Aim Sports M44/Mosin Nagant 91/30 Scope Mount (Short)

It works, and it works great. As others have mentioned, it does NOT come with mounting instructions, but they are not needed. The reviews here on Amazon were superb for helping wrt installation of this scope mount onto a Mosin Nagant (almost better than the Nagant forums!). Mine is on a 1946 M44 Russian carbine with bayonet. The AIM scope mount does come with three allen wrenches. First, learn about your weapon (there's a TON out there about the Nagant). Here's a bit more detail for installing this mount CORRECTLY and with MINIMUM DRILLING/METALWORK: Punch the pin out of the rear sight pivot on the rifle, and remove the rear sight leaf. Leave the rear sight leaf SPRING (the FLAT, horizontal, metal piece) on the rifle. Take the thin mounting screw out of the scope mount you just bought. Drill out the hole in the scope mount that the screw was in (needs a 1/8" drill bit). Throw away the screw (and nut). Use the smallest allen wrench to loosen the hold-screws on the SIDE of the scope mount. Fully remove the FRONT-most set screw from the scope mount, using the largest allen wrench. File down the "pointed end" of that screw to "near-flat" using a normal metal file, and re-insert the screw into the front hole on the scope mount. Set the scope mount on top of the rifle's rear sight mount. It will NOT line up when you first place it there, and it will NOT line up with simple hand pressure! Use a C-clamp to compress the scope mount into position on the rear sight mount (use some rags or something to protect the rifle and the new scope mount where the c-clamp engages each). It WILL line up FULLY with a c-clamp! Tighten the c-clamp against the heavy pressure from the rear sight spring until the drilled-hole in the scope mount aligns with the rear sight mount's side holes (where you punched the pin out). This will take some torque! There is NO NEED to drill additional holes in either the scope mount or (heaven forbid!) the rifle! Once aligned, gently tap the pin back into the now-aligned holes, to hold the scope mount in the rear sight mount. (Right here, you can almost be done; the thing is in there rock-solid just from the spring pressure.) Loosen the c-clamp and move it aft a bit (~ two inches), towards the rear of the rifle, and tighten the clamp again to get "parallel alignment" with the barrel. Tighen down the front set screw on the scope mount (the one you filed down). Tighten the hold-screw on the side of the front set screw. Remove the C-clamp. For grins, go ahead and snug down the aft two set screws on the mount, and then the hold screws on the sides; regardless of what you do with those, this scope mount is NOT moving! It is held firmly in place, almost with just the pin and spring, without screws! Don't be dissuaded; for $9 this is GREAT, AND you do not need to make any "irreversible, permanent" changes/drillings into your relic weapon. You can always reverse the process and put your iron rear sight back on. Buy this with confidence. Also, concur with need for LER scope and a good ring set. Try these, they work great with this rifle/mount combination to get the proper eye relief (8-10") without breaking the bank: Leapers Accushot 1-Pc Offset Mount w/1 Rings, Weaver/Picatinny Mount NcStar 2-7X32E Red Illuminated Pistol and Long Eye Relief/Ring/Blue Lens Enjoy your weapon! UPDATE: Took this to the range. Worked perfectly. No problems with recoil; the mount held solid, scope was zeroed, everything went fine. Did not need loctite either! Buy and install this with confidence. Works like a charm. NOTE: you don't need the Leapers Offset mount. The offset would actually put the scope over the extraction port and possibly damage your scope when extracting the shells (as well, my Nagant is a straight bolt, so I could not open/close the bolt with the scope set back far). The mount rings that came with the NcStar scope worked fine. Save the few bucks there.

First, instructions are horrible. Spring beneath old sight must be rearranged. Mount still doesn't sit properly. Second, entire mount does not reliably align along barrel due to space between mount and site bracket. Third, adjustment screws completely knock mount out of any semblance of alignment with barrel. Fourth, when installed, mount is so far out of alignment it could never possibly be sighted in with scope adjustments. Fifth, all of this does not matter at all, because the entire assembly is so flimsy it would certainly be knocked out of alignment after the first firing (if you could actually achieve that in the first place). In fact, slight thumb pressure anywhere on this mount easily misaligns the entire mount at any time. Albeit this thing was inexpensive, it still wasn't worth a dime and certainly not worth the time I spent attempting to get it to work...

I bought this for my Mosin Nagant. I wanted something that would allow me to take the gun back to original state without much hassle. This does the trick nicely. I have put my scope on it and had it lined not too long ago. It seems to hold true despite the kick of the gun. It is nice that the mount does come with all of the necessary allen wrenches to adjust and tighten the mount. This is a must for the Mosin if you do not want to permanently alter your gun or remove the rear sight entirely. the part this replaces is relatively easy to get off, but the bottom half of the same sight is quite difficult and usually requires the aid of a gunsmith. Thus I could do this simple operation myself with very few special tools needed (mainly a good punch). Another positive feature of this mount is the height that it gives you. Lowering the scope directly onto the gun leaves the front sight visible in the scope lens. This elevates above that point so you have a clear view. Would reccomend this and buy again if it was needed.

Rock solid mount. Follow the directions people have put up here and you won't have any problems. Highly recommend this mount.

Did not fit without filing not rigid enough for a scope

Very tight and solid fit ,Must use a clamp to compress the rear sight spring which gives it a very solid mount will not come loose .

Doesn't stay put. It's close to being a great rail but I am having trouble keeping it locked in place.

It fits just like advertised, thats all that matters.