Dear Aprayingbear, Iron sights. 100 yds. 150 gr. Sierra FB Spitzer handloads. I wouldn't dream of putting a scope on one of those pretty old rifles! I do use a little stick-on aperture on my shooting glasses though, it acts like a pinhole camera and brings front and rear sights into focus for my not...

CIMG5413.JPG CIMG5418.JPG CIMG5418.JPG CIMG5394.JPG Dear Sprayinbear, My experience with a garden-variety 1937 Izhevsk, round receiver, has been very good. It is a refurb, not cosmetically perfect (a number of scratches in the finish, many put there by me), the bore is very good, the barrel, bolt a...