How's you Mosins accuracy? I could never get the sights right on any of them. Very powerful but I always miss with them.
Fix it with a screwdriver.... Us they're mil surplus. With my C & R license I could get a case of them paxhes in saqsuat and Greece for about $40ea. They all shoot but not exactly accurate. I wouldn't trust a 200yd shot at a buck.
Finding decent 7.62x54 ammo isn't easy and stripper-clips bend.
Sell'em to gun shops all day for $70 all day and they'll Sell'em for $90-110 depending on the condition of the stock... Plus the broad (or lack thereof) sucks.
That being said, I believe the most prolific sniper in hisrory used one with iron sights. Finnish fella I believe against Russians... In the winter no less.