Posted December 26, 2019 8:00 pm by Comments

By Graham Baates

Graham Baates with Westinghouse Mosin Nagant photo by Teya Freeman

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Mosin Nagant rifles served the Russian and then Soviet forces for decades. It is estimated that 17 million or more were made between 1891 and 1946 (plus a few more made in the 1950s by China). As a result they have been on the surplus market in the US for ages. At times they could be had for $75 or less and surplus ammunition made them cheaper to shoot than most handguns. My first rifle was a 91/30 Mosin Nagant imported by Century Arms and purchased at a local Big 5 Sporting Goods when I turned 18. It was ugly, brutal on the shoulder, and loads of fun to shoot. Years later after moving back to the United States I got my Curio and Relic Federal Firearms License and the Mosin Nagants were one of the rifle types I could afford and I snatched up all kinds of variants to blast with in the woods. Coincidentally it was Century Arms who would also provide me access as a collector to a variant of Mosin Nagant I …Read the Rest

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