[NWFLConservative]

You are aware that the majority of sniper shots take place past 500m, and up to 1000m with the 7.62mm up to 1500m with the .50 cal? I completed the US Army's sniper school in 1996. I was required to 8/10 at 800m every single year to keep my qual. That is a walk in the park with the M24. I would have been mighty nervous if I had to qual using a Nagant. I have shot several out to 700m +/- and was not at all impressed with the consistency. I am sure it was part rifle and part lousy quality Russian ammunition. I made several shots in Iraq at 900m, and I was supremely confident that my weapon would deliver, and it always did. I punched a lot of Allah tickets with that weapon.

This is not armchair warrior conjecture on my part, it is real world combat experience.

[B4Ranch]

Yes, those facts are correct but the whole point of buying a Nagant is the COST. The EXTREMELY LOW COST IN TODAYS WORLD. I have some expensive hardware that will perform as you might expect for the COST. The Mosin-Nagant is the type of rifle that you can leave in the deer shack over the winter. It doesn’t require being treated as carefully as you would a new born infant.