Remington Mosin Nagant

lugee00

Somewhere in my files (read piles) of gun references I seem to recall information on Mosin Nagant rifles manufactured by Remington but can't locate it now. Any help appreciated,,,

Pelican

Never heard of such.

Der Gebirgsjager

Yes indeed! Mosin Nagant rifles were manufactured by both Remington and Westinghouse in World War I for the Tsarist Army, and in substantial quantity. The bulk of the weapons were not delivered due to the Russian Revolution, the assination to the Tsar, and the Western Democracies dislike of the Soviets. The weapons that remained Stateside were used by our military as training weapons, given as foreign aid, and almost given away ($1.50 ea.) to civilians who could buy them from the Govt. There is an elderly fellow here where I live that actually hunts with a full length model that he acquired many years ago when he bought a refrigerator from Westinghouse. These rifles have been becoming increasing scarce in collectable military conditon the last few years, but currently are being advertised by importers who are bringing in the ones that did make it to Russia in W.W.I. If you enjoy reading military history, as many of us gunnuts do, you might read about the U.S. Army Polar Bear Division that was sent to Murmansk, Russia in W.W.I to guard the large stockpiles of military materiel that the Allies had sent as aid to the Tsar, to keep it from falling into Soviet hands. The U.S. Troops were armed with the U.S. made Mosin Nagant rifles and actually engaged in extended combat with the Soviets armed essentially with the same weapons made in Russia. The war ended in 1918, but the Polar Bear Division didn't come home until 1919 after destroying most of the stockpiles. Remington reported that the Tsarist Inspectors sent from Russia to supervise the production of the rifles were among the most particular they had ever worked with, and the resulting rifles are considered to be among the best of this design, which was also produced in France, Switzerland, and Austria.

lugee00

Since making my initial post I dug a little deeper and found the reference. In addition to Der Gebirgsjager's excellent reply I can add the following; Remington Mosin Nagant rifles were made under contract for the Russian government from 1916 to 1918. The exact number manufactured is unknown but wwas over 650,000. The original contract for one million was terminated due to the Russian Revolution of 1918.Also interesting, Remington also made a few thousand French 1907-15 8mm Lebel rifles for France.I wasn't aware of the Westinghouse Nagants, something else to research........