RE: Mosin Nagant
 

So, what are the different kinds of Mosin Nagants? Does anybody have a link?

RE: Mosin Nagant
 

They seem roughly the same from the bench. If I put a Monte Carlo stock on a Mosin with more length of pull than the issue stock, recoilwould probably be a little less noticeable, but not tremendously so.

If you took one hunting, I doubt you'd notice the recoil or report as much.

Rolling On The Floor Laughing ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin-Nagant

http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl03-e.htm

The most common models are the M1891/30, the M38, and the M44. The last two are shortened versions of the original, the M44 having an attached folding bayonet. There are several other variations, though, mostly Russians and Finns.

RE: Mosin Nagant
 

I looked at Wikipedia, and the links on Wikipedia showed that the CCCP used lots of women snipers. I think that's pretty crazy, but it worked!

I think the Yugoslavs in WWI used women as regular infantry soldiers.

Nice that that kind of gun can be bought for only $75.00 in working condition!

RE: Mosin Nagant
 

That's right, communist doctrine typicallyrecognizeslittledifference between men and women--life is cheap to the Reds, so all people can and should be exploited equally.

Besides the famed female snipers, there were also a group of famous Soviet women pilots (Night Witches) who flew against the Luftwaffe during night time bombing raids.

Don't know much about Yugoslavia in WWI, but I'll check that out.

Check out AIM Surplus for Mosins and other milsurp firearms. I paid $130 for mine back in 2001, but prices have taken a dive since then. Most of those Mosins have been refurbished at thearsenal before being imported and sold here, so you're getting what is essentially an NRA rated 'excellent' rifle.

RE: Mosin Nagant
 

Just as long as you aren't asked to engage a point target with it......

RE: Mosin Nagant
 

The days of $90.00 M1's arelong past! It has been possible to buy them from the government over the years, off and on. Now they can be bought from the CMP - Civilian Marksmanship Program - as mentioned previously.

As a rule,when a soldier changed units, or was discharged, he had to turn in any public property that had been issued to him at that unit - this included firearms, of course. Any M1 (or any other U.S. weapon) that a GI managed to get home with was basically STOLEN! As a matter of fact, even today, you cannot legally possess any U.S. firearm that is stamped "U.S. Property", unless you have a legally executed bill of sale for it, showing that it was sold by the Government..... This law, however, is not generally enforced if the weapons are of an obsolete pattern.

RE: Mosin Nagant
 

Unless, of course, it's a Tompson Submachine gun? I think that would be pretty serious no matter how old it gets.