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NO! That's a Krag-Jorgenssen! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprin.....892%E2%80%9399
If it had been a disfigured stick with scrapmetal shrapnel janked onto it and unable to hit the broadside of a barn beyond 9m, it would be a Mosin.
If it had been a disfigured stick with scrapmetal shrapnel janked onto it and unable to hit the broadside of a barn beyond 9m, it would be a Mosin.
You, good Sir, please shut your piehole!
My Vz54 and M39 Nagants are tackdrivers. ALL the russian ones I had had a sticky bolts but were reasonably accurate. The shights are pretty OK for open sights ( better than the 98k ones anyway ). But the general design is inferior to the 98/Enfield/K31etc ones.
Still lightyears ahead of that Carcano shit.
There are 3 bolt actions I would go into the wild with: Mauser, Enfield and Schmidt-Rubin. In that order
My Vz54 and M39 Nagants are tackdrivers. ALL the russian ones I had had a sticky bolts but were reasonably accurate. The shights are pretty OK for open sights ( better than the 98k ones anyway ). But the general design is inferior to the 98/Enfield/K31etc ones.
Still lightyears ahead of that Carcano shit.
There are 3 bolt actions I would go into the wild with: Mauser, Enfield and Schmidt-Rubin. In that order
the ONLY Mosin I have ever fired that could hit a man-sized target at ranges over 3m was a Mosin clone built with all new parts and a fiberglass stock. the only original part left was the cleaning rod.
Your AVERAGE SURPLUS m90/32/44 has a bore that is so rusted and shot out from neglect, abuse, and extremely corrosive powder, it is basically an 11mm bore.
Give me an abused dumpster-fire of a surplus m1911 at ranges of 80km over a Mosin of any quality beyond 3m every second of every day
Your AVERAGE SURPLUS m90/32/44 has a bore that is so rusted and shot out from neglect, abuse, and extremely corrosive powder, it is basically an 11mm bore.
Give me an abused dumpster-fire of a surplus m1911 at ranges of 80km over a Mosin of any quality beyond 3m every second of every day
The powder is never corrosive. The corrosive part is the primer.
And all my Mosin Nagants ( M39, M1944P, M1891/30HU, M1891/59, M1891/30Hex, Vz54 ) had pristine barrels and were reasonably accurate, the 39 and 54 actually VERY accurate with my handloads. In fact the only MN I have ever seen with a rusted off barrel was a brand new M1944 ( polish made ) where the owner did not realize that the old surplus ammo he used was corrosive. Looked like the moon surface, yet was basicly band new otherwise.
And all my Mosin Nagants ( M39, M1944P, M1891/30HU, M1891/59, M1891/30Hex, Vz54 ) had pristine barrels and were reasonably accurate, the 39 and 54 actually VERY accurate with my handloads. In fact the only MN I have ever seen with a rusted off barrel was a brand new M1944 ( polish made ) where the owner did not realize that the old surplus ammo he used was corrosive. Looked like the moon surface, yet was basicly band new otherwise.
I have no issue hitting center mass (6in groups) at 100 yards with my M44 carbine (and I'm nowhere near being a perfect marksman). It was new/unissued when I got it in 2000 or 2001, and all these years later, I still have no issues with accuracy.
It wouldn't be my go-to in a survival situation, but you could do a lot worse.
Whenever I hear folks complain about Nagants, they almost always mention the lousy condition of the ones they've fired as if any other rifle would shoot perfect >4in groups with a rusted-out barrel and 70yo ammo.
It wouldn't be my go-to in a survival situation, but you could do a lot worse.
Whenever I hear folks complain about Nagants, they almost always mention the lousy condition of the ones they've fired as if any other rifle would shoot perfect >4in groups with a rusted-out barrel and 70yo ammo.
I bought my Mosin still covered in cosmoline. Receiver is stamped 1943. Thing shoots straight as can be; only issue I have with it is the springs in the bolt for the safety are so stiff I'm afraid I'll break something if I try to apply it so instead I 'safe' it by putting the bolt in one of the sling pouches that came with it.
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