For those who don't think Mosins are accurate..

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This debate reminds me of the time I argued with my friend about who would win in a fight, the Starship Enterprise or an Imperial Star destroyer.

After much name calling, tantrum throwing and bitter recriminations we decided that we should forget about the argument and watch some movies together.

I think that the simple way to solve this would be to take 100 Mosin rifles vs. 100 Enfields. The Mosin Proponent would shoot the Mosins and the Enfield proponent would shoot the Enfields. The rifles would be provided by varios members of THR and we could see once and for all which is the "better" rifle.

Maybe we should move this thread to the Meetup section.
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thats one of the main points I don't hang out here much.y'all are just like a bunch of old women..piss and moan..
which is better who gives a crap.I like them all:neener:
pete
 
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"y'all are just like a bunch of old women..piss and moan.."

Everyone has a passion for something...if you strongly believe something, you're going to argue with someone who doesn't agree with you. It's that simple. The main problem of this thread has been miscommunication and misconstrueing words written.

For the sake of the argument, agree to disagree...although I don't really think anyone is actually disagreeing with anyone else, just misunderstanding.

Anyway...lets have a drink and toast to the mosin nagant!

Regards,
 
A Star Destroyer, of course.

The assumption is that Mosins do not shoot very well, which means they shoot poorly. Not very well, you see, is the same as poor. My sister does not see very well, thus she has poor eyesight.

You chose to note my observation about the silliness of the arguement, and it seems I did not fully comprehend your statement that some shoot very well, while most do not shoot very well.

I like Enfields. The #4 has an inferior combat sight to the Mosin (with only two adjustments and a VERY LARGE ring). It's trigger is attached to the trigger guard, the front stock attachment is not very good, they have a history of craze-cracking, and are made to a lower standard than the #1 Mk 3 SMLE. I would happily take an M28/30, with its superior workmanship and vastly superior bayonet, stocking arrangement, and barrel floating.

But that's just me.

Ash
 
A Star Destroyer, of course.
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A Battlestar would whup 'em both... ;)

I'll throw in for the Mosins (Finn M39 Mosins specifically). I have over a dozen of them and of the ones I've shot, they are tack drivers. I'm not that great of shot, but I can cosistently hit the small (not normal sized) sporting clays at 100 yards with my Finns using 30 year old milsurp ammunition. I've yet to shoot a Finn Mosin that couldn't hit the clay at 100 yards. That's certainly well within the 'minute of pie plate' being discussed.

And who in their right mind would pay $200 for 500 rounds of .303 when you can get 880 rounds of 7.62x54 for $65? ;) :D

As long as it was once slathered with cosmoline, I'll take it!
 
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ahhhh, true love! ive had both enyys'and mossy's and love them both, but to be honest, i only have the mossy now, and it did shoot and feel like crap when i first got it, but i dremeled out the rear site, i slathered moly fusion on all the action/receiver, moving parts, did the trigger job. and waa laah! she is beauty! i can open the bolt in it's forward position, raise the front of the weapon 4 inches above horizontal line, and thwwaaaack! bolt slides to the rear with nice sound at the end! but yeah, the weapon was designed as a lead thrower for the peasants that would allways work. so most of them were made to "good enough" tolerances, and my god that weird length of pull with the grip area being about as big around as your thigh? you gotta put a slip on pad on the thing just so your wrist isn't in some kinda funked up position all day long. I hear , on other sites of course, that the stock was designed to double as a lever, shovel, or child's see- saw.
 
Thats the beauty of being a 120 lb 5feet 4inch guy :) Im more classified as a youth or a female shooter if you will, all shorter lop guns feel just right to me where other folks seem to think otherwise :) I guess thats why the Mosin just felt right to me :) It feels so perfect in my hands, YMMV of course :) most of my friends request the recoil pad, one they feel the stock is way too short, and two they are all whimps so scared of that 7.62x54R cartridge hahaha, not all that bad really. Not like some other scary stuff I have shot in the past.
 
on page one somebody got called Jerky... ... Now that's funny
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^ What he said.

But in all seriousness I've been bitten by the C&R bug. :( :( As soon as my app gets here I'm in trouble! My paychecks won't know what hit them. :scrutiny: And yes, I have many Mosins on my "list o' cool stuffes to aquire.":D
 
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