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The Mosin Nagants were used by the Russians to fight off German invaders in the Second World War, and most of the examples I’ve found and purchased look like they were probably run over by German tanks in a blitzkrieg while the Russians retreated.
If you’ve never seen one, they are about nine feet long and would make an excellent pole in any pole vault competition. The rifles get longer when you put the two foot bayonet on the end, which I definitely will do at noon on Friday when the deer opener kicks off. You never know when a doe will get close and attack, and I want to be prepared. Plus, when you take a break to eat a candy bar, all you have to do is stick the bayonet into the ground like you are planting a flag on the moon, and your rifle stands patiently by waiting for you. Try that with your fancy Remington 700.
The Mosin Nagents show all the fine craftsmanship of a country that brushes its teeth with vodka after pouring vodka on its cereal. It has crude sights that are calibrated to 2000 meters. I don’t understand the metric system real well, but I think that means I can shoot from here to Brazil without holding over. The stocks come from the finest used corral boards in all of Russia, and the action is as smooth as a rutted section line frozen hard in January.
The 7.62X54R is not a timid round either. It was designed to shoot not only through enemy soldiers, but enemy tanks, planes, foxholes, hills, and buildings. Sometimes Russian soldiers used it to shoot at German invaders before the Germans even left Germany. So it has a little bark to it. When you need ammo, you just call a dealer named Ivan Mihailov located in Chernogolovka, and he goes out in the country with a shovel, digs around a bit, and when he finds enough ammo, he ships it to you. In return, you send him back a case of the finest vodka you can find for about $3 a bottle, and everybody is happy.
There is a safety on the rifle, but nobody has figured out how to use it yet. Seriously. You have to pull back on the action and twist the stock and say magic Russian words or something. It seems safer to just never load it.
All in all, it is a fine rifle. When you buy them, they come covered in enough grease to lube a combine through a record harvest, but they also include an original Russian cleaning kit (a tin bottle with old vodka) so in just a matter of weeks you can scrub all the grease off. Once you get it all cleaned up, you have to work up the courage to fire it.
The first time I shot a “new” Mosin Nagent, I went to the shop and put on a welding helmet, welding gloves, and a heavy coat. Surprisingly, when I pulled the trigger (well, jerked really. The trigger is set at something like 58 pounds) the gun did not explode (my shoulder did, but that’s another story). But I was shooting east, and the bullet went clear through my railroad tie target and headed towards Germany. You just can’t retrain these guns.
So on Friday at noon, I’ll slide a shell into the action, close the bolt by hitting it with a 2x4, and start looking for that trophy doe. And when I find her, I’ll just whisper to the rifle that it looks like a German deer. The Mosin Nagent will take care of the rest.oes not work. Sorry
The Mosin Nagants were used by the Russians to fight off German invaders in the Second World War, and most of the examples I’ve found and purchased look like they were probably run over by German tanks in a blitzkrieg while the Russians retreated.
If you’ve never seen one, they are about nine feet long and would make an excellent pole in any pole vault competition. The rifles get longer when you put the two foot bayonet on the end, which I definitely will do at noon on Friday when the deer opener kicks off. You never know when a doe will get close and attack, and I want to be prepared. Plus, when you take a break to eat a candy bar, all you have to do is stick the bayonet into the ground like you are planting a flag on the moon, and your rifle stands patiently by waiting for you. Try that with your fancy Remington 700.
The Mosin Nagents show all the fine craftsmanship of a country that brushes its teeth with vodka after pouring vodka on its cereal. It has crude sights that are calibrated to 2000 meters. I don’t understand the metric system real well, but I think that means I can shoot from here to Brazil without holding over. The stocks come from the finest used corral boards in all of Russia, and the action is as smooth as a rutted section line frozen hard in January.
The 7.62X54R is not a timid round either. It was designed to shoot not only through enemy soldiers, but enemy tanks, planes, foxholes, hills, and buildings. Sometimes Russian soldiers used it to shoot at German invaders before the Germans even left Germany. So it has a little bark to it. When you need ammo, you just call a dealer named Ivan Mihailov located in Chernogolovka, and he goes out in the country with a shovel, digs around a bit, and when he finds enough ammo, he ships it to you. In return, you send him back a case of the finest vodka you can find for about $3 a bottle, and everybody is happy.
There is a safety on the rifle, but nobody has figured out how to use it yet. Seriously. You have to pull back on the action and twist the stock and say magic Russian words or something. It seems safer to just never load it.
All in all, it is a fine rifle. When you buy them, they come covered in enough grease to lube a combine through a record harvest, but they also include an original Russian cleaning kit (a tin bottle with old vodka) so in just a matter of weeks you can scrub all the grease off. Once you get it all cleaned up, you have to work up the courage to fire it.
The first time I shot a “new” Mosin Nagent, I went to the shop and put on a welding helmet, welding gloves, and a heavy coat. Surprisingly, when I pulled the trigger (well, jerked really. The trigger is set at something like 58 pounds) the gun did not explode (my shoulder did, but that’s another story). But I was shooting east, and the bullet went clear through my railroad tie target and headed towards Germany. You just can’t retrain these guns.
So on Friday at noon, I’ll slide a shell into the action, close the bolt by hitting it with a 2x4, and start looking for that trophy doe. And when I find her, I’ll just whisper to the rifle that it looks like a German deer. The Mosin Nagent will take care of the rest.oes not work. Sorry
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I love my Mosin.
