bruising after shooting a mosin

[MeatMarket]

My thumb hits me in my nose often when shooting from a bench.

[mdrim13]

bony greater tubercle rather than more medially into the muscle,

Im guessing a medical background of some type, like myself?

[mdrim13]

What about a pad the replaces the steel butplate? The are basically just a stel plate with a 1" rubber pad attached. Will add lenght, but not permanitly modify the rifle. Heres a link.

http://centerfiresystems.com/search....ind=pad-nagant

mdrim13

[labrat1469]

Also look at the ammo you are shooting. Most shooters shoot the 147gr light ball. There is still some of the surplus 181gr Heavy Ball MG ammo out there. If there is two different layers of discoloration on the casing it might have been in a linked ammo belt. So even with the 1 inch recoil pad you will still get bruising.

[Bill Hollinger]

I love shooting my 91/30. My son's M44? No thanks! That thing hurts. And, I have a great deal of padding

[MJ1]

Man up and shoot more.

'Hold tight aim low for the gut men!' SFC Meyers 2/68 Kontum RVN

[labrat1469]

Unfortunately for some of us with bad shoulders shooting a powerful rifle is a painful experience. MJ you avatar looks familiar I believe we met on Survivors SKS board. If I had a choice I would have dropped the mosin and opted for a SMG. Personally my right shoulder has been messed up. The collar bone has been broken and dislocated three times so the first time I shot my Mosin it was the last time.

[Mosinmeister]

That's not a Mosin bruise. This is a Mosin bruise:

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[gunsrtools]

I have several of M-N's.
I shoot mine often and a bit of clothing and placing the buttplate into the muscle instead of the bone, makes it
no pain to shoot and enjoy!

[jrswanson1]

One day, I decided to take all of the new kids I got out for a test run. I started by sighting in my competition AR. Then the Chinese SKS. Then 50 rounds out of my SMLE. Then 50 rounds out of my 1917 Enfield. When I got to the MN, five rounds was enough. I fired 10 rounds out of my Rem 700 in .300 WinMag. That actually felt better than the MN. I did get a nice bruise out of this ordeal, next time I'm shooting the MN first.