I should have bought it from him.
But he didn't offer it to me. He gave it away
Posted on 03/15/2011 4:17:33 PM PDT by TexasBarak
The Mosin Nagant 91/30 is a blunderbuss with a bad attitude, a fierce weapon of war from the tip of its pig-sticker bayonet to its skull-cracking iron butt plate. The original 91 was introduced in 1892, improved in 1930, and remained Russia’s top infantry rifle until 1945. Like the Ivans and Ivanettes who carried this beast through seven wars, the Nagant rifle packs a punch. It’s big, robust, heavy, loud, rude, sometimes crude, iron-balls tough, ugly in a beautiful way, cheap, historic and a whole lot of fun if you go easy on the vodka. Whoa. I just kinda described myself if I drop the historic thing and add more vodka . . .
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Aim has them now, but the crest is gone.
It aint the same to me for the price.
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?groupid=289&name=Czechoslavakian+vz.+24+8mm+Mauser+Rifle
Ooops... sold out!
No antlers this time... :(
More tender.
Shooting lots of cheap ammo before hunting season improved aim, increase chagrin in comrades.
Fancy rifles aint **** when ammo is $650 the case or worse
Can’t go wrong with a $100 73 yr. old rifle that shoots straight out of the box - ammo that’s cheaper than any equivalent.
As I said my M91 was made in 1915 by New England Westinghouse Company.
So it’s as American as your Remington or Winchester.
I agree.
What I like about them is you can afford to hand them out to the neighbors if the SHTF.
And I love the history of them
I paid exactly $100 for the Sestroretsk that had been modified to a sniper by the Finns.
I think it was a good buy just from a historical perspective.
Never mind that the damn thing can shoot.
I was wondering which it was.
Remington got bilked on the contract and the US Gov had to bail them out on the production run
From a historical perspective, the yugo Sks’s used in the bosnian war were way undervalued a few years back.
Yo could get a case of 10 with all the accessories and the armorers log books (provenance) for $600
The ones with war art disappeared years ago.
Smart buyers snapped them up
I should have bought it from him.
But he didn't offer it to me. He gave it away
I have seen no carved Yugo M70bs or M76’s
Surly they exist
you’ll put yer eye out kid...
Is it a Remington or Westinghouse?
(BTW, I'm jealous.)
Don't know why, but I'm addicted to commie weapons.
Especially AKs.
Your timing couldn't have been better.
My sons and I went to our first gun show last weekend and we bought one for $100. It is in very good condition and the numbers match. It also has a hex chamber. (whatever that means)
We cleaned it up a little bit and I have been reading up on it and it has a wonderful history.
I found a comparison site that is hilarious.
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinHumor.htm
I am looking for a cleaning kit to finish the job now and some ammo to work with my sons target practice.
I would love to get more information on this rifle if anybody wold like to post some links where I could get cheap ammo, instructions on care and feeding of this new and very interesting weapon.
AT the moment I have three. Two are pillared, bedded,floating barrel, crowned with adjustable trigger, scoped with a Leo x18 and a Rock Solid mount. I hand load Lapua with 180 gr. SPT .312 and a light load of Varget.
I’ve had some good days at the range with that load.
I’m way open to suggestions if anyone has any other favorite loads. Oh, the third one is a PE sniper I put together but just can’t get sighted in. Any help on that out there.
I have various AR’s but I love shooting a hundred dollar rifle with $1500 dollars of gunsmith’n and see what she’ll do. I just wish I could get cheaper brass and some .313 bullets so I could shoot ‘em more. I’m smitten.
AT the moment I have three. Two are pillared, bedded,floating barrel, crowned with adjustable trigger, scoped with a Leo x18 and a Rock Solid mount. I hand load Lapua with 180 gr. SPT .312 and a light load of Varget.
I’ve had some good days at the range with that load.
I’m way open to suggestions if anyone has any other favorite loads. Oh, the third one is a PE sniper I put together but just can’t get sighted in. Any help on that out there.
I have various AR’s but I love shooting a hundred dollar rifle with $1500 dollars of gunsmith’n and see what she’ll do. I just wish I could get cheaper brass and some .313 bullets so I could shoot ‘em more. I’m smitten.
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