Russian Sights

torosapo

November 09, 2010 13:46

I was told that the range markings on Russian rifles are not yards or meters. Does anybody know for sure? I have a 1951 Russian SKS and a 1942 M91/30.

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  Hawk Carse

  November 09, 2010 13:53

  I don't remember the year of the change, but in general, USSR ranges are in meters. I am pretty sure that is the case for your rifles.
  
  Czarist era sight settings are in arshins = 28" = .71 metre.
  About a pace for a short Russian.

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  TRAP55

  November 09, 2010 19:04

  Only the M91 Mosin had Arshin sights. They were all changed to meters when re-arsenaled into the 91/30's.

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  beantownshootah

  November 10, 2010 07:31

  SKS sights are all graduated in meters.
  
  The older (pre 1930s) Mosin rifles are graduated in "Arshins" (which is Russian for "paces").
  
  But the 91/30s and all subsequent variants (including all the WWII era guns and re-arsenalled guns) were calibrated in meters.
  
  It *IS* certainly possible to have an older gun that is calibrated in Arshini, but that shouldn't apply to your gun from 1942, unless someone bizarrely replaced the rear sight with an older one.

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