The top of my receiver has 1938 stamped on it, so it is possible this gun was used in WWII, but as I mentioned, the darn thing looks almost brand-new. My gun has a rounded receiver - some come with a hex-shaped receiver, which are supposedly more collectible. It was imported by Century Arms International. The bolt operates super-smoothly, and it has matching serial numbers (not counting the importer’s stamped serial number on the gun).
The bore is actually a bit shinny, with no pitting at all. I seriously doubt this particular rifle had ever been fired, prior to my owning it. This is an arsenal refinished gun, and they did a superb job on making this rifle look almost brand-new. My Mosin also came with a genuine military canvas sling. My Mosin is 48″ in length - that’s right, 4-feet long ! It also came with a 17″ bayonet, so you can reach out there and touch someone.
While the Mosins are crude by today’s manufacturing standards, they are still very well made rifles. I believe the Russians made more than 17-million of these rifles in various configurations - some longer, some shorter. So, we have some potent ammo here, plus I know that Winchester makes a 180-gr Soft Point load in 7.62X54R for hunting purposes. There is also a heavy load, and depending which country this ammo is from, it could be a 178-gr or a 180-gr FMJ load, which is about the same as our 30-06 in terms of power. This ammo comes in a couple different flavors - the 148-gr FMJ load is about the same as our. What we have here is a bolt-action, 5-shot rifle, that shoots the 762X54R (rimmed) round. He kept harping on me to get one, so when my local gun shop got a 91/30 in on a trade, I snapped it up. “Mosin” Jack owns 4 different Mosin Nagant rifles, and loves them all. This rifle was used effectively by the Russians, against invading German troops in WWII.
A while back, my good friend “Mosin” Jack McSpadden turned me on to the Russian-made Mosin Nagant Model 91/30 bolt action rifle.
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