The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Finally took her out to the range! At 50 yds I got one inch groups. They spread out a little at 100 yds, about 3 inches at best. I'm blaming the low scope magnification... Over all, I'm very pleased with the accuracy!

It was somewhat of an impulse buy. I found it at a local gun show, where it was the only one up for sale. It looked mostly legit, based on my (incomplete) knowledge of authentic PU features and definitely was a good looking rifle. The price was reasonable but not great and I managed to get the selle...

Haha, yours takes the prize. Mine has a barrel date stamp. Incidentally, this rifle is the nicest shooting one of my 4 91/30s.

Thanks for the info. I had read of course that the arsenals cut corners (or did not for that matter...) later on in the war to speed up production. I saw on another site that "at least one" 42 Izhevsk was documented without tang markings. That made it sound pretty unusual. However it makes...

Hi all, My first question to the forum. I have a 1942 Izhevsk that has a round, high-walled receiver with no markings at all on the bottom of the tang. According to the information I found so far, the receiver's features are consistent with a 1942 Izhevsk manufacture (unmachined right rear, unsteppe...

Hi all, I bought my first 91/30 a year and a half ago. A relatively unremarkable Molot 39 Izhevsk round receiver with a particularly dark bore. I loved the historical factor and it turned out to be a great shooter. Fast forward one year and I stumble upon a nice one at my LGS. It has a smoother bolt...