nagant???

[Dakk]

....the VERY least you could do is know that it's MOSIN not MOISIN.

Well if you want to be picky, calling the rifle a Mosin isn't correct either. Or Nagant. Mosin Nagant is just our common english terminology. In Russian its a 'Vintovka Mosina'. But at least Mosin Nagant identifies both designers involved, as well as the rifle more specifically.

I think the history behind the rifle should be respected, regardless of whether a person feels the need to keep their rifle in arsenal condition or not. But not everyone's interested in history.

But when you look at the OP's original post, there's really nothing in the post that the OP couldn't have figured out by using the search feature for a couple of minutes, and reading through a few other threads on the rifle.

there so cheap how accurate are they? can i free float it? has any one used one for a project? i want peoples point of views

Sorry, but there's just not much thought put into that post, and most of those questions can easily be answered by doing a little reading. More than anything THAT is probably why the OP garnered some criticism.

 

[desporterizer]

I thought the Russians called it the three line rifle of 1891.

 

[buffdog]

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All the flaming is uncalled for.

The mosin is a cheap rifle that can be marginally improved by tinkering. These are far from rare and will remain so for a long long time. They were never free floated either. Far from from it. They have always been intended to be in contact with the hand guard for virtually the entire length of the barrel. The barrels are too thin to benefit from free floating under constant fire conditions.

Jeeze.

Buy it, cut it, paint it, throw it around, and learn from it.

I would suggest buying two - a hex receiver to keep and shoot as is, and a war time round receiver to learn and tinker with.

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Boy, does that sound familiar. It takes me back to the 1960s and the barrels full of Lee Enfields and .310 Martini Cadets that had a price tag on them of $9.95. Take your pick! Or how about $45 Johnsons, and $85 Number 4 Lee-Enfield Sniper rifles, matching, complete except for the Spotting Scope which the British kept, and in the wooden chest.

Today, the Lee-Enfields are in the $400-$500 range for an original one and in the under $150 range for a sporterized one. Martini Cadets are reaching $400, Johnsons are over $2000, and the Number 4 Sniper rifles are $3000-$4000.

Should I even mention that my $65 cased Lewis Gun with all the magazines, spare parts and accessories sold for over $13,000 a while ago.
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[Expendable Nate]

i am now the proud owner of a Mosin Nagant carbine should be fun seeing what i can get it to do