Mosin Nagant

Mosin Nagant


Caliber: 7.62 x 54r


Action: Bolt Action


( Click on picture for full view. ) ( Picture is of a m91/30 rifle. )



The Mosin nagant has been around for almost 100 years. It was made by and used by Russia and Finland (Even though finland never made their own rifles, they just captured them from the russians and refurbished them to their specs). There were many models of the Mosin Nagant made over the tears, but they were all basically the same, except different barrel lengths. They were the main battle used by Soviet Russia during both WWI and WWII. They were made in several factories throughout the Soviet Union, some were Iszhvesk, Tula, and Sestroyesk. They shoot the 7.62x54r which is like a .308. The "R" in 7.62x54r stands for rimmed, not russian like most people think. There were several variants of the Mosin Nagant such as the M91, M91/30, M44, and the M38. The Finnish made some other variants out of captured Russian rifles like the M39, and the M28. During WWII the Russians used the M91/30 extensively as an infantry and sniper rifles. They made very good sniper rifles and they were used by snipers such as Vasily Zaitsev who had over 250 kills including several other German snipers. Recently it has become widely available for very low prices for a high power rifle and it is a very good rifle for the price, I own two of them and I scoped one and now it is a very good hunting rifle. The Mosin Nagant is a battle proven rifle that has been around for the past 100 years and will probably be around along time from now even.

Here is a link to a site with some good info on mosin-nagant rifles:http://www.surplusrifle.com/russianmosin189130/index.asp