Mosin Nagant

[McCall911]

How is this pronounced?
In my mind, I'm going "moh-SEEN Nah-GAHNT."
But usually it just comes out as "That Russian rifle."

 

[MilsurpShooter]

Moss-in Na-Gahnt.. At least, that's the way I always pronounced it.

 

[foghornl]

/////Wise N. Himer mode on

"Noisy Magnet"

I have heard it pronounced as both na-shant and nah-ghant (Sorry, not great with phonetics)

Like the M1 Gar-and or gah-rand ? ?

 

[Cannonball888]

In my mind, I'm going "moh-SEEN Nah-GAHNT

My wife is a former Soviet and she tells me there is no "t" sound.
It is pronounced moh-SEEN na-GAHN

 

[DMK]

Yea, but Leon Nagant was Belgian.

(but that is the correct pronunciation as I understand it)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin_nagant

Which brings up one of my pet peaves, when folks call these rifles Nagants.

Sergei Ivanovich Mosin designed 99% of the rifle.

When trials concluded in 1891 all units to test the rifles indicated a preference for Nagant's design and the Commission voted 14 to 10 to approve it. However more influential officers pushed for the domestic design resulting in a compromise: Mosin's rifle was used with a Nagant-designed feed mechanism.

 

[zerosignal]

+1 to the above

When one says "Mosin" they are referring to the rifle.

When one says "Nagant" they should be referring to the revolver, as Nagant was the main designer of that firearm and not the rifle.

 

[Cannonball888]

Yea, but Leon Nagant was Belgian.

But I'll bet he didn't pronounce the "t" either. French and belgian words ending in "t" are usually not pronounced i.e. croissant

 

[sharkhunter2018]

Mo-seen Nah-GON - from 7.62x54r.net. I normally dont say the whole name and just refer to it as a/the Mosin. Unless someone has no idea what I am talking about, them I may use the whole name.

Ive always wondered about the Garand. I say Gah-rand, but apparently its pronounced as Ger-rand.

 

[Cannonball888]

When one says "Mosin" they are referring to the rifle.

When one says "Nagant" they should be referring to the revolver, as Nagant was the main designer of that firearm and not the rifle.

Correct. Russians do not call the rifle a Mosin-Nagant but rather Винтовка Мосина (which means "rifle of Mosin") Nagant is what they call the revolver.

 

[DMK]

But I'll bet he didn't pronounce the "t" either. French and belgian words ending in "t" are usually not pronounced i.e. croissant

You're absolutely correct. I was just pokin' fun at ya.

 

[jpwilly]

In that case:

We'llt heret int Americat wet pronouncet thet friggint "T" becauset it'st rightt theret int thet wordt.

 

[slzy]

we don't call paris parree over here either,fer instance. otoh, i wondered what ww1 battle the brits were talking about called "wipers".

 

[esmith]

mow-zin nag-aunt is how i say it. I have heard people say mow-zin nuh-gaunt

 

[BillinNH]

<we don't call paris parree over here either,fer instance. otoh, i wondered what ww1 battle the brits were talking about called "wipers".>

Ypres.

Bill

 

[Threejs]

I usually pronounce it as "mine"

 

[Gord]

I find that when I say "moh-seen nah-gahn" people generally have no idea what I'm talking about.

So, as much as it pains me to do so, I just say "I'd like to take a look at that moe-sin" or "can I see that Russian gun?"

We Americans aren't a very cultured bunch. It sucks sometimes.

 

[telomerase]

We Americans aren't a very cultured bunch. It sucks sometimes.

Da. Na zalost, Amerikanske su vrlo nyekulturny.

(Or not. )

 

[Hoppy590]

i always say " can i see that moe sin ,the russian bolt action." regardless of what nations i know its from

 

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