Posted May 10, 2015 3:00 pm by Comments

By Sara Tipton

mosin-nagant

I have to come clean: I was exclusively a “new gun” girl until looking at photos of some of the more historical guns out there. But the one that caught my eye was the Mosin-Nagant 91/30. It just seemed to call to me. It wasn’t like I intended to fall in love with this old, kinda-beat-up rifle. But I did. My dad and I messed around with it, removing and replacing the bayonet. I fell in love with its look and that smell…Cosmoline. I couldn’t bring myself to wipe it all off. Now my Mosin is almost like a decorative piece in my home. It now rests in a corner in my bedroom so that I can see it every day . . .

That may seem odd, but this gun truly made me realize how older guns can change a person’s mentality. Once I got over how beautifully ugly the old Russian rifle is, I thought I should probably shoot it. I’d heard plenty of horror stories about women shooting Mosins. But I honestly don’t put a lot of stock in others’ opinions of things like recoil because it’s so subjective. I can take recoil better than a woman …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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