Sunday, December 12th 2021 Gunday: From Russia With Love — Mosin Nagant reborn
The Official ‘Pride & Joy’ Rifle thread is one of our most popular features. There are many interesting rifles there, with photos and descriptions provided by proud owners. Today, we are highlighting a Mosin Nagant “senior citizen” Mosin Nagant ‘Pride & Joy” rifle. This Russian bolt gun, 72 years old, is unlike any Mosin Nagant that you’ve ever seen. It is now fully modernized with a beautiful target stock and first-class upgrades such as a Timney trigger and Lothar Walther barrel. Here’s a look inside a very nice Russian rifle belonging to Forum member Ben C. (“Grimstod”): The rifle’s name is Smyert Mk3 Modified Mosin Nagant
Make: Izhmekh/Izhevsk (“Izzy”) High Wall
Year: 1942 Components and Specifications: Barrel: Lothar Walther 26?
Contour: 1.18? Straight
Chambering: 7.62x54R, .310 bore
Stock: Bluegrass Tactical (Gens 1 & 2)
Trigger: Timney Bluegrass trigger shoe
Magazine: Finnish No Jam magazine Scope mount Rock Solid (looks like an Action sleeve).
Scope: SWFA 20x42mm MRAD
Gunsmith: Sheppard
Bolt handle: Rock Solid with a Surgeon tactical handle
Bipod: Versa Pod
Total Weight: 18.6 lbs Grimstod’s Mosin Nagant Custom Shots Below 0.5 MOA from Bipod
The rifle performed well even in winter conditions. I suppose that is what we should expect from a Russian gun. Below is a group shot using a bipod. (The video below shows Grimstod’s snowbound range session. Grimstod calculated the group to be 0.394 MOA from the outside edge to the edge. We came up with 0.428MOA using our On-Target program, which measures the center of most distant shots. This is still impressive for an old action shot in the dead winter with snow falling. To learn more about this rifle (and view photos of the build process), visit the SurplusRifleForum.com. The History and Features Of the Mosin Nagant M1891 We’re pleased that you have seen the modernized Mosin Nagant. However, we also wanted to provide information about the original rifle which was first issued in late 19th century. It is one the most widely-produced military bolt-action rifles, with more than 37 million units produced since 1891. This Wikipedia article provides a detailed history and design of the Mosin Nagant rifle. The 3-line rifle M1891, also known as Mosin Nagant in the West and Mosin’s rifle in the former Soviet Union (Russian: ????????). ?????? ?????????) is a five-shot bolt-action, internal magazine fed military rifle. It is chambered for the 7.62x54mmR cartridge. The Russian military adopted the original model 1891, a 3-line rifle, as its official designation in 1891. There have been many variations of the original rifle. The most popular being the M1891/30 which was a modernized design that was introduced in 1930.
Photo credit: Nemo5576, retouched and edited by Ewan ar born. Copyrighted for free use via Wikimedia Commons. The 1891 Mosin, like the Gewehr 98 uses two front-locking lugs. The lugs of the Mosin lock in the horizontal position while the Mauser locks vertically. The Mosin bolt body, on the other hand, is multi-piece. The Mauser bolt body is one-piece. The Mosin uses interchangeable bolt head like the Lee-Enfield. The Mauser uses a controlled feed bolt head, in which the cartridge base snaps under the fixed extractor when the cartridge is fed from it. The Mosin uses a push-feed recessed head, in which the spring-loaded extractor snaps on top of the cartridge base when the bolt is closed. This is similar to the Gewehr 1888, M91 Carcano, or modern sporting rifles such as the Remington 700. The Mosin has a blade-ejector in its receiver, just like the Mauser. The Mosin bolt can be removed by pulling it to the rear of your receiver and pressing the trigger. The Mauser has a bolt stopper lever that is separate from the trigger.
Photo courtesy Armemuseum (The Swedish Army Museum), public domain. The bolt lift arc of the Mosin Nagant’s bolt lift is 90 degrees, just like the Mauser. The Mosin bolt handle looks similar to the Mannlicher. It is attached to a protrusion in the middle of the bolt body that serves as a bolt guide. A split rear receiver ring locks it out of the ejection/loading ports. This also serves a similar function to Mauser’s “third” or safety lug. The Mosin barrel rifling is right-turning (clockwise down the rifle) 4-groove, with a twist to 1:9.5? Or 1:10? You can load the 5-round fixed metal magazine by inserting the cartridges individually or by using 5-round stripper clips.
Photo courtesy Armemuseum (The Swedish Army Museum), public Domain. Wikipedia text courtesy Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA).
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