Amen to that. Interestingly enough (but not entirely surprising), the Soviet and Russian commentators have trashed the American Mosins ever since. Reading their complaints about the shoddy quality of American production, you would wonder how the country came to depend on the Lend Lease supplies to survive the Nazi blitzkrieg.Since you know everything about the Mosin already you well know that Remington and New England Westinghouse had contracts to build 3,300,000 Mosin Nagants. At least 1,000,000 were built, and were issued to US troops for a period.
Amen to that. Interestingly enough (but not entirely surprising), the Soviet and Russian commentators have trashed the American Mosins ever since. Reading their complaints about the shoddy quality of American production, you would wonder how the country came to depend on the Lend Lease supplies to survive the Nazi blitzkrieg.
Cut down to 91/30 size? Did you mean to carbine size?