I've heard of stuff like that. The range down the street from me only lets you shoot Winclean. I go to 2 different outdoor ranges and they both don't care. Actually, at one of them I know the owner's sun and they don't case about members of our group rapid firing, and I'll occasionally plink at stuff at that range with my .22 (put shotgun shells up on a berm or the plastic bullet holders). I can't imagine no steel, be really rough to go blasting with that Mosin. I've got a PSL in 54R on order from SOG but still waiting for it to get through customs, got tired of waiting so I bought the P99 in the mean time.