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    HELP !! M19/30 shoots high

    guys i just got one of these 91/30s, took it to the range today and it shoots about 12" at a 100 yards. so what can be done about this? any way to raise the post? TIA Semper Fi

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    They all shoot high. That is the way the Russians set them up, to shoot on target about 300 yards. You can fix this by installing a taller front sight....chris3

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    Get a piece of black heat-shrink tubing from electronics store or hardware store. This tubing will shrink to 1/2 of its original size when heated with a match. Put it on post and trim as needed. No need to replace sight and tubing will cut off easily. No damage to gun or its value.
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    Isnt that what the adjustable rear sight is for? If you want to shoot 100m then set the rear sight to 100m if you want to shoot 300m adjust rear sight to 300m

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    Common sense would say yes, set the site at 100 yards and it should shoot on.

    But the Soviets issued one rifle for two men and sent them out that way so how much common sense is available here.

    I went up to check mine, they do have a setting for 100 yards/meters, not sure which. But I have not yet shot any of them to know if they shoot on target at 100 yards or not. This does seem to be a common problem as it comes up an awful lot. Most shooters seem to find they shoot high at the 100 yard setting and you can't lower the sights any further to correct it.

    Perhaps it is because the sights are in meters, not yards and 100 meters is a bit further than 100 yards, not sure if that is enough to greatly affect the point of impact but it may be an inch or two.

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    Meters or Yards?

    100 Yards = 91.44 meters.....so 100 meters would equal approx 110 yards....so if you thought you were shooting at 100 yards and using the 100 meter sight, you would actually be aiming aiming at 110 yards, so you would indeed hit high at 100yards. Im not sure what the drop ratio is out there but I know it starts getting pretty big around 100 yards(in comparison to before 100y) I know these are two completely different rounds but just for somewhat of an idea......I had my .22 sighted in at 100 yards(not meters ) and it shot 8 inches high at 50 yards ...I'm just going by common sense, like you said there probably wasn't much of that used, just like now days.....

    Unfortunately I havn't shot mine past about 35 40 yards yet so I dont really know how mine shoots. Cant wait to get it out to 110 yards or 100 meters, which ever comes first

    All foreign rifles that I'm aware of use meters instead of yards

    i.e. Mosin, SKS even the Romanian .22 I have, which has three flip up leaf sights, is set for 50, 75 and 100 meters..........

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    I looked it up and it is in meters not yards. So if it's set at 100 meters, it would be 110 yards.

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    Try it w/ the bayonet attached! It works for me more often than not.

    You may also want to try changing from light ball to heavy(or verse-vicey). Esp. if its "D" marked above the chamber or "SA"(Finnishicon) marked.

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    i knocked off the sight and replaced the post with a trim nail.took a small file with me to the range and shoots POI with a 6 oclock hold now.anyway this dumb Russianicon aint putting on a bayonet at a public range! i'm sure some of my relatives how ever did use them. Semper Fi

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn243 View Post
    I looked it up and it is in meters not yards. So if it's set at 100 meters, it would be 110 yards.

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