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FReeper Gun Nuts. Thoughts on 1943 Mosin Nagant
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Posted on 02/17/2010 4:04:22 PM PST by Phantom Lord
Alright my fellow Freepers. Have been offered a 1943 Mosin Nagant as a gift. Will be used for target shooting and deer hunting. I know jack squat about this rifle.
Pluses, minuses, thoughts, advice...
Thanks!
TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: advice; banglist; guns; mosin; nagant
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To: Phantom Lord
I’ve got one.
An M91/30. Love it.
First time I took it to the range and squeezed the trigger, everyone on the firing line stopped to see who brought the cannon.
Get a cheap slip-on shoulder pad for it. Not only for the recoil, but also because they have short stocks and the extra inch of length from the pad will give you a better fit.
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posted on
02/17/2010 5:51:52 PM PST
by
2111USMC
To: dynachrome
The Germans engineered a lot of quality into their motorized equipment, but they had not planed much for maintenance or recovery in the field. I figure they thought their stuff was made so incredibly well that it would not break down or get shot up.
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posted on
02/17/2010 5:58:07 PM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: oyez
Arrogance, like not stocking winter clothing/equipment because the Soviets would fold fast.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:01:14 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: dynachrome
Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:13:45 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Old fishermen never die. They just smell that way.)
To: parsifal
Got a '33 Tula Jackhammer, myself. It quite possibly sent several of my Germanic blood ancestors off to Valhalla in the course of wending it's way into my temperamentally-questionable hands.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:18:11 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Old fishermen never die. They just smell that way.)
To: PapaBear3625
Oh......my......Gawd! Where did you find that?!? You owe me a new spew-free keyboard, that was so good........
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:24:51 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Old fishermen never die. They just smell that way.)
To: dynachrome
If Hitler would have left war up to his generals, German would now be the language of use in Siberia, and maybe a lot of other places.
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:32:40 PM PST
by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: Viking2002
You must have been to that 10 Manliest Firearms site.
parsy
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posted on
02/17/2010 6:45:49 PM PST
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
To: parsifal; dynachrome
Yup.
Arthur's Hall Of Viking Manliness. And a tip o' the horns to dynachrome for being a bird dog and pinging me on that. 'Tula Jackhammer'. 'Baltic Flamethrower'. I love it.
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I gotta get another one. Or two. And another can of ammo. Or three.
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:12:01 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Old fishermen never die. They just smell that way.)
To: PapaBear3625
#15 - HILARIOUS! Thanks for that - lol!
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:17:58 PM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: pallis
If I had that kind of ammo I'd fulminate against it.
≤}B^)
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:33:00 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Armageddon sentimental over you.)
To: Erasmus
Guys who have had Mosin Nagants for awhile have experienced the wonders of Eastern European, surplus ammo. I bought a few cases of the stuff without knowing what it was, looks like galvanized steel cases. It is great for learning not to flinch, and good for plinking. Years ago a friend of mine who was big into competitive, bench rest shooting used something similar to train young shooters. It may have been the same stuff.
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:58:06 PM PST
by
pallis
To: Phantom Lord
I have both a 1943 Mosin-Nagant M91/30 and a 1945 M44 (well, the latter is my son's, but with these stupid gun laws). I love them both, hunt and shoot with them often. Berdan-primed (corrosive) ammo is cheap, but I also reload my own in nice Boxer-primed cases from Prvi Partisan and Seller & Beloit (sp?).
Get a butt pad for the stock; it kicks a lot. I also enjoy the aftermarket Mojo sight I put on my 91/30. My M44 has a bent bolt, so I'm thinking of putting a scope on it.
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posted on
02/17/2010 8:28:30 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(No more RINOS; I will vote my conscience, even if I have to write "Sarah Palin" on the ballot!)
To: 1rudeboy
Thanks a lot. Lent just started, and now I have a taste for pickles, horseradish, black bread, and Stoli 100-proof.LOL! Not to worry unless you fantasizing about rotund babushkas doing a Wendys commercial.
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posted on
02/17/2010 9:35:34 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
("Bring out yer dead! Bring out your dead!" - Cries of a Navy Corpseman)
To: LouAvul; Andonius_99; PapaBear3625
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posted on
02/18/2010 4:19:45 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: parsifal
Dang, Parsi! Never figured you for a Mosin man. Come to the appleseed in Little Rock in April!
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posted on
02/19/2010 5:24:30 AM PST
by
ebshumidors
(Everything you read about 'top conservatives say' is a lie unless they asked me first!)
To: Phantom Lord
I see folks blathering about how "hard" it recoils.
BS. (IMHO).
The 7.62x54R cartridge is roughly equivalent to the .30 '06. I have both an M91-30 (rifle) and an M44 (carbine). I shoot them both in "as issued" condition. In the summer. Wearing a t-shirt. < shrug > It's not a .22LR; it's not a .500 Ridiculous.
It's reasonably accurate (2-3MOA, better if it's a sniper model), and ammo is reasonably cheap. Most ammo is steel case, not reloadable, and some is corrosive. Reloading components are available from all the usual suspects, and data are in all the manuals.
I like them.
Plenty of info on the web. I like http://www.mosinnagant.net
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posted on
02/19/2010 5:34:21 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: PapaBear3625
That one’s always good for a laugh.
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posted on
02/19/2010 5:40:28 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ebshumidors
Haven’t fired it yet. I have an AK, too. And a few others. Hopefully I will be mobile by April.
parsy, the well armed
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posted on
02/19/2010 1:36:44 PM PST
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
To: ebshumidors
Haven’t fired it yet. I have an AK, too. And a few others. Hopefully I will be mobile by April.
parsy, the well armed
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posted on
02/19/2010 1:37:52 PM PST
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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