Mosin
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do a quick search on this forum and google... trust me, there is more than enough information available on these rifles...
but yes, they are fine rifles, if the bore is good. I have one with a marginal bore that still shoots good enough to hit a 12" steel plate at 300 with the sights.
but yes, they are fine rifles, if the bore is good. I have one with a marginal bore that still shoots good enough to hit a 12" steel plate at 300 with the sights.
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If the stock has what I call "character marks" instead of being beat up and the bore can be "dark" but if the rifling is still good then you have a great rifle. I own a couple and enjoy shooting them. Mine still holds in there of the original sites and good distances. The year it was made and the markings on the barrel will tell you everything you need to know about where it came from and what its been through. Enjoy it!
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Kick hard, bad trigger, worse ergonomics (bolt difficult to operate and the safety is even harder to operate than the bolt). Sights may not hit to point of aim (make sure you are trying them at short range before 100+ yards). Amazing fireballs from the short-barreled models.
Fun anyway. Get it to the range and enjoy
Fun anyway. Get it to the range and enjoy
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They were a gun used by a super power and seemed a good MBR, but used way to long when others had semi autos? Hey they work and are heavy. Bayonets look cool to boot!!!!
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The Russians made them from 1891 to the 1960s with some 37 million being produced there. Not counting the 3 million made in the USA by New England Westinghouse and Remington, Poland, Finland, Hungry, Romania, and China. Only chambered in 7.62x54R with very few subcaliber .22LR kits. Rifles were also intended to be zeroed with bayonets mounted.
Major Variants are
M1891 Rifle and Dragoon/Cossack
M1891/30
M38 Carbine
M44 Carbine
The US also issued it as the M1916 .30 cal rifle to US troops in Russia in 1918-19 (undelivered Remington/New England Westinghouse built guns).
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Major Variants are
M1891 Rifle and Dragoon/Cossack
M1891/30
M38 Carbine
M44 Carbine
The US also issued it as the M1916 .30 cal rifle to US troops in Russia in 1918-19 (undelivered Remington/New England Westinghouse built guns).
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The MN is a rifle that either grows on you, or it doesn't. Me? I love my two.
No, they aren't the prettiest, lightest, most accurate -- whatever. But if I need to go where I know the going will be truly rough, and the rifle needs to be brute-strong for its chambering and relentlessly reliable, the Mosin would be hard to argue against.
No, they aren't the prettiest, lightest, most accurate -- whatever. But if I need to go where I know the going will be truly rough, and the rifle needs to be brute-strong for its chambering and relentlessly reliable, the Mosin would be hard to argue against.
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uhhhhh?
lol Me too very good weapons platform!! Russian version of swiss army gun, club, rifle, tomato stakes, fence posts!
Thought you were on the tomato stake gang with the kdub!Yeah, if I had to pick one rifle on this earth that would be fully function after serving as a club, that vote would go to the Mosin....
lol Me too very good weapons platform!! Russian version of swiss army gun, club, rifle, tomato stakes, fence posts!
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for history
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/Mosinprimer.htm
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/Mosinprimer.htm
Every one here is forgetting that they make nice heavy floor lamps. Not pretty, but real handy as a club for home defence. Got a U.S. Property marked Remington manufactured one back in the late 50's for $20.00. Turned it into a floor lamp after one hunt. [Kicked like a Mule.] It will definitly never replace a nice Krag, P-14/17 or a Springfield, or for that matter one of my Swede's.
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Tomato stake? Fence post? I'm afraid my vote for those would have to go to the French MAS-36. These rifles have no safety - the trigger pull is so heavy you *can't* set it off by accident, or sometimes even when you want to. The stock looks like it was milled from a 2X4. They don't shoot worth a darn and the ammunition is hard to find. The bayonet looks like a really long tapered reamer, and is useful for sticking it in the ground so you can nail wire to the wooden parts. Some friends bought a case of them for $40 each some years ago. The M-N is ugly, but the MAS is ugly without any redeeming qualities.
I have a Finnish M-N, which I recommend strongly if you can find one. They have a reputation for accuracy, largely because the Finns only kept the receiver and trigger group from the originals. All the rest they made themselves. The stocks are unique in that they are pieced together and the dovetail joints are clearly visible. I don't know for certain, but am told that this was done because they were made up from arctic birch so as not to crack in the cold. We have a Russian rifle shoot every winter, because a Russian rifle will only shoot if there's a foot of snow on the ground, and my Finnish M-N is usually my choice for that event. They are very popular at my range.
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I have a Finnish M-N, which I recommend strongly if you can find one. They have a reputation for accuracy, largely because the Finns only kept the receiver and trigger group from the originals. All the rest they made themselves. The stocks are unique in that they are pieced together and the dovetail joints are clearly visible. I don't know for certain, but am told that this was done because they were made up from arctic birch so as not to crack in the cold. We have a Russian rifle shoot every winter, because a Russian rifle will only shoot if there's a foot of snow on the ground, and my Finnish M-N is usually my choice for that event. They are very popular at my range.
Best,
Trad
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