[NWFLConservative]

I have fired several Nagants, and they are utter garbage compared to the M21, M24 and M40 SWS's.

[TexasBarak]

Wow! That was quick! The party crashers don’t usually show up on MN threads until post 20 or 30! :)

[yarddog]

I have never been a fan of the Mosin-Nagant either. The mausers are far more refined and more pleasant to carry with the flat bottomed receivers.

To give the devil his due, they are reliable, tough and accurate.

[wku man]

Well, if you have $1,500+ to drop for an M-1A, another several hundred for fancy optics, then yet another several hundred bucks stocking up on 7.62x51 ammo, then by all means, do it.

But for those of us here in the real world, the Mosin-Nagant is a damn fine weapon. I own two, both of which hit accurately out to 200-250 yds with iron sights. The rifles, together with 2,000 rounds of ammo and 50 or so stripper clips, cost me just over $400, with tax. I'm sure prices have gone up since I bought all that two years ago, but they're still a good buy for anyone on a budget.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[PapaBear3625]

I have fired several Nagants, and they are utter garbage compared to the M21, M24 and M40 SWS's.

Your criticism would be valid if you could buy those guns FOR THE SAME PRICE as a Nagant. Since you can't, your statement is comparable to somebody saying that a $15K Honda Fit is garbage compared to a $120K Mercedes.

There are lots of Americans who can get away with spending $200 for a Nagant and some ammo, whose wives would divorce them if they spent $2K on a high-end rifle.

[B4Ranch]

>>I have fired several Nagants, and they are utter garbage compared to the M21, M24 and M40 SWS’s. <<

I know they aren’t as pretty as a Holland and Holland but would you care to step out in front of one, say at oh 500 yards and we’ll see whether they are utter garbage?

[archy]

I have fired several Nagants, and they are utter garbage compared to the M21, M24 and M40 SWS's.

Funny. This guy managed 515 hits with his. On targets that could shoot back. At -40, far enough north on the Arctic Circle at a time of year that there was only four or five hours of shooting light daily. Oh, and he managed those numbers in just a hundred days of fighting, during the four-month-long Finnish Winter War of 1938-1940. Mostly, he was using his iron-sighted reworked Model M-28/30, though he worked with captured scoped Soviet M30s and SVTs as well.

Yes, he tried out the SVD before he passed away in 2002. Said he didn't think it was as accurate as his bolt gun, and that it balanced poorly.

You ever try one of the Navy M86s?

Simo Häyhä