![]() ![]() Yes, it’s true, and so did every other WWII army, but if properly maintained the rifles remain battle-worthy until this very day. Next gripe - the Russians pulled corrosive ammo from their ammo pouches. So, there’s no shortage of Nuggets available – yet - although they are getting more difficult to find. Finally, after the war the Russian military stored seventeen hundred million trillion of these rifles (more or less), using up the entire world supply of cosmoline in the process. Despite what you think you know, Russian metallurgy of the period was on a par with Western Europe’s. However, the quality of prewar Nuggets was good to excellent in the Russian way, meaning they were purpose-built for an army of illiterate muzhiks who could line up the rear sight and the front sight on a Nazi, and the bolt-action rifles worked, always.Įvery gun was crazy overbuilt so it would withstand constant Arctic combat and kill from either end. World War II models show tool marks and rough stocks and a whole lot of other cosmetic defects that should not affect their function. Oh, really? Well, then, exactly who was blowing all those Storm Trooping bastards straight to hell during those sultry summer on the Eastern Front? The Russian winter slowed the Germans up, that’s true, but it was the Nagant that knocked ‘em down - and it didn’t take half a year off to get its wind back.Īrmory 91/30 construction at the height of WWII was fast and furious. ![]() Westerners have heard that “General Winter” defeated the Wehrmacht. ![]() It’s the rifle that won the Battle of Stalingrad, which is accurate enough for me. However, as a battle rifle, Mosin-Nagant M91 accuracy ought not to be measured in MOA, but in MON - Millions of Nazis. The fact is that the standard infantry 91/30 isn’t a sub-MOA sniper rifle and never will be. The Nugget does not have a reputation for great accuracy. There isn’t much to dislike about the Moist Nugget (as it’s affectionately known), but there are a few myths and truths you need to know. ![]() Anyone who believes that battle rifle technology began and ends with the M-16 can turn away in horror, because this is a guide to buying and tuning your first Mosin Nagant 91/30 into a shooter in excellent condition. Cheap to buy, cheap to use, what’s wrong with that, comrade?Įvery collector, recreational shooter, amateur historian or general firearms enthusiast should own at least one Mosin Nagant 91/30 bolt action. Modern hunting ammo in 7.62x54R costs a few kopecks more, but still less than hunting rounds in. 440 round spam cans of milsurp ball ammo cost only a few rubles. The online deal looks better, but when you add in the shipping and FFL fees (if you don’t have a C&R License) and the fact that the rifle can’t be checked out beforehand, maybe it’s not. Prices start at about $75 bucks online and less than twice that in your local store. Yeah, I don’t like them either.īecause Nagants were made by the bazillions and never thrown away, they don’t cost very much now. The Russians made more Nagants than they did those annoying matryoshka dolls – those fat-chick dolls that open up and there’s a smaller babushka inside that one and you open that one and there’s a smaller one inside that one and you keep on going and going until you want to grab a sledgehammer and smash every freakin’ one into subatomic Soviet-era sawdust. ![]()
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