The Mosin-Nagant Rifle

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 5/31/2017 | E Nestor

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Hornady makes a nice .311”, 174gr BTHP that works well for Enfield and Mosin-Nagant rifles.

Indeed. I use it in both, as well as in a 7,7x58 Jap Arisaka that seems to like a 135-155 grain bullet better, and a full-lengthy Argentine M91 Mauser in the original 7,65 Mauser caliber chambering. The M91 Argentine carbines also seem to like light bullet loads better as well, but not the long gun.

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Any suggestion where I can find one?

If you have a local dealer who'll order for you, go here. If not, spring $30 for a C&R FFL Dealer's License, and order one yourself.

Southern Ohio International C&R Longguns.

[Godebert]

"Any suggestion where I can find one?"

You should check out GunBoards.com.

The Collectors Forum - Mosin Nagant HQ, as well as their Trader forum. Members can list rifles for sale without paying any fees. Mosin Nagant rifles of all flavors are listed there just about everyday.

[IncPen]

pings

[Godebert]

I forgot to mention that many times you can find a Finnish Mosin Nagant rifle built on an antique M91 (pre-1899) receiver which doesn’t require any Imperial-federal entanglements. It can legally be shipped directly to your door without going through any FFL transfer.

[Mat_Helm]

"121-125 grain bullets for the 7,62x39mm M43 AK47 round work very nicely in reduced loads for the m38/m44/type53 carbines' shorter barrels. And molds for nice AK-weight bullets are available from Lee, RCBS and several other manufacturers."

I know a few who reload similar rounds. My a only problem is brass and Berdan vs Boxer primed brass. As I have thousands of surplus ammo I don't buy new boxer primed ammo to shoot and save the brass. If I ever ran low on surplus ammo I would consider buying used boxer primed brass if it was cheap and available. Thanks for the post.

[TexasRepublic]

“I read that the older Enfields had a sight on the side that was graduated in thousands of yards to be used like artillery.”

That was the Pattern 14 Enfield. Most of them that you see today had those side volley sights removed at some point. It took me years to find two that were fully intact.

[humblegunner]

I got a pair now. Shawty and Longboy.

Yep.

[Viiksitimali]

Classic Firearms Finnish M39 Tour
https://youtu.be/mfUwHBsDTCU

[Bull Snipe]

Hayah was killing around 5 Russian soldiers a day during the Winter War.

[Tijeras_Slim]

If you’re lucky they’ll get jiggy and give birth to a PPSH 41.

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Hayah was killing around 5 Russian soldiers a day during the Winter War.

Only those certain kills witnessed by another soldier were officially counted. At the time [Nov-March 1939-'40] of the Talvisota that far North on the Arctic Circle there was but about 4 hours of shootable daylight per day. Nevertheless he managed 25 confirmed kills in one day (December 21) and 51 kills in three days, as well as some 200 more with his kp/31 submachine gun and, sometimes also used the LS/26 Lahti-Saloranta Kootut virheet selective-fire automatic rifle, notoriously reliable even during the coldest weather.

Five enemy killed a day was a good average under those conditions, helped by the Russian bad habit of the troops trying to keep warm around open fires, backlighting themselves against the flames and giving a reasonably good marksman an easy shot. And if the Soviets cared to pursue with a patrol, they found out whether the shooter had been from an engineer outfit that had left mines and booby-traps for the pursuers to set off, or Rangers with kp/31 *mowing machine* submachineguns and automatic rifles both Finnish and captured Russian who could make good use of any ammunition the following patrol might have brought with them after they no longer cared for things of this world.

[Bull Snipe]

Thanks

[Joe Boucher]

What?
And bypass that bruise on the shoulder?