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Mosin Nagant worth getting?

Conundrum440Conundrum440 Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited October 2007 in Ask the Experts
I'm gearing up to do some coyote hunting and some longer range plinking for fun. I have a bolt action .308, a kit gun based on an Enfield design. Anyway, I had a poopty B-Square mount that held the scope on before. It broke and when I took it to a gunsmith he informed me that he couldn't find a decent mount to replace it with. He could mount a weaver system out onto the barrel but then I'm looking at a little bit of money. I've contemplated getting a Mosin Nagant in the past and now am wondering if this wouldn't be the best route since they're so damn cheap. I'm not looking for a top of the line gun, just something that's accurate and simple. From what I've read the Mosin seems to fit the bill. Just wanted to get some other people's take on the gun. For example, is it a fairly sturdy gun? Or is it a piece of crap? Once again, I'm not looking for a M40A1 quality gun, just a straight shooting bolt action good to about 500 yards.

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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If your 308 is a good shooter with a scope to 500 yds, stick with it.

    M-N's are hell for strong. Even if you were to mount a decent scope=$$$, on them. It's going to take a lot of trial and error, luck and high class handloads. To made a run of the mill 91/30, into a reliable 500 yd. gun. My 2?.
  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    A M-N is a great battle rifle, everybody should have one. For under $100 youreally do not have an excuse not to buy one. But for all a M-N is, it is not a coyote rifle. Yes I know they made great sniper rifles and a 91/30 PE or 91/30 PU were the top kill scoring rifles in all of WWII. But that still does not make then a good coyote rifle at 500 yards. Go pick up a nice stevens in 25-06 or a handirifle in 243, they will work great without breaking the bank, plus they are great coyote rifles at 500 yards.
  • Henry0ReillyHenry0Reilly Member Posts: 10,891 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, and the one you should get is this one:

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    Russian type 44 in an American made stock with the scope rail already added on and a custom compensator.

    I have listed this here at Gunbroker a time or two and would do so again if you are interested in it. If anyone is interested in seeing this on the auction block, drop me an email through the forum here.
    I used to recruit for the NRA until they sold us down the river (again!) in Heller v. DC. See my auctions (if any) under username henryreilly
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,581 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Finnish varian of the Mosin Nagant, the M39, is regarded by many as the best Mosin Nagant ever made. Rebarreled in Finland with Sako and Valmet barrels, very accurate, and like all Mosins one of the most rugged rifles ever made.
    Costs from $200 ro $400, and would be, as the other guys said, quite a hassle to scope up for long distance shooting.
    Still, you should buy one. Everybody needs an M39.
  • Old FoolOld Fool Member Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buy a Savage, great out of the box, inexpensive far more accurate than a surplus MN, and comes with a full warranty and great customer service[:)]

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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Or the Stevens 200. A savage without an adjustable trigger.
  • gotstolefromgotstolefrom Member Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I do not know anyone who did not buy their first Mosin Nagant without a phrase similar to "what the heck, it's only $ 70.00 and I don't have one".

    Other than that, I can't see ANY OTHER reason to buy your first MN.

    If you and your 308 work well together, feed it a little green.
    The best thing would be to do that AND buy a reasonably priced longer range scoped gun. I know I'm not the only guy that takes more than one gun on a hunt.

    ENJOY !!
  • bingeebobbingeebob Member Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    am i the only one who does not have any sort of mosin? wow. and i have a C&R, i should be ashamed
  • magicmanml2magicmanml2 Member Posts: 213 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, i have 2, and M44 and 91/30.

    There is a scope mount that replaces the leaf sight. No gunsmithing required in theory. You just have to have a long eye relief scope. Like all have said probably not the best gun for 500yds.
  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,901 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dick's Sporting Goods has a Savage with scope and mounts for $329.99 any caliber.
    Get another 308 to be caliber compatible with your Enfield.

    Nothing wrong with a Nagant but there are millions yet to be sold and now that Mil-surp ammo has all been bought up by the Chinese and Indians for the metals the idea of a cheap blaster is gone so the value of them may shrink.
    The Savage would be handier and save you in the long haul.
    If you consider the money to update a Nagant the Savage may be cheaper and certainly more accurate.

    IMO

    Wulfmann
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    "Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
    Otto von Bismarck
  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This Mosin has been tested out to 750 yards, didn't do too bad either!

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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,581 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, trap, the Finnish M39. What a beauty!
  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Allen, That PU scope is off of a Finn Anti-Tank gun, it's graduated out to 2000 meters. For being old and half blind, I'm pretty good, but not that good![:D]
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