bruising after shooting a mosin

[CrossedCannons]

Shoulder's developing a healthy bruising from the pounding I got yesterday, TGFI (thank god for ibuprofen)



Basically an M1 carbine shooter myself, my newly found M39 makes them out to be pea shooters, but it shoots great, as long as I grit my teeth. Any suggestions as to good recoil "pads" out there? Or do you "just get used to it"

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[jmoore]

Pull the rifle in TIGHT. And wear a few layers of clothing- pretend it's it's winter in Murmansk...

[browningautorifle]

Get an M1 rifle instead. Then you have beauty and function and power all in one. No more beating.

[Amsdorf]

Were you shooting a 91/30 or the M44? The M44 is the beast of Mosin beasts. You've got to shoot these things in an aggressive fighting stance, unless you enjoy beating yourself up.

[villiers]

Wish I could let you try out my Mauser 33/40 and the Lee Enfield No. 5 ....

Just can´t make out how thousands of servicemen managed without complaint.

[sovblocgunfan]

Since I've been able to legally do so, I have always owned a rifle chambered in a full-sized, .30-something caliber. Including my M44-it ain't that bad!

I didn't get my first .22 until I was 38 years old. The only shotguns I've ever had have been in 12 ga. Every other gauge I ever shot belonged to someone else. My pistol is .45 ACP.

I LIKE recoil. Dunno why.

[Aragorn243]

Recoil seems to be more a matter of perception than anything else. Proper shoulder placement will nullify all but the most extreme of rifle calibers. The Mosin-Nagant is far from extreme. My 15 (now 17) year old daughter has been carrying and shooting a 356 Winchester in a 94 Winchester lever action carbine in deer season and having no issues with recoil. Having fired both, the 91-30's recoil is less.

She fired it four times, handed it to my future son in law who outweighs her by a good 60lbs fired it once, gave himself a black eye and declined firing it a second time. He had only fired AR class rifles to that point.

I shot my 91-30 just wearing a t-shirt, no problems.

[jmoore]

An M39 seems to average a bit more in weight than a 91-30, but as Aragorn notes above, if you are used to light recoiling weapons, the tendency is not to pull them in tightly enough. Once you've gotten used to the technique, then, yah, t-shirt is plenty enough protection. But it's easier to stay accurate with a little padding when shooting a considerable number of rounds. Bench shooting tends to aggravate the "light hold" syndrome. Shoot it standing for a while. Pulling in tight is much more natural when firing from the feet-es.

[villiers]

Just heard the same at my local club over the weekend. Was told that taking medication for diabetes thins the blood and can lead to bruising.

[CrossedCannons]

Thanks all. I guess seating the steel buttplate right over the bony greater tubercle rather than more medially into the muscle, while easier for me to sight, was not such a good idea.

I'm shooting the surplus AIM was selling which I understand to be a fairly "light" load. Where can I find "heavy" surplus (just to try )?