Does Mosin Nagant ammo pack bigger punch than advertised 15/17?

[EFG.Wenex ヽ(´ー｀)ノ]

Like in the title. The gun is supposed to have integrity between 3-7, but has only 15 pen on it's only ammo. I have seen people praising the gun a lot and saying it's their favourite, so is 15/17 actually a lie? It has bigger pen than it says?

[eagle74]

Most of the ammo numbers are bogus, & do not describe the effectiveness of the round. The MN SP packs a lot more power than those numbers would suggest. It is great on class 4 animals.

[Mr. Ed]

The 7.72 mm is a good weapon but it's most attractive feature was its versatility. I found that it consistently outperformed the .243 and did well enough for me to dispense with carrying both the .243 and the .270 rifles on any reserve. Sadly, that is no longer the case. I'm being forced to stick the .243 back into my load out.

[eagle74]

Mr Ed is right. When the MN 1st came out it was the only rifle that out performed the 243 & was allowed for game such as the blacktail & fallow deer. So, many, including myself, put the 243 in the locker & used the MN.

Now, w scoring & integrity 2.0, you can hunt these animals w the 270 (as it should of been all along). As you would expect many people re-thought their load outs & have put the MN in the locker. But, it is still a very good rifle. At the present time, its only advantages over the 270 are a bit less weight, cheaper ammo, & it is good for class 3 game, which the 270 is not. IMO the 270 has a small performance edge, but I don't have hard data to back that up.

Do you need the rifle? No. But, it is fun to shoot & I am using it (along w the 45/410 revolver for rabbit & coyote) on Layton as we speak. When I hunted this same map a week or so ago, I used the 270. Either one will kill class 4 deer & hogs w full QK bonus.

[El Poto]

I wouldn't use it for classes 6-7, too weak. Sadly there is little reason to carry it now. Unless you want to do long range shots for 3-5 classes, it is only taking space that is better handled choosing other weapons to cover the same classes.

[Captain Black]

I switched to the M1. The MN is a nerf gun.

[Lockheed444]

The 7.62 definitely seems to have more pen than advertised. I use it a lot on Parque Fernando, because it almost optimally covers the animal classes there. On other reserves I tend to stick with the .243 for the class 2 animals.
It also has a really nice reload animation as well.

[Cavalier Roy]

I personally prefer the Mossin over the 243 and the 270, well placed shots on class 3 to 7 animals will drop them in there tracks. However if you hit the animal wrong from class 5 to 7 as stated in above comments, then you could be tracking the animal(s) for a while.

Practise and use what you like and feel confident and comfortable with but i love the fact that 2.0 scoring made the older rifles of use again bringing diversity to loadouts. Never used the M1 before the new scoring system, compared to the 30-06 it takes a little getting use to due to the recoil, but i do like it and have found it been a rifle i have in my loadouts now.

[Machin Shin]

it does, and nagant was the best wepon before scoring 2.0 (imo) now you can use it fine for its (animal class range) You need good angled shoot on 6 and 7 too

[Cpt Slow]

Mosin is now viable only in parque fernando since there is no class 2 animal and you need to carry class 1 and 7-9 anyway