Truly One Of The BEST Bolt Rifles Of ALL Time! Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Mosin Nagant

The Mosin Nagant has a fascinating history. For years people have been in love with this Russian rifle and if you are a gun lover, you are probably very familiar with some of the well-known facts surrounding its history. But today, we are taking a look at the Top 10 things you probably DON'T know about the Mosin Nagant!
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[@Clever-Name]

Can we take a minute to appreciate the gun fire, and bolt action sound in between the bullet points? Cool video, TY.

[@EricDaMAJ]

The worst period for the Mosin Nagant was in about mid-WW II where the Russians were cranking them out with minimal attention to fit, finish and tooling to keep up with demand. Those rifles, when imported to the US and sold by the bucket, proved to have quite rough actions. If a Mauser rifle bolt is like shifting a formula one race car, a WW II Mosin's bolt action was like shifting a T-34A tank - which had to be done with a hammer. It was so bad that The Firearms Blog TV coined the term "Garbage Rod" which is now the Mosin's official name amongst Mosin haters. (Who being haters ignore better pre and post war production runs) The Finns and several Eastern European countries made Mosin copies which are generally better made than the Russian versions. Russian concentration on 7.62mm diameter barrel tooling for Mosins meant they couldn't tool small arms for any other caliber. The Russians even wanted the original AK-47 chambered for something smaller but it was too big a hurdle for the Soviet arms industry. This is saying something in a nation that moved most of its heavy industry east of the Ural Mountains to keep it from the Nazis. They didn't get past this issue until the 1980s.

[@29madmangaud29]

I've had a Mosin since 2007, watched all kinds of vids, on KZbin, and checked over, adjusted, fixed them up, they're GREAT! Powerful. Hold on TIGHT, or it's gonna stop your shooting day! Guarantee! Very ACCURATE! 29" barrel. (if it's been taken care of) most of mine are. Especially my wife's "TULA MADE" Mosin-Nagant!

[@jacobmajors-manley4220]

That tenth factoid was a great way to end the list! Had me chuckling a little. Great vid and keep up the work.

[@redriver6541]

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[@archimagirus_sancti]

Great video. Keep doin 'em like this. Loved the tunes and pace. Also love the Mosin! Great rifles

[@MrRebar15]

*God Family and Guns* Interesting, thank-you sir for taking the time to show us. God Bless.

[@freddieh5539]

Thanks for the video. Always enjoy learning more history about my favorite bolt action, made in 1935, with hex receiver.

[@katanamast279]

I wish we could own PPSH-41. Another dream gun to be alongside my M44 Mosin with a Folding Stock

[@yodaevil]

Got to shoot a PPSH-41 and it was everything I dreamed to to be! Also have a ww2 m44 that I love/hate. Love the gun, hate the next day how my shoulder feels! Could not imagine firing one day in and day out! They truly were a different breed back then.

[@charlestaylor253]

@@yodaevil Well, that and the fact they were often fired while wearing very thick and padded winter uniform coats...

[@sisleymichael]

Elmer Keith, responsible to a large degree of helping to get the 44mag made, also experimented with rifles. He said the Mosin was the only action he had never been able to make fail. Elmer loved to load ammo very hot.

[@eloiseharbeson2483]

I had a Winchester made 1891. Sold it to a friend who discovered a forgotten stash of 7.62x54r after he had sold off all his rifles in that caliber. I still have an 1895 Nagant revolver and 1070 rnds of 7.62x38r ammo.

[@dennisparker3786]

I love my polish T-44 made in 52 cold War rifle. Unissued looks brand new with original sling witch is very rare. Very accurate. Long live 7.62x 54r .

[@eloiseharbeson2483]

Mine had kinda brutal recoil

[@dennisparker3786]

@@eloiseharbeson2483 yeah short barrel and a heavy load it's going to kick a little. Relax your butt of stock a little it will help.

[@garyt.4076]

Thks Mark. Those were some interesting facts.

[@davidsbeesandstuff8486]

Awesome , thanks!!!

[@viciousoptimist3542]

#1.5 - some of those Remington and Westinghouse rifles actually went to Russia as arms for American troops as part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to fight the Bolsheviks.

[@rodneydortch9060]

I love my Finnish Mosin Nagant M39 1941

[@user-dd2gf1it1t]

VKT, SAKO or the really cool (and rare) Tikokoski?

[@akbuilder7626]

Shoot steel targets with it and you'll understand how much power that round has.

[@dennismillus4581]

I own a 1925 Russian Imperial Hex Receiver. Shoots as accurately as my sons M39.

[@durango8882]

Excellent info sir, I think they are legendary. I got to shoot one and really liked it. ✌🏻

[@michaeldelory4708]

To increase accuracy and speed: to cycle the bolt, do not break check weld, use the first finger and the middle finger to pull the bullcock back, charging the bolt, use the same two fingers to cycle the bolt, fire and repeat

[@garymessina1609]

Very interesting great to know

[@redlicoricerifleexpert7489]

I have a pre-war Winchester model 70, the bolt action is smooth as butter.

[@chris777ta]

Have just purchased a mosin m44 looks brand new dated 1953 looking forward to shooting next week cheers Chris uk

[@MF-hz6xx]

Looks slick

[@deanmiller4243]

That was interesting .my son has one. my wife bought one last year .lots of parts out there

[@jeffbetts4254]

I really like the history

[@Chyanne45]

Cool

[@dennismillus4581]

I wish someone would upload a how to video. Of the Best way to clean and or stop the barrels from corrosion.

[@tacomas9602]

I never understood the mosin bolt hate. I really like mine and I tig welded a 2" longer bolt handle on my M44. I LOVE IT. The Enfield actions feel springy to me and I dislike them. Mauser is the smoothest but that Russian charm of the rifle just sets itself on a pedestal for me lol

[@sniperfreak223]

Mosin's original design used a buttstock-mounted tubular magazine similar to the Spencer rifle, with a magazine cutoff. It wasn't accepted because Mauser and Mannlicher proved that box magazines were more effective. Thus why Nagant's magazine system was adopted. Mosin's action seems to have been chosen more out of national pride...as most of the trials seemed to favor the Nagant.

[@gamu1651]

Truly one of the most rifles ever made

[@dennismillus4581]

Might want to mention the M44. One of the loudest .30cal out there.

[@charlessedlacek5754]

Prefer the m38 or m44 carbine. Short, handy, and not too long, got 3 of them.

[@richardtallent8175]

For movies with Mosin Nagant," Enemy at the Gates". Plus depicted famous Soviet sniper, Vasily Zaitzev (?). Thank you.

[@MyCatFooed]

Great video! I could bet it all on the fact that they're currently being used in Ukraine. God Bless you all & your loved ones. Much Love and Respect from the rolling hills and fertile farmlands of Pennsylvania!! :) Domari Nolo PA III

[@jmmartin7766]

I love my Mosin-- because I know I'm holding a little piece of history when I shoot it

[@JR15A2]

That's funny; I've always heard people refer to them as "garbage rods."

[@IdaholifeV]

Those same people have never touched or shot a Finn M39, or 28/76 then......

[@JR15A2]

@@IdaholifeV - I wouldn't know about that because I'm not into antique firearms. It does seem to be a nickname they have earned, though, because I've heard it a lot. Most recently, in an InRange TV video.

[@user-dd2gf1it1t]

@@IdaholifeV The Finnish M39: The Cadillac of Mosin Nagants.

[@user-dd2gf1it1t]

My dad was a big gun show person. I remember him telling me to avoid Japanese and Russian rifles; they are hard to sell. That was many years ago and the times have changed (again). A Mosin Nagant is a good investment.

[@randy1862]

Have had one of these rifles for over 30 years and I've always enjoyed it and always shot very accurate I thought the boat was pretty hard to work in it a friend of mine but she didn't said he didn't like it the boat was too hard to work don't want to get no argument with nobody about this kid but recently I was watching the video and it said these guys were packed in so much cosmoline that it was virtually impossible to get the boat clean to work smooth they recommended pulling the boat out taking a 12 gauge bore brush and putting in the boat and turning it by hand and sure enough that cared the problem no more sticky boat I always told my friend it was a man's gun it took a man to work the boat

[@mrdiplomat9018]

I love floating boats 🤣

[@charlestaylor253]

Did you ever hear the Russian song of the Volga Boatmen? 😏

[@dennismillus4581]

Is ammonia the best to use to stop corrosion in the barrel?

[@chickimac1]

Love my M44. Shoots fireballs out the muzzle

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

I didn't know they used Mosin parts for the PPSH but its Russia it makes sense

[@davidsincere6037]

The base of the round separates from the body of the round. You have to have a special realm they'll be able to catch the body of it when it separates in the gun chamber.

[@igon5176]

My Finn M39 is a tack driver.

[@usertom1967]

1 thing you didn't know Ppsh smg is pronounsed P-P-SHa, the SH at the end is pronounced together as in the word Shoe

[@thisolddog2259]

I paid 89 bucks at Big Five, years Go

[@krisspradlin715]

Your Reacher, right?

[@krisspradlin715]

You're

[@williamlindner3984]

Be careful of some old Moisin Nagants . In the 1920s 30s ,there were conversions of these rifles to 30.06 by just deepening the chambers by a reamer . These are extremely dangerous as the 30.06 is smaller than the 7.62 Russian leaving it unsupported at the rear of the case. It can be converted to 30.06 ,but it involves setting the barrel back and reworking the extractor .. A company named Bannerman's converted a bunch of these rifles , but they did them correctly and these are considered safe .. If in doubt have it checked out..

[@christinepearson5788]

Bannerman is the source of this ill advised conversation.

[@williamlindner3984]

@@christinepearson5788 If you mean conversion , No ,Bannerman's did not originate the conversion . They were a surplus arms dealer in the early 20th century . They did them right. Some woodshed operators did not.

[@29madmangaud29]

it's a 7.62x54R,,,, the "R" doesn't mean RUSSIAN, it means "RIM",,, it's a BAD ASSED ROUND. It's still VERY USEFUL, used on the PKS and very MANY hard-hitting sniper rifles

[@h.g.higgins4521]

Never heard of this weapon. What type ammunition did it fire. Since the barrel was so long how far can it shoot and hit a target?

[@julianmatheney977]

The ammo is called 7.62x54r, The Russian equivalent to 30.06. Reasonably reaches out to 800 meters

[@freddieh5539]

7.62X54R. It's a beast.

[@h.g.higgins4521]

Appreciate the information 800 meters said someone else .A little less than a mile but 8 football fields away is far to accurately hit a target that far and even harder if there moving. Need to learn about windage and adjusting sites and how accommodate for this if in order to take a long shot of an Elk or some other large animal.

[@trashedmechanic1987]

I'm not going to call it one of the best but its definately still one of the greats. In my opinion it would be the Mauser.

[@johnmirbach2338]

😁👍✌👌🖖😎

[@Dusk3e]

ehh you got me on 1/10 defense of savastapol i didnt know and you still got some wrong, but thats ok

[@luiscalcano4359]

What was the caliber?

[@user-dd2gf1it1t]

7.62 x 54R, the "R" indicating that it is a rimmed cartridge.

[@randomuserpostingunderhisr7783]

New England Westinghouse was a British company? Who knew?

[@user-dd2gf1it1t]

The English had a hand in the distribution of the rifles to Russia. On the stock, there is a cartouche that translates to "English Contract". The rifles, for reasons of international law, were "sold" to the British, who in turn "sold" them to the Russians. The U.S. was still a neutral country at the time. The author is a bit off the mark but not that much.

[@knightatthecrossroads222]

It is issued to ukrainian soldiers too. Not exactly on the frontline but many use scoped sniper mosins to ambush the russians....or troops guarding roads and such....

[@williamlindner3984]

It's okay for a 1891 design . The bolt is complicated and very gummy and sticky to use, especially if dirty. Some of them are fairly accurate ,and they are durable .The 98 Mauser ,03 Springfield ,and the 1917 Enfield are better bolt action choices.

[@paulmoss7940]

for sure

[@durango8882]

I still think they are cool 😎

[@jmmartin7766]

The Mosin will out shoot all those rifles 🔝 so long as you have your mini-sledge handy to "kick" the bolt open 🔨😏

[@knightatthecrossroads222]

@@jmmartin7766 if you choose your rifle wisely at gun store and not grab one because it's cheap.....you don't need a hammer. I chose mine from 25 pieces and I made sure it was one piece from the factory not completed one rifle out of 20..... My rifle works smooth without use of force even after 50 shots in a row. Somehow i became alergic to these claims about using hammer to open or close the bolt on mosin. Also we europeans and the russians too were taught to clean the weapon after shooting .....every shooting even one round. If you don't do it no wonder your rifle has issues.

[@jmmartin7766]

@@knightatthecrossroads222 It was a joke... Check out '9-Hole Review's" Mosin vid. My Mosin's just fine. But you're right-- any time anyone buys any gun, they need to manually inspect it, first, by manually manipulating it

[@jimbro650]

Thanks Mark that's an awesome piece 👍 🇺🇸 GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸 The right to keep and bear arms shall not 🚫 be INFRINGED 🗽

[@johnnymccann5607]

During the time Russia in ww 2 issued 50.000 thousand mosin nagant sniper rifles. We in USA didn't have much of a sniper program . papa.

[@finngamesknudson1457]

My Mosin is only impressive in how badly burned out the barrel is. Lucky to shoot 50 moa.

[@christinepearson5788]

Despite it's proliferation, I think the Moisin's only edearing trait was when they were available on the mil surplus market for under a hundred. It is a sticky, clunky, awkward design that utilized a rimmed cartridge. It was outclassed by every other design Carcano, Jap type 38, I'd even prefer a French Lebel to the Moisin. It was the last of the rimmed cartridge battle rifles and it's proliferation and poverty kept it around long past its day.

[@user-dd2gf1it1t]

Now try out those rifles on the battlefield in subzero temperatures or with lots of mud and cold rain. I'll take the MN any day over the others. That rimmed cartridge allows for a lot of play in the headspace when things get grimy.

[@christinepearson5788]

@@user-dd2gf1it1t I'd take an Enfield SMLE over a mosin any day. Karl at In Range gummed a moisin inoperable on a mud test. The Russian's missed their modernization cycle because of the revolution after WWI and the British jettisoned their rimless cartridge and 1913 rifle in 1914 becouse they could see WWI on the horizon. Rims are 19th century and OBSOLETE. The moisin is clunky and it's only endearment was low cost. My $35 Carcano has shot well, out grooped all but my Finish moisin. I've slugged Russian moisin barrels up to .3165" in bore dia and found pulled bullets as low as .306" dia. Not much good to say about USSR quality Control.

[@swamprat9018]

and Should never be considered as one of the best bolt rifles of all time! Barrels range in bore dia of .309 to .313 with .3012 being common. But when you give to cannon fodder troops what does accuracy mean anyway.

[@user-ic6hb9yv6t]

If you are going to do videos about Russian firearms, PLEASE learn how to pronounce their names! Both the mo-SEEN nagant and the Peh-Peh-Sheh are classics.

[@xxxlonewolf49]

It's more commonly known as the "$#!T Stick"

[@bubblegump5410]

That is the same as saying biden is the 5th best president of all time-Trump first then Reagan and then all of the other 42 are tied for 3rd then carter and obama tied for 4th then biden is the 5th

[@gordonwalton8209]

That's the best analogy so far! But I will stand by this statement and say " even the worst Mosin , from the worst run of manufacturing is still by far infinitely more capable then Joe biden

[@bubblegump5410]

@@gordonwalton8209 Agree