mosin nagant tradectory

[random sylvester 0]

Went out hunting on christmas day with my mosin m44 , the first time ive used it for hunting .

Ive had lots of practise at 100m and 200m targets and I hit them all , no fucking problem .

anyway here I am stubbling throught the bush and I see a big red deer and a big albino ,

resting in the shade about 120m away ,

so I get down ninja up through the mud to within 30m of it ,

the buck spots me I aim directly at it BANG ,

and fuck I missed.

My M44 was completly standard with bayonet .

has anyone got advise or something for close shots within 100m

[Motopilot1 37]

what ammo were you using maybe it went through that actually happened to me no shit with my nagant it was dark and i grabbed the silver tip match ammo instead of the silver tip hunting ammo went right through the deer and i lost him it was the worste day of my life hunting or maybe you did miss him maybe you just had buck fever

[DLT 1,646]

Back in the early 70's my uncle took a shot at a running deer with my Dad mosin. Shot went up the a$$ and blew the chest out ala Alien style. Made a nasty mess of things as I recall. Even worst, because of the deer blind he was in, he had to take the shot right handed (he's a lefty). In essence, he was impatient and made a mistake shooting at the poor buck.