Isn’t the Mosin Nagant a sniper rifle, from WWII?
The Mosin-Nagant was adopted by the tsarist army in 1891. It was the standard Russian infantry rifle in World War I. They were used by snipers in WWII. The standard Russian sniper rifle is supposed to be the Dragunov SVD from 1963. It shoots the same cartridge as the Mosin-Nagant, but is a semi-auto. Why there are Russians in the field with their great-grandfather’s infantry rifle is anyone’s guess.
I wouldn't turn down a Lee-Enfield Mk1, Krag-Jorgensen, Colt 1911, M1917 Revolver, M1928A1 Tommy Gun, M1 Garand, M2 Browning "Ma Deuce", or an M3 Grease Gun, all from WWII or earlier.
“Isn’t the Mosin Nagant a sniper rifle, from WWII?”
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Isn’t the Mosin Nagant a sniper rifle, from WWII?
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Not at all! It is an old Tsarist design from end of 1800ties.
Rather lousy gun for run of the mill soldiers.
Used heavily in WWI! Also In Russian civil war on both sides and by Stalinists for executions.
It was still a main Soviet gun in WWII (those Russians do not innovate too much!)
They even exported some to the US. I saw it here for sale for ~$50 about 20 years ago.
Cheap, badly made, unreliable!
Mosins are good rifles. I have a couple of them. Built to last.