and went to sight it in today. The range guys bore-sighted it for me prior to the first shot. This is the first gun I have ever scoped. Not a match shooter by any means but I can hold my own. At least with iron sights anyway.

Today was horrible though. I went through 140 rounds and could not get anything consistent going. Only about 80 rounds or so touched paper. This was between the targets at 50 and 100 yards. Does anyone have any pointers or ideas that can help? Thanks in advance.
1- ensure the optics are mounted correctly.
2- are the optics of reasonable quality?
3- is the mount correctly installed?
I would be very suspect of the condition of the stock/mounting points. Frequently the stocks are so oil soaked and generally crappy that you cannot get the action or triggerplate to stock fit correct. If this is happening the action is dancing around in the stock and there goes any chance of hitting what you are aiming at.
If the stock is in reasonable shape you will benefit huge from pillar bedding otherwise just buy another stock.