The Model M is the original issued version of the Mosin-Nagant that served as the primary Russian military rifle from to In , major modifications were made to the rifle before it saw action in World War I, including more durable barrel bands, improved sights, and the use of slot sling mounts in the wood furniture as a replacement for the swivels. Besides Russia, the M was also highly influential in Finland , where it served as the basis for Finnish military service rifles such as the M17 and the M39 both of which bear more than a passing resemblance to the Mosin-Nagant.
Designed for Dragoons mounted infantry , the Mosin Dragoon rifle is two and a half inches shorter than the M and nearly a pound lighter. The Dragoon is today highly prized by collectors, as few of them were made and production halted in The sniper variants also cannot accept the use of stripper clips for faster reloads.
They are highly sought after by gun collectors today, and for this reason will usually fetch a higher cost. In , the M carbine was released. This was the same carbine as the M, only with the addition of a permanent side folding bayonet. China later produced their own copy of it called the Type 54, which was widely used throughout the Korean and Vietnam wars. Affordable, dependable, and rugged, Mosin-Nagants are most likely never going to be as cheap or as widely available as they once were.
Buying a Mosin not only as a solid piece of military history but also as an investment, regardless of which variation you choose to go with. Numrich Gun Parts Corporation. Notifications Close. Initial reactions by units equipped with the rifle were mixed, but any adverse reports were likely due to poor maintenance of the Mosins by infantrymen more familiar with the Berdan and who were not properly trained on the Mosin—Nagant.
Between the adoption of the final design in and the year , several variants and modifications to the existing rifles were made.
With the start of World War I, production was restricted to the M dragoon and infantry models for the sake of simplicity. Due to the desperate shortage of arms and the shortcomings of a still-developing domestic industry, the Russian government ordered 1. Remington produced , rifles before production was halted by the October Revolution. Deliveries to Russia had amounted to , rifles when the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended hostilities between the Central Powers and Russia. The remaining , rifles were purchased by the US Army..
American and British expeditionary forces of the North Russia Campaign were armed with these rifles and sent to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in the late summer of to prevent the large quantities of munitions delivered for Czarist forces from being captured by the Central Powers. Remaining rifles were used for the training of U. Army troops. Some were used to equip U. Designated "U. Rifle, 7. In , 50, rifles were sent via Vladivostok to the Czechoslovak Legions in Siberia to aid in their attempt to secure passage to France.
Large numbers of Mosin—Nagants were captured by German and Austro-Hungarian forces and saw service with the rear-echelon forces of both armies, and also with the German navy.
Many of these weapons were sold to Finland in the s. During the Russian Civil War infantry and dragoon versions were still in production, though in dramatically reduced numbers.
The rifle was widely used by Bolsheviks, Black Guards and their enemies, the White Russians counter-revolutionary forces. In , following the victory of the Red Army, a committee was established to modernize the rifle, which had by then been in service for over three decades. The sight measurements were converted from Arshins to meters; and the front sight blade was replaced by a hooded post front sight less susceptible to being knocked out of alignment.
There were also minor modifications to the bolt, but not enough to prevent interchangeability with the earlier Model and the so-called "Cossack dragoon" rifles. The rifle was used in the short civil war there and adopted as the service rifle of the new republic's army. Finland produced several variants of the Mosin—Nagant, all of them manufactured using the receivers of Russian-made or later Soviet-made rifles.
In assembling M39 rifles, Finnish armorers re-used hexagonal receivers that dated back as far as Finnish rifles are characterized by Russian, French or American-made receivers stamped with a boxed SA, as well as many other parts produced in those countries and barrels produced in Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Germany. The Finns also manufactured two-piece "finger splice" stocks for their Mosin—Nagant rifles. In addition, the rifle was distributed as aid to anti-Franco forces in the Spanish Civil War.
As a result, millions of the rifles were produced and used in World War II by the largest mobilized army in history.
It served quite prominently in the brutal urban battles on the Eastern Front, such as the Battle of Stalingrad , which made heroes of snipers like Vasily Zaytsev and Ivan Sidorenko. The sniper rifles were highly respected for being very rugged, reliable, accurate, and easy to maintain.
Finland also employed the Mosin—Nagant as a sniper rifle, with similar success. The hex receiver was changed to a round receiver. When war with Germany broke out, the need to produce Mosin—Nagants in vast quantities led to a falling-off in finish of the rifles. The wartime Mosins are easily identified by the presence of tool marks and rough finishing that never would have passed the inspectors in peacetime. However, despite a lack of both aesthetic focus and uniformity, the basic functionality of the Mosins was unimpaired.
By the end of the war, approximately Despite its growing obsolescence, the Mosin—Nagant saw continued service throughout the Eastern bloc and the rest of the world for many decades to come. They were kept not only as reserve stockpiles, but front-line infantry weapons as well. Middle Eastern countries within the sphere of Soviet influence - Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestinian fighters — have received them in addition to other more modern arms.
Mosin—Nagants have also seen action in the hands of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the Soviet Union's occupation of the country during the s and the s. Their use in Afghanistan continued on well into the s and the early 21st century by Northern Alliance forces.
Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mosin—Nagants are still commonly found on modern battlefields around the world. They are being used by insurgent forces in the Iraq War and the current war in Afghanistan. In addition, scoped Mosins continue to serve as issue sniper rifles with the Afghan army, the Iraqi army, the Finnish army, and with a micrometer sight as sniper training and precision target rifle with the Finns.
The primary weapon of Russian and Red Army infantry from to Between and the following modifications were made to the design of the rifle:. Mosin Nagant Model Dragoon Rifle.
Note that the bolt is in the unlocked position in the photo. The Finnish cartridge 7. Handloaded cartridge for Finish rifles should however use a 0. During the interwar period, the rifles which had been taken over by the US military were sold to private citizens in the United States by the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, the predecessor agency to the current Civilian Marksmanship Program.
If unaltered to chamber the US standard. Mosin—Nagants have been exported from Finland since the s as its military modernized and decommissioned the rifles. Most of these have ended up as inexpensive surplus for Western nations. In Russia the Mosin—Nagant action has been used to produce a limited number of commercial rifles, the most famous are the Vostok brand target rifles exported in Europe in the s and s chambered in the standard 7.
Rifles from this program are valuable collectibles. Many of these American-made Mosin—Nagants were rechambered by wholesalers to the ubiquitous American. Regardless of the conversion, a qualified gunsmith should examine the rifle before firing, and owners should use caution before firing commercial ammunition.
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