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Mosin–Nagant 7.62x54R


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Anyone been around one? Any problems to look for in them? Good buy or run don't walk?

Cabela's has a rack of them for $100, they were all pretty sharp looking but some had smoother actions than others. I have been looking for a rifle for plinking and maybe the late doe season we have that we can use a cartridge rifle.
 


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run to GET one! do it now!

im assuming that they are M91/30s

this is mine its a 1944 M44 Carbine
 
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Yeah, on their website they say it is a 91/30. I didn't see a bayonet and I have no use for one. I will check and see if I find one I like when I go back up this weekend. I really prefer the feel of them over a Mauser, and the Mauser can't touch it for price.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712-cat604685&id=0080050291195a&navCount=2&podId=0080050&parentId=cat604685&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=2UG&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601233&hasJS=true
 
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Ammo is cheapish and most is steal core(surplus), which can be good or bad depending on were you shoot it. And some have a sticky bolt that can be cleaned up with a little bore paste. Check out Big 5 if you have one. I bought mine for 89 bucks.
 

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nice socks mn_smoke eater!
gets the ladys man!

oh and if your lucky you may end up with a rare one thats worth a bit:icon_thumby:

also they are sighted in at about 200 yards and were ment to be fired WITH the bayonet mounted so the sights are adjusted for that so you will have to slightly compensate for that
 

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Killed my Elk last year with the one I have. Awesome rifles. :icon_thumby:
 

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Stuff you know if you have an AK. Stuff you know if you have an AR Stuff you know if you have a Mosin Nagant

It works though you have never cleaned it. Ever.

You have $9 per ounce special non-detergent synthetic teflon infused oil for cleaning.

It was last cleaned in Berlin in 1945.


You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from inside.

You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from 600m.

You can hit the farm from two counties over.


Cheap mags are fun to buy.

Cheap mags melt.

What's a mag?

Your safety can be heard 300m away.

You can silently flip off the safety with your finger on the trigger.

What's a safety?


Your rifle comes with a cheap nylon sling.

Your rifle has a 9 point stealth tactical suspension system.

Your rifle has dog collars.

Your bayonet makes a good wire cutter.

Your bayonet is actually a pretty good steak knife.

Your bayonet is longer than your leg.

You can put a .30" hole through 12" of oak, if you can hit it.

You can put one hole in a paper target at 100m with 30 rounds.

You can knock down everyone else's target just from the shock wave of your bullet going downrange.

When out of ammo, your rifle will nominally pass as a club.

When out of ammo, your rifle makes a great whiffle bat.

When out of ammo, your rifle makes a supreme war club, pike, boat oar, tent pole, or firewood.

Recoil is manageable, even fun.

What's recoil? Recoil often used to relocate shoulders thrown out by the previous shot.

Your sight adjustment goes to '10', and you've never bothered moving it.

Your sight adjustment is incremented in fractions of minute of angle.

Your sight adjustment goes to 12 miles and you've actually tried it.

Your rifle can be used by any two bit nation's most illiterate conscripts to fight elite forces worldwide.

Your rifle is used by elite forces worldwide to fight two bit nations most illiterate conscripts.

Your rifle has fought against itself and won every time.

Your rifle won some revolutions.

Your rifle won the cold war.

Your rifle won a pole vault event.

You paid $350.

You paid $900.

You paid $59.95.

You buy cheap ammo by the case.

You lovingly reload precision crafted rounds one by one.

You dig your ammo out of a farmer's field in Ukraine and it works just fine.

You can intimidate your foe with the bayonet mounted.

Your foes laugh when you mount your bayonet.

You can bayonet your foe on the other side of the river without leaving the comfort of your hole.

Service life, 50 years.

Service life, 40 years.

Service Life, 100 years.

Its easier to buy a new rifle when you want to change cartridge sizes.

You can change cartridge sizes with the push of a couple of pins and a new upper.

You believe no real man would dare risk the ridicule of his friends by suggesting there is anything but 7.62x54r.

You can repair your rifle with a big hammer and a swift kick.

You can repair your rifle by taking it to a certified gunsmith, it's under warranty!

If your rifle breaks, you buy a new one.

You consider it a badge of honor when you get your handguards to burst into flames.

You consider it a badge of honor when you shoot a sub-MOA 5 shot group.

You consider it a badge of honor when you cycle 5 rounds without the aid of a 2x4.

After a long day at the range you relax by watching "Red Dawn."

After a long day at the range you relax by watching "Blackhawk Down."

After a long day at the range you relax by visiting the chiropractor. THEN you watch "Enemy at the Gates."

After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for a stiff shot of Vodka.

After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for hotdogs and Apple Pie.

After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for shishkabob.

You can accessorize your rifle with a new muzzle brake or a nice stock set.

Your rifle's accessories are eight times more valuable than your rifle.

Your rifle's accessory is a small tin can with a funny lid, but its buried under an apartment building somewhere in Budapest.

Your rifle's finish is varnish and paint.

Your rifle's finish is Teflon and high tech polymers.

Your rifle's finish is low grade shellac, cosmoline and Olga's toe nails.

Your wife tolerates your autographed, framed picture of Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Your wife tolerates your autographed, framed picture of Eugene Stoner.

You're not sure there WERE cameras to photograph Sergei Mosin.

Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to hold your rifle over your head and shout "Wolverines!"

Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to clear your house, slicing the pie from room to room.

Late at night, you sometimes have to fight the urge to dig a fighting trench in the yard to sleep in.
 
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Stuff you know if you have an AK. Stuff you know if you have an AR Stuff you know if you have a Mosin Nagant

It works though you have never cleaned it. Ever.


You have $9 per ounce special non-detergent synthetic teflon infused oil for cleaning.

It was last cleaned in Berlin in 1945.



You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from inside.

You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from 600m.

You can hit the farm from two counties over.



Cheap mags are fun to buy.

Cheap mags melt.

What's a mag?


Your safety can be heard 300m away.

You can silently flip off the safety with your finger on the trigger.

What's a safety?


Your rifle comes with a cheap nylon sling.

Your rifle has a 9 point stealth tactical suspension system.

Your rifle has dog collars.

Your bayonet makes a good wire cutter.

Your bayonet is actually a pretty good steak knife.

Your bayonet is longer than your leg.


You can put a .30" hole through 12" of oak, if you can hit it.

You can put one hole in a paper target at 100m with 30 rounds.


You can knock down everyone else's target just from the shock wave of your bullet going downrange.


When out of ammo, your rifle will nominally pass as a club.

When out of ammo, your rifle makes a great whiffle bat.

When out of ammo, your rifle makes a supreme war club, pike, boat oar, tent pole, or firewood.


Recoil is manageable, even fun.

What's recoil?


Recoil often used to relocate shoulders thrown out by the previous shot.


Your sight adjustment goes to '10', and you've never bothered moving it.

Your sight adjustment is incremented in fractions of minute of angle.

Your sight adjustment goes to 12 miles and you've actually tried it.

Your rifle can be used by any two bit nation's most illiterate conscripts to fight elite forces worldwide.


Your rifle is used by elite forces worldwide to fight two bit nations most illiterate conscripts.

Your rifle has fought against itself and won every time.

Your rifle won some revolutions.

Your rifle won the cold war.


Your rifle won a pole vault event.


You paid $350.


You paid $900.

You paid $59.95.


You buy cheap ammo by the case.

You lovingly reload precision crafted rounds one by one.

You dig your ammo out of a farmer's field in Ukraine and it works just fine.

You can intimidate your foe with the bayonet mounted.

Your foes laugh when you mount your bayonet.

You can bayonet your foe on the other side of the river without leaving the comfort of your hole.

Service life, 50 years.

Service life, 40 years.

Service Life, 100 years.

Its easier to buy a new rifle when you want to change cartridge sizes.

You can change cartridge sizes with the push of a couple of pins and a new upper.

You believe no real man would dare risk the ridicule of his friends by suggesting there is anything but 7.62x54r.

You can repair your rifle with a big hammer and a swift kick.

You can repair your rifle by taking it to a certified gunsmith, it's under warranty!

If your rifle breaks, you buy a new one.

You consider it a badge of honor when you get your handguards to burst into flames.

You consider it a badge of honor when you shoot a sub-MOA 5 shot group.

You consider it a badge of honor when you cycle 5 rounds without the aid of a 2x4.


After a long day at the range you relax by watching "Red Dawn."

After a long day at the range you relax by watching "Blackhawk Down."

After a long day at the range you relax by visiting the chiropractor. THEN you watch "Enemy at the Gates."

After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for a stiff shot of Vodka.

After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for hotdogs and Apple Pie.

After cleaning your rifle you have a strong urge for shishkabob.

You can accessorize your rifle with a new muzzle brake or a nice stock set.

Your rifle's accessories are eight times more valuable than your rifle.

Your rifle's accessory is a small tin can with a funny lid, but its buried under an apartment building somewhere in Budapest.

Your rifle's finish is varnish and paint.

Your rifle's finish is Teflon and high tech polymers.

Your rifle's finish is low grade shellac, cosmoline and Olga's toe nails.

Your wife tolerates your autographed, framed picture of Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Your wife tolerates your autographed, framed picture of Eugene Stoner.

You're not sure there WERE cameras to photograph Sergei Mosin.

Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to hold your rifle over your head and shout "Wolverines!"

Late at night you sometimes have to fight the urge to clear your house, slicing the pie from room to room.

Late at night, you sometimes have to fight the urge to dig a fighting trench in the yard to sleep in.
i added the couler code so that those who haven't see this before can tell whats with what
 

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Sounds like a good deal. pick one up ASAP!

My buddy has one with teh folding bayonet. let me tell you that gun packs a pretty good kick to the shoulder when fired.

AJ
 

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i added the couler code so that those who haven't see this before can tell whats with what
Thanks! It was in chart form but it didn't plagiarize... I mean COPY that way! LOL! :icon_thumby:
 

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i added the couler code so that those who haven't see this before can tell whats with what
Thanks, I was getting lost in places.

crbnunit: that sounds just like the kind of gun I want. :icon_thumby:

Sounds like a good deal. pick one up ASAP!

My buddy has one with teh folding bayonet. let me tell you that gun packs a pretty good kick to the shoulder when fired.

AJ
I take it they kick pretty hard? From what I have briefly gathered is the 7.62x54r is pretty comparable with a 30-06, which is one of the most stupid-common rounds out there.

This would be my first real rifle, I have a .50cal muzzleloader and a .22LR and a 20 gauge shotgun. I consider the recoil from the .50 and 20ga to be pretty similar, and just by watching them on youtube the M-N doesn't look much if any worse worse. The 20ga is my primary deer hunting weapon so I am pretty used to it.

Going up to Omaha Saturday to watch Robin Hood, I am going to swing by and see if they still have them. As neat as they sound, I don't want to make a 1.25 hour road trip one way just to get one. They must have a ton of them, I bet it has been longer than a month ago I saw them in a flyer, wasn't really interested until I saw one in person last Sunday
 
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You can get some pretty good shooters if your pick is good. That round is common and still pretty cheap to buy in bulk unlike most of the other surplus stuff out there now days. They don't kick that hard. Nothing like my 45-70 guide gun with Buffalo Bore loads!!! Have fun shooting!!!

I particularly like this one:
"When out of ammo, your rifle makes a supreme war club, pike, boat oar, tent pole, or firewood."
 

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Holy sh*t, I've NEVER laughed THAT hard at gun humor before!


I almost gagged my throat up (if that makes sense) at all those!
 

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