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An Old Man's Long Gun Addiction (another one becomes a Mosin addict)
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Posted on 03/05/2014 7:08:51 PM PST by dynachrome

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To: Slump Tester

I know its controversial, but the Mosin is better than the Mauser in many ways. It’s far more accurate in all except the Swede 6.5x55.

If you are mounting a scope, or building a hunting rifle, Mauser. If you are needing an iron sight battle rifle, a Mosin is fine. A Finnish rebuild beats any Mauser hands down. That’s based on a lot of shooting all of them on the surplus market.

And Lee Enfield’s are overlooked by everyone. But there’s a ton of truth in the saying that the Springfield is a target rifle, the Mauser is a hunting rifle, and the Lee Enfield is a battle rifle. And don’t forget, the Mosin wound up beating the Mauser side.

But right down to it, Swedish mauser, or Finnish Mosin M39.


21 posted on 03/05/2014 10:01:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

Since we’re talking milsurps, my certain favorite is the Schmidt-Rubin K31. I know the Swedish Mausers in 6.5 are regarded as some of the finest shooters, but I don’t think they quite match a tuned K31. My K31 is a jewel that had no right being sold in its almost unissued condition. Sub-MOA shooter in anyone’s hands with genuine GP11. When I find a superior Swedish Mauser in the condition I want, I’ll buy it right there.

I have a Mosin-Nagant M91/30. It’s okay. I respect it more for its military history than anything having to do with it performing at a rifle range. I’d say that you can’t beat them for the price if it weren’t for a 1954 Tula SKS-45 I picked up as a curio for $75 plus tax 20-some years ago.

Also, as you mention, the SMLEs are wonderful rifles (depending on model, arsenal, and condition) but all the surplus .303 British is long gone.

I collect foreign milsurps and have a great many of them, some of my other favorites being French. No nation ever matched the French for furniture. For appalling strength, you’d have to see an Arisaka I own. I’ll get into USGI milsurps someday when I don’t worry about money so much.


22 posted on 03/05/2014 10:45:34 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: dynachrome

Friends got a few of them off of me because I was feeling charitable, but I still have 5 Mosins in the safe.


23 posted on 03/05/2014 11:19:55 PM PST by SIDENET
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To: yarddog

I have the same thing, except. It is so cherry, I don’t think it was ever even fired except for at the factory. It is beautiful. It has the green leather sling, and the silver handled bayonet with a real quillon.... (a curved hook on one side and a straight guard on the other.

Odd ammo, though.....7.65mm


24 posted on 03/06/2014 3:11:28 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: dynachrome

We do a Mosin shoot a few times a year at the http://www.desotogunrange.com/ 200, 300 and 600 yds off the ground at pistol targets. Cool prizes like Ushankas and sniper pins. Huge turnout. I don’t know if anybody else does this. The past winners have been through a Project Appleseed clinic, so be forewarned! http://www.appleseedusa.org


25 posted on 03/06/2014 3:37:07 AM PST by ebshumidors
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To: dynachrome

LOUD BANG PING


26 posted on 03/06/2014 4:52:33 AM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: Jet Jaguar

Admitted Commie Collector Here.


27 posted on 03/06/2014 6:04:28 AM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
I had to buy a good shoulder pad to shoot this rifle without causing myself shoulder pain and injury.

You will also require a back brace to stack the crates of super cheap ammo.

28 posted on 03/06/2014 6:06:40 AM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: dynachrome
"In case of emergency, break glass"


29 posted on 03/06/2014 6:09:22 AM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: yarddog

Ye olde Yugo M48s are great rifles.


30 posted on 03/06/2014 6:11:11 AM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: Rinnwald

www.mojosights.com

These guys sell peep sights for a number of surplus rifles, including Mosins. I’ve got a set on one of mine, front and rear peeps, and I absolutely love them.


31 posted on 03/06/2014 6:37:20 AM PST by TexasBarak (I aim to misbehave!)
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To: DirtyPigpen

I fired the Rumanian M44 with the bayonet extended and folded (it’s permanently attached) and could never get much of a POI shift.

The Finn M39 typically doesn’t come with a bayonet, since they are very rare. I’ve heard two stories about this. One, is that the bayonets were fabricated late war and most just went into storage, later to be scrapped. Second, is that, in their infinite wisdom, the Civil Guard thought the bayonet would be more familiar if it copied the Finnish puukko knife. Most soldiers, seeing the bayonet matching the knife already hanging on their belts, promptly ditched the bayonet, supposedly littering the forest floors with them.

I bought an aftermarket copy bayonet for the M39. It’s a nice trinket, but a pretty useless bayonet.


32 posted on 03/06/2014 7:11:42 AM PST by Rinnwald
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To: Gaffer

Mine was also unfired. I didn’t have the bayonet or sling tho.


33 posted on 03/06/2014 8:16:23 AM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Gaffer

I got mine out again and looked at it. I’m gonna have to take some pictures like my other guns.

Not blued, but in the white and polished, also most all the parts have the same serial numbers on them. I have a couple of Norma 7.65X53mm cartridges for it, but haven’t even shot it. Going on 11 years since I bought it for $400.


34 posted on 03/06/2014 9:53:47 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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