Nazi-killin’ gun
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
We went to a gun show today and I got a REALLY cool gun. It’s a WWII Russian 1945 m44 hex-receiver carbine Mosin Nagant (with built-in bayonet). It truly is, as they say “the cutting edge of Serbo-Croatian technology.” And ACCURATE AND POWERFUL AS HECK. All for 150 bucks! (Including original sling and “dog collar” attachments for same.)
It’s a five-shot bolt-action “Rifle of Empire” gun that literally SPITS FIRE when you shoot it. (I tried, but couldn’t time the camera to get the flash on film. Next time I’ll bring a video camera though.)
Our friend FAL_Guy helped us pick out a good one (he knows a lot more about guns than we do.)
We were putting holes through an old refrigerator, through and through, in one side, out the other, from 100 yards. The surplus commie ammo is 30 cents a round. I bought two cans (440 a round, so it’s 880 rounds total). You open the cans of ammo with a thing that looks and works like a can opener.
Here’s the 440-round tin of ammo (They’re not WWII, they’re from 1985 - Cold War surplus!):
Using the “can opener” that comes with the ammo:
As someone once said, “can’t you just picture women in babushkas packaging these up in a soviet factory?”
7.62×54mm ammo closeup. It’s a little bigger than .308 and a little smaller than 30.06:
Some nice close-ups of the gun (click any of these to see larger):
Me shooting, bayonet extended:
No, the hat did NOT come with the gun!
My wife, Debra Jean, shootin’ (bundled up, she has a flu):
Bullet ready to be bolted into the fourth dimension:
FAL_Guy shootin’ the Mosin:
Me takin’ the last shot of the day:
Yes, you literally clean them with Windex. Gets the corrosive ammo gunk out after shooting:
Squirting Windex down the barrel:
(Caption for the below photo should probably be “I vill pump ze petrol, comrades!” or “Wolverines!”)
God I love Wyoming! Open carry of rifles is legal!
All in all, it’s a great gun, a great piece of history, and we had a great day picking it out, buying it, and shooting it.
Click here for Humorous Comparison of an AR15, an AK47 and a Mosin:
It’s a list of things like:
AR15: Shot by the free world
AK47: Shot at the free world
Mosin-Nagant: Almost free to shoot
As for accessories:
AR15: You have a never ending list of high dollar tacticool accessories.
AK47: You have a never ending list of Chinese made tacticool accessories.
Mosin-Nagant: You have carry strap and ammo, what more you need, comrade?
AK: You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from inside.
AR: You are able to hit the broad side of a barn from 600m.
Mosin: You can hit the farm from two counties over.
AR15: Won’t work unless you clean it every day
AK47: Should be cleaned at least once a year
Mosin-Nagant: Was last cleaned by a Russian conscript in Berlin in 1945
AR15: You are careful to keep in clean in the field.
AK47: You don’t worry so much about some dirt getting in it.
Mosin-Nagant: It still has gritty grease inside it from when the Finnish army put it into storage.
AR15: Tax return will get it
AK47: Tax return will get you 2 plus mags
Mosin-Nagant: Tax Return will get you a case of ten guns, plus enough ammo to last you till doomsday
AR15: Cost a lot of money
AK47: Cost some money
Mosin-Nagant: free with purchase of bayonet
etc. There’s a bout a thousand of them on that list.
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