saw it on top shot and was curious as to what the general opinion was
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saw it on top shot and was curious as to what the general opinion was
I like mine it is fun and cheap to shoot. Have you seen Enemy at the Gates?
great movie
I like mine. They aren't precision made finely machined guns but they are fun for me. The long sight radius makes it easier to shoot for me.
Here is something to help you make your decision in case you haven't seen it before-
A comparison of the AK-47, the AR-15, and the Mosin-Nagant M1891/1930
AK: It works though you have never cleaned it -- ever.
AR: You have $9 per ounce special non-detergent synthetic Teflon infused oil for cleaning.
MN: It was last cleaned in Berlin in 1945. Maybe.
AK: You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from inside.
AR: You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from 600 meters.
MN: You can hit the farm from two counties over.
AK: Cheap magazines are fun to buy.
AR: Cheap magazines melt.
MN: What's a magazine?
AK: Your safety can be heard from 300 meters away.
AR: You can silently flip off the safety with your finger on the trigger.
MN: What's a safety?
AK: Your rifle comes with a cheap nylon sling.
AR: Your rifle has a 9 point stealth tactical suspension system.
MN: Your rifle has four dog collars tied end-to-end.
AK: Your bayonet makes a good wire cutter.
AR: Your bayonet is actually a pretty good steak knife.
MN: Your bayonet is longer than your leg.
AK: You can put a .30" hole through 12" of oak, if you can ever hit it.
AR: You can put one hole in a paper target at 100 meters with 30 rounds.
MN: You can knock down everyone else's target with the shock wave of your bullet going downrange.
AK: When out of ammo your rifle will nominally pass as a club.
AR: When out of ammo, your rifle makes a great wiffle bat.
MN: When out of ammo, your rifle makes a supreme war club, pike, boat oar, tent pole, or firewood.
AK: Recoil is manageable, even fun.
AR: What's recoil?
MN: Recoil is often used to relocate shoulders thrown out by the previous shot.
AK: Your sight adjustment goes to "10", and you've never bothered moving it.
AR: Your sight adjustment is incremented in fractions of minute of angle.
MN: Your sight adjustment goes to 12 miles and you've actually tried it.
AK: Your rifle can be used by any two bit nation's most illiterate conscripts to fight elite forces worldwide.
AR: Your rifle is used by elite forces worldwide to fight two bit nations' most illiterate conscripts.
MN: Your rifle has fought against itself and won every time.
AK: Your rifle won some revolutions.
AR: Your rifle won the Cold War.
MN: Your rifle won a pole vault event.
AK: You paid $350.
AR: You paid $900.
MN: You paid $59.95.
AK: You buy cheap ammo by the case.
AR: You lovingly reload precision crafted rounds one by one.
MN: You dig your ammo out of a farmer's field in Ukraine and it works just fine.
AK: You can intimidate your foe when you fix bayonet.
AR: Your can give your foe a good laugh when you fix your bayonet.
MN: You can bayonet your foe on the other side of the river without leaving the comfort of your hole.
AK: Service life, 50 years.
AR: Service life, 40 years.
MN: Service life, 100 years, and counting.
AK: It's easier to buy a new rifle when you want to change cartridge sizes.
AR: You can change cartridge sizes with the push of a couple of pins and a new upper.
MN: You believe no real man would dare risk the ridicule of his friends by suggesting there is anything but 7.62x54R.
AK: You can repair your rifle with a big hammer and a swift kick.
AR: You can repair your rifle by taking it to a certified gunsmith and it's under warranty!
MN: If your rifle breaks, you can buy a new one.
AK: You consider it a badge of honor when you get your handguards to burst into flames.
AR: You consider it a badge of honor when you shoot a sub-MOA 5 shot group.
MN: You consider it a badge of honor when you cycle 5 rounds without the aid of a 2x4.
AK: After a long day the range you relax by watching "Red Dawn".
AR: After a long day at the range you relax by watching "Blackhawk Down".
MN: After a long day at the range you relax by visiting the chiropractor.
AK: You can accessories you rifle with a new muzzle brake or a nice stock set.
AR: Your rifle's accessories are eight times more valuable than your rifle.
MN: Your rifle's accessory is a small tin can with a funny lid, but it's buried under an apartment building somewhere in Budapest.
AK: Your rifle's finish is varnish and paint.
AR: Your rifle's finish is Teflon and high tech polymers.
MN: Your rifle's finish is low grade shellac, cosmoline and Olga's toe nails.
AK: Your wife tolerates your autographed framed picture of Mikhail Kalashnikov.
AR: Your wife tolerates your autographed framed picture of Eugene Stoner.
MN: You're not sure there WERE cameras to photograph Sergei Mosin.
AK: Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to hold your rifle over your head and shout "Wolverines!"
AR: Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to clear your house, slicing the pie from room to room.
MN: Late at night, you sometimes have to fight the urge to dig a fighting trench in the yard to sleep in.
It's an oldie but goodie.
i'm glad i'm not the only nagant fan
Is fine Russian GUN! Is meant for shoot GERMANS![M9130]
Sorta. Nagant was Belgian. One of my Moison Nagants was made by Westinghouse in Massachusetts.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
Well then, you should know it's Mosin, not Moison!Quote:
Originally Posted by SAnd
Ooops.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
mine is stamped 1944,with the tula mark
They are seriously fun to shoot. If you are looking for long range try to find one that has not been counterbored with a good crown. The M44 is fun to shoot as dusk/night with surplus ammo, it has a foot pong muzzle flash!
try this mosin for long range shooting LOL
From what I understand about Mosins, that configuration seems like it could be painful?
Slightly old thread to bring back, but I have a guy trying to trade me one and is trying to get about 200$ in value... I told him that was a little high but he said the condition would make up for it. Could the value really get that high on this rifle?
For one of the rare ones, or a genuine sniper model, or a Finn, or maybe a very nice M38 in a correct M38 stock, sure. But not a basic 91/30 from Big 5. If you have a C&R FFL license you can buy 'em all day long from AIM or other places for $69.95.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chad4000
I say beware. There's lots of guys that'll refinish an old rifle with polyurethane and call it mint condition.
Thats kinda what I was thinking. He said he restained and blued it himself. It's a round receiver and it's russian. Does that help at all?
that's a stretch for a round receiver nagant, maybe about 100, and thats with good condition barrel and matching numbers, if he's including a tin ammo then thats a little closer to 200 mark
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Originally Posted by Chad4000
Thanks guys. I decided to pass on the deal. He wouldn't throw anything else in. thanks for the quick replies
C&R license holders (and normal folks too, but normal folks had to get an FFL transfer) were buying Mosin's for "5fer"
100 bucks, five rifles - various models.
You can still get an MN from Big five for 100 bucks.
Hex recevier, round receiver, personally blued in Stalin's buttcrack, etc... No appreciable difference in HOW they shoot - but some people try and act as if a hex receiver is BETTER than a round, or a Finnish is better than a Tula, etc...
They are all pretty much the same. They all go bang. Wouldn't touch a 200 dollar Mosin that had been reblued and refinished, They're working guns, period.
I have ONLY hunted with a Mosin for five years now, I haven't missed yet - but I pet load my ammo. I don't use a scope either.
Go out and buy one at Big5, if they're NOT on sale, ask the manager for the "last sale price" and he'll give it to you.
Then buy 100 bucks worth of ammo for it - and you've got a winner!
I've got a '42 Tula that's been sporterized and a '39 Ishevsk that I kept stock. The '39 is a super pretty gun-the stock even looks better than any Mosin I've ever seen.
They're great shooters and will punch through as many frying pans as you can throw at them. I even bought a reloading kit for them, but haven't got around to making any rounds...
I put a scope on mine and took it hunting once.. ive never seen such a big exit hole in a bobcat in my life! [Beer]
I Love mine, The boy and I both have one. I just mounted one of those LER NCStar scopes on it. Hopefully we can go out Sun. and put some lead down range. Only if my sons Eagle Scout project gets done Sat. I will update later, let you know if that scope is worth a c**p.
I suppose the zombie thread resurrections are to be expected.