[dasmi]

I know where I can get a Mosin-nagant 91/30 for $79.99 today.
Made in 1929, octagonal reciever. Stock is a bit rough, but the bore is in great shape. Should I jump on it?

[hillbilly]

Do you already have one or three or five of them?

How can you go wrong with a rifle that works for $80?

hillbilly

[dasmi]

I have a Mosin-Nagant M44, that I just picked up from the same store last night. I saw the 91/30, but I didn't feel like parting with another 80 bucks on the spot. Money is tight lately. *sigh* I know I won't be able to resist in the end...

[jefnvk]

I'd do it. At least for me, I'd just spend the money on something stupid anyways.

[cracked butt]

If you want it, buy it. That's a pretty decent price for a Hex receiver, better made than the war time rifles.

[Sleeping Dog]

I'd get it. For some reason, the longer rifle seems to have less recoil than the M44. Plus, the longer sight radius is a boon for old eyes. :)

Regards.

[Commissar Gribb]

I think someday I'll get a 91/30

If nothing but to plink with. Also I think 7.62 x 54 would be a good platform to get started reloading in.

Someday...

Oh well- evil guns come first. Tamer guns come later. ;)

[The Jackal]

Am still debating if I should sport out an m44 or a 91/30. I am thinking on going with the m44 and just having the barrel cut and recrowned to get rid of the ugly bayo. The 91/30 has a detachable bayo, but the barrel is a tad long for a brush gun.

[jefnvk]

Get the 38 or 59. It is a 44 with no bayonet.

[kennedy]

I have a war time one, I will sell for $50 plus shipping, anyone interested e-mail for pics and details.

[dasmi]

The 91/30 is mine. Now I just have to wait the ten days. Oh, it was made in 1928, not 1929.

[Commissar Gribb]

Am still debating if I should sport out an m44 or a 91/30.

rather than deface the relics of our past, why not just buy a remchester special from walmart? They come "sported out" and you'll spend about the same money all together.

The money it takes to ugly-up the stock away from military configuration is enough to get a new rifle. You might even be able to get it in a more common caliber like 30-06 or .308.

[armoredman]

My M38 has no bayonet, and works very well stock, with the only add on being the slip on recoil pad. Great short bolt gun! The two 91/30s are a bit longer, and more unweildy, but better on recoil, if that's a worry. A $7.50 recoil pad from Wally World, and all is well....great cheap well made rifles.

[9mmhpfan]

I have two 91/30's one an 1895 stamp and one an 1896 stamp. Both have the sighting measurements drawn thourgh them on one side and different measurement markings on the other. I wanted to shoot them but was advised by a gunsmith that the 7.62x54 Russian rounds being imported into the country were mainly excess machine gun ammo and far to powerful for my rifles to shoot. Would love to give them a good shooting someday if possible.

[noonanda]

I have two 91/30's one an 1895 stamp and one an 1896 stamp. Both have the sighting measurements drawn thourgh them on one side and different measurement markings on the other. I wanted to shoot them but was advised by a gunsmith that the 7.62x54 Russian rounds being imported into the country were mainly excess machine gun ammo and far to powerful for my rifles to shoot. Would love to give them a good shooting someday if possible.

your Gunsmith is talking out his butt. this ammo is not designed for machine gun use, there WAS a special machine gun ammo for the Shpagin MG but that stuff is not what is on the market, and that stuff is rare and collectable.

Hungarian 174Gr, czech, polish, or albainian 147 gr ammo is safe in your rifles, as well as wolf, brown bear or silver bear ammo.

[Cacique500]

I wanted to shoot them but was advised by a gunsmith that the 7.62x54 Russian rounds being imported into the country were mainly excess machine gun ammo and far to powerful for my rifles to shoot.

Hogwash.

Go to www.ammunitionstore.com and click on ammunition, followed by 7.62x54.

You'll see about 10 different flavors of 7.62x54 and I think only *one*, maybe, is an MG round.

I normally shoot the Albanian & Polish and for about $30-$35/440 rounds you can't go wrong.

[gutter scout]

Jump! Jump!!

The M-N longrifles are paragons of accuracy and balance if well-maintained. I own an M-38, but had the opportunity to shoot a revo-era 91/30 and it was like a dream. Point, shoot, score... and a hell of a lot less recoil (none) than my wartime carbine offers (shoulder bruises).

Go for it, learn it, love it. The next time the Saxet show is in town, I've got my eye peeled for a similar longarm.

[Optical Serenity]

My Mosin Nagant is one of my favorite long guns to shoot. Such a steal for under $100.

[GD]

9mmhpfan

Those two rifles are m91s. They should be okay to fire standard surplus 7.62x54 ammo. Would you be interested in selling one of them?

[armoredman]

An 1880 reciever can be in an original 1891, or a converted 91/30, Type 1, like my 1920 Izzy hex. The original is much rarer, of course - if there is no upper handguard, that's a good sign it's an 1891 unconverted. Much much more info can be had at http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/ .
The old lined out markings are arshins, an archaic unit of measure the Russians used before adopting metric.

[Commissar Gribb]

I wanted to shoot them but was advised by a gunsmith that the 7.62x54 Russian rounds being imported into the country were mainly excess machine gun ammo and far to powerful for my rifles to shoot.

I would tend to agree, however just because the ammo is for a machine gun doesnt mean it wont fire out of a rifle just as fine.

and If you dont believe me, think about all the people using delinked .308 and .50 BMG in rifles.