Russian M44 Mosin Nagant

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Original Russian Model 1944 Mosin Nagant 7.62x54R Carbine. Features Tangent Rear Sight, Side Folding Spike Bayonet, 5rd magazine well, 20.4” Bbl length, and 40” Overall. Includes accessories as shown.
Refinished to Excellent Condition.
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What are the accesories next to it?

Is this a good rifle overall?

Cheap to shoot or pricey?
 
Ex condition with those accessories... buy it.

Cheap to shoot, but ammo's corossive... clean it quick and well.
Ammo's cheap, but stock up now.

It comes with:
Oiler, Sling, Stripper clip pouch (Likely pigskin) and cleaning kit.
 
in the regular accessory setup, it comes with an ammo pouch, capable of holding 6 clips (30 rds) of ammo

Also, you get an oil bottle, barrel pluggy, takedown tool/guage, jag, and of course, the sling. There's also a punch and circle thingy I've yet to figure out.

It's a good gun, fire it with the bayonet open if you can. Dont forget to wipe her down (bayonet if extended) if you decide to use corrosive surplus

-Very cheap to shoot, surplus can be found for real cheap, modern factory ammo is like $6 per box too
 
Yes, that's a good price.

Ammo for them is dirt cheap right now. I doubt you'll find anything cheaper except .22 rimfire ammo.

They are fairly accurate with ammo they like, are as powerful as a .30'06, and you can't get a wood and blued steel rifle (or really ANY rifle) for that price.
 
The most valuable tool in that accessory kit the the firing pin tool that measures min and max firing pin protrusion from the bolt face. Most of the other stuff is junk but every Mosin owner MUST have that tool to safely disassemble and reassemble the bolt correctly.
 
$70-90 is generally the going rate.

The ammo pouch is usually squashed enough from storage that it's not much use, but I can't bring myself to throw mine away. The oil bottle will probably be slathered in cosmoline inside and out and will be similarly useless. The "takedown tool" is a fancy name for what is essentially a teardrop-shaped piece of metal with a flathead screwdriver on the tip and several notches on the side for checking firing pin protrusion on the bolt. The sling is, well, a sling.

The cleaning kit consists of a bore guide, a small "sleeve" that fits onto the cleaning rod, and a metal crosspiece that holds the rod and sleeve together and acts as the handle (and, possibly, a jag). The cleaning rod supplied with the rifle is too short to send the patch completely through the barrel, but maybe I'm just not cleaning it the way the Soviets intended, I dunno.

Ammo is cheap and plentiful, the cartridge is the ballistic equivalent of a .30-06, and shooting an M44 or M38 at dusk produces a muzzle flash that can probably be seen from the International Space Station.

Get one, they're fun. You will walk the Dark Path of the Cruffler soon enough, untainted one. :D
 
Your C&R license will be the best $30 (,000) you've ever spent ;)

Honestly, for around a hundred bucks shipped you can't go wrong with a Mosin. If you're planning on hauling it around a lot on foot, you might want to consider an M38 - noticeably lighter due to not having an integral bayonet.
 
The cleaning rod supplied with the rifle is too short to send the patch completely through the barrel, but maybe I'm just not cleaning it the way the Soviets intended, I dunno.
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The Soviets cleaned from the muzzle, not the breach.
 
On the M44, the bayonet retracted can put pressure on the barrel which can effect te accuracy. That being said, I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you plan on punching .25" holes at 100 yds (which in case the mosin is the wrong rifle) it isn't that big of a deal. I have a 91/30 and its a blast to shoot. Also, get QUALITY stripper clips. There's another thread floating around, but get the kind with a "T" inside a triangle.
 
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The bayonett is sharp, and some Mosins shoot better with it out, and some dont. It all really depends on YOUR rifle, and you'll have to find out if it shoots better with it out or not. Mine dosen't make a difference either way.
 
The bayonet is pointy, but not sharp. I've heard that M44's were sighted to be fired with the bayonet extended. Bayonet in vs. out will change the point of impact.

Jer..
 
Stripper clips:
I have the crappy soft steel ones, they're not too bad.

but get the finnish steel ones with the spring arms if you can.

avoid the brass ones like the plague

oh, and the takedown tool makes one helluva backup weapon if you ever plan on being captured by germans :neener:. I managed to cut myself with mine, it's just as pointy as the bayonet
 
The bayo tip is actually a flat headed screwdriver, and is not really that pointy, although I am sure that with enough force, it will serve just fine as a pig sticker...Kind of like the intergral bayo on the Yugo SKS's that are about as sharp as butter knives:eek:
 
stripper clips

I ordered 20 clips from a guy on ebay called 'uglycarfan' - they were brass but new and work perfectly in my M44. 17 bucks gets you 20 stripper clips and free shipping. Several others here have ordered from him and have been pleased too.
 
Most fun you can have with your clothes on...at the best price.

Take the rifle, then order a few spam cans (440 rounds to a can) from Aimsurplus.com at less than $40 a can and get a bottle of Windex. Now go to the range, fold out the bayo (not because it does anything) just to look mean and cool, then aim for something metal about 200 yards away and make it go BANG.......PING.
Wait for other shooters on the range to recover from the shockwave, work the action and repeat.
When your shoulder can't take it anymore, change your shirt (it WILL be dirty) and spray the barrel down with Windex. Go home and strip the rifle, then clean it. Once you start taking the rifle apart, you will be AMAZED at how simple it is. I have never had to take a bolt apart on one of these...I simply soak the bolt in hoppes, dry it off then oil it lightly.


Of all the Mosin Nagants out there, I like the M44's the most.
 
Jonb, please send me his ebay details. I paid $20 from cheaper than dirt....for 10 clips!!!!
 
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