The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

You can also measure the protrusion with a caliper if it has a depth gauge. The protrusion should be between 0.075 and 0.095 inch.

It is neat to have the tool though. It has a screwdriver tip and it can also be used for a wrench for the firing pin and the bayonet.

1934hexreceiver, given your physical size, you may find that putting on a recoil pad may cause the rifle to have too long a distance from trigger to shoulder (length of pull). You may want to look into getting a shooting vest or jacket that would have a bit of padding yet not increase the length of ...

I have only used 147gr bullets in my Mosins but my 30-06 would shoot as tight a group with180 gr bullets as with 150 gr. Of course the trajectory will be different so some adjustment will be needed when switching. Since the 147 gr was standard for rifles at the time 91/30s and M44s were made, I woul...

Usually you will want the rear of the firing pin flush with the cocking piece. One of mine has to stick out a bit in order to not have to much pin protrusion at the bolt head. If you do not line up the screw slot with the scribe marks, the connector bar will automatically force the lineup as you ins...

I am going to try to find the article where I saw this picture, sometime next week. It had something to do with sniper training. Pictures can be mislabeled. They look more like the troops in training then troops in the field. Perhaps there was an air strike on the town in the vicinity of the school...

Eddystone06 wrote:you are all wrong, that is proper procedure to achieve a group at 100 arshins.

That would be about 77 yards. If you wait till the planes get that close their props will chop off your head before you can blink an eye.

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Shit, I think I just watched a tire blow out crash on the TV the other day, maybe last days of WWII series. I have seen a number of records that showed that squadrons lost nearly as many pilots to accidents (counting their training period in the states) as were lost in combat. My squadron lost two ...

:vcool: :vcool: :vcool: I wonder what happened to Spook I? The A-20 named the 'Spook' had serial number 41-109. "According to official Army records, 41-109 crashed on take-off on January 26, 1943 and the pilot, Lieutenant Williamson, was killed; the gunner returned to duty. Cause of the accide...

There were varying numbers of 50 cals on the A-20s. Some had as many as 9 that fired foward. Some had fewer, and some had a 75 mm canon plus a couple of 50s that fired forward.

Here is their "Spook" :

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Just think about what it must be like wherever those bullets are raining down . Col Scott's P-40 had 6 fifties and slowed the plane down when they were fired. Here is a page from an A-20 squadron's book that shows the firepower of their 50 cal machine guns and how catastropic it was for the enemy g...

It's sniper school. I seen this photo with article. Don't remember where. Yeah this photo has been floating around for years. I have seen it several times with many different types of posts over the years. Bill :wink: That would be true for many pictures that get posted on forums. :) I often see pi...

desdem12 wrote:I did not see a battery anywhere.. All snipers and a spotter.

"A basic air defence unit is typically a battery with 2 to 12 guns"
So they are the battery.

You can see other pictures by clicking on words with left and right arrows above a picture. Here is one for JYD. :) http://rus-biography.ru/DocPage/?IdDocs=1337 Склад с американским продовольствием Warehouse with the U.S. Food Великая Отечественная война. Ленинградский фронт. Фотография Уткина Б. Th...

It's sniper school. I seen this photo with article. Don't remember where. The page heading says: Снайперы ведут огонь по самолетам противника Snipers are firing at enemy aircraft Caption under the picture: Подразделение старшего лейтенанта Ф.Д. Лунина. Центральный фронт. Фотография Павла Трошкина. ...

These guys put a whole new meaning to "aim high".

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desdem12 wrote:I have no idea what 8m3 .....

I wondered about that - the 3 key is too far from the m key to be a phat phinger thing, so maybe just a blunder?

Junk Yard Dog wrote:.... Not everyone can stay cool under threat from a charging bear no matter what they are shooting.

Count me in the ones that cannot - but that may be an advantage, the bear would have slippery footing while I exit stage-left.

I googled it and looks like my memory failed me again.

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Fatherland=Motherland=Rodina....Your country is calling you, was that the slogan on our Uncle Sam poster, where he points the finger..tried to find it, but no..... I think the feminine aspect goes way back to the times before Christianisation, like elsewhere the pagans had Mother Earth as main Godd...