Mosin Nagant Rifles

[TomADC]

Well I shot my $99 Big 5 special today and was very happy with the results, only complaint is these 68 year old eye's don't see the iron sights so well anymore.
I think if the knotch in the rear sight was a tad deeper and wider it would easier for me. Recoil wasn't bad using a 6 o'clock hold I put 20 rounds with in a 5"dia circle had a few two round groups that touched each other, My grandson (23) put the same amount inside 4" circle and really liked shooting it so next ones I see on sale I'm going to buy him one.
Did have a little trouble closing the bolt at first, had to use the palm of my hand to get it to lock up, but after maybe 5 rounds the bolt worked just fine, no idea why?

 

[project88]

i would like to get a mosin...i want a 91/30 sniper with the pu scope tho

 

[stchman]

I have 4 Mosin Nagant rifles.

2 M91/30
1 M38
1 M44

I really like them all. Cheap to buy, cheap ammo.

I have had to refinish the stocks on 3 of them but they have all turned out nice.

As far as the poster who claims that the Mauser obsoleted the Mosin after 10 years I need remind him the Russians equipped with Mosins won the war over the Germans equipped with Mausers.

 

[Montanan]

Mosin Nagants are a great all around rifle for the price. I own 4 and enjoy them all. They are great shooters and have some really interesting historical values.
2 91/30
1 M44
1 Dragoon

Oh, yes, the ammo is particular cheap!

 

[rojocorsa]

Every time there is an M-N thread on any forum, I always find myself linking this page:

It is a sticky-bolt clean up guide.

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/eliminatesbs/index.asp

 

[Deadbolt]

Surplusrifle is an excellent source of info on this rifle ( and many others from the "back in the day" era) - good info location suggestion !

 

[chuckusaret]

i think i know, but what is "bad" about a counter bored barrel

The Russians and Finnish counter bored worn muzzels. This was done to improve accuracy without the expense of shortening the barrel or rebarrelling the rifle. I have been told that improper cleaning caused excessive land wear and reduced the accuracy.

 

[ccsniper]

Well I shot my $99 Big 5 special today and was very happy with the results, only complaint is these 68 year old eye's don't see the iron sights so well anymore.

What year is your gun made? Chances are it is older than you.

 

[TomADC]

What year is your gun made? Chances are it is older than you.

Mine is stamped 1944 on the top of the reciever if that is the date then I'm 3 years older but since its a 91/30 that may not be true. I do have a few others that are older then I am but I don't shoot those.

 

[W.E.G.]

I like them because they are tactical.

I don't know who the dude is in the picture, but he's definitely got it going on.

 

[wojownik]

After cleaning up after a little basement flood, I re-inventoried. Surprising what you forget you have...

Russian M91s x 2 (including a rare Sestroyarsk)
Finnish M91s x 3 (including a Westinghouse and a minty 1905 Peter the Great)
Finnish M91 Dragoon x 1 (with old style front sight)
Russian M91/30 x 5
Russian M91/30 sniper x 1
Finnish M39s x 2
Russian M38 x 1
M44s x 3 (Russia, Poland, Hungary)
Type 53 x 1 (China)

 

[Clipper]

My 'Small Arms of the World' mentions some european-made (Polish maybe) M-Ns being made in 8X57. Has anyone seen one of these?

 

[wojownik]

That would probably by the Polish WZ91/25, which was converted during the interwar period (1920s). The new state of Poland would have inherited Mosins, and other rifles.

For example, the 1st Legion Infantry Division comprised three regiments, one with German Gew. 98s, a second with French Lebel carbines, while the third with Mosin 91s.

By the mid-1920s, the Polish army tried to standardize on the 8x57 round, converting what rifles they could to that caliber.

Similarly, other countries took their Steyr Mannlicher M95's and converted them to 8x57.

 

[Clipper]

But has anyone here seen or owned one...

 

[dirtyjim]

But has anyone here seen or owned one...

i've seen them for sale a few times but they get spendy real quick.
if you watch gunbroker one will come up for sale every few months & they usually top $2000 when the biddings over. i don't think i've seen one go for under $2000 in a couple years

 

[wojownik]

Yes, the only one I saw was in Poland, in a military museum by some small rail depot in Warsaw. I don't recall the name of the museum, as it was 12 years ago and I ran into the exhibit by sheer chance while taking a walk after a meeting. I do recall the conversation with the museum worker, as I had relatives who fought in Haller's division and later in the Legions, and I was curious what arms they maay have been equipped with.