Now, while I wouldn’t want to go up against someone armed with an AK-47 or AR-15 at close range, I wouldn’t hesitate to take ’em on at really long range with my Mosin, assuming I had a scope mounted on it. I will say that my Mosin is a lot of fun to shoot - it’s almost addictive at times. I was getting 2 3/4 inch groups if I did my part, and if I wasn’t concentrating enough, I was getting 3 – 4 1/2 inch groups - not too shabby for a rifle that was made prior to WWII and that has a pretty tough trigger pull. So how does it shoot?Īfter getting my gun on-paper at 25-yards, I set-up a target at 100-yards to see what it could do. You can also get some that are better graded for a little bit more money. I note that J&G Sales in Arizona has similar Mosin Nagants to mine, for $169.95, and that is one heck of a deal. We don’t all need semiauto rifles to defend our property with, either. Like myself, a lot of folks simply aren’t rich, and don’t have a lot of money to spend on firearms. I sprayed it with some water-proofing spray, just to give it a little added protection against the elements. The sling that came on my gun is very old, but it was in great shape. They also made a laminated stock, which is much stronger than the solid wood stock, but I like the wood on my gun. The wood on my Mosin Nagant looks brand-new and is nicely finished, too. They make a tool for adjusting the front sight (windage), but a brass punch and hammer got it moved to where it needed to be. My sample also shot to the right and I had to move the front sight over a bit. I thought about painting the silver solder black, but I actually liked the silver tip on the front sight, since it makes it stand out. My gun shoots about 10-inches high, so I added a touch of silver solder to the front sight, and it was dead-on. The sights on my sample are graduated out to 2,000 “whatever” - I’m not sure if it is meters, yards or what. Russian snipers used select Mosin’s against German troops to great success.
And as I said above, it’s very smooth operating, too. Now, while it looks a little funky, it is very fast cycling from shot-to-shot, and I actually liked it. I have a total of 4 pouches, so I have 60-rds of ammo on my belt. Each mag pouch holds 3 stripper clips, and there are two pouches attached together, so that gives you 30-rounds of ammo on-hand. “Mosin” Jack sent me a couple mil-spec ammo pouches and stripper clips to go with my Mosin Nagant, and believe me, it is faster and easier to load this gun using the stripper clips. The Mosin Nagant is loaded through the top when the bolt is open, and you can load it one of two ways, either one round at a time, or via 5-round stripper clips. The curved butt plate is made out steel, which was the standard back in those days - everyone put steel butt plates on military weapons. The top of my receiver has 1938 stamped on it, so it is possible this gun was used in WWII, but as I mentioned, the darn thing looks almost brand-new. My gun has a rounded receiver - some come with a hex-shaped receiver, which are supposedly more collectible. It was imported by Century Arms International.
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The bolt operates super-smoothly, and it has matching serial numbers (not counting the importer’s stamped serial number on the gun). The bore is actually a bit shinny, with no pitting at all. I seriously doubt this particular rifle had ever been fired, prior to my owning it. This is an arsenal refinished gun, and they did a superb job on making this rifle look almost brand-new. My Mosin also came with a genuine military canvas sling. My Mosin is 48″ in length - that’s right, 4-feet long ! It also came with a 17″ bayonet, so you can reach out there and touch someone. While the Mosins are crude by today’s manufacturing standards, they are still very well made rifles. I believe the Russians made more than 17-million of these rifles in various configurations - some longer, some shorter.
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So, we have some potent ammo here, plus I know that Winchester makes a 180-gr Soft Point load in 7.62X54R for hunting purposes. There is also a heavy load, and depending which country this ammo is from, it could be a 178-gr or a 180-gr FMJ load, which is about the same as our 30-06 in terms of power. This ammo comes in a couple different flavors - the 148-gr FMJ load is about the same as our. What we have here is a bolt-action, 5-shot rifle, that shoots the 762X54R (rimmed) round.
He kept harping on me to get one, so when my local gun shop got a 91/30 in on a trade, I snapped it up. “Mosin” Jack owns 4 different Mosin Nagant rifles, and loves them all. This rifle was used effectively by the Russians, against invading German troops in WWII. A while back, my good friend “Mosin” Jack McSpadden turned me on to the Russian-made Mosin Nagant Model 91/30 bolt action rifle.
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