Why is the Mosin Rifle the Scariest Weapon of World War

[@gearchallenge7555]

Did you reverse (mirror) the videos to avoid giving credit to the original producers?

[@Sandman253]

To beat "copy right laws"

[@erwin643]

"Um... Yeah..."

[@DOOM_A-O]

I know for sure they at least ripped off IV8888 at 01:16 . That's Barry (RIP) shooting the mosin.

[@rex8255]

There is another reason for a simpler mechanism: Reliability.

[@travischapin886]

I'd rather see the videos the right way, not reversed to show a left handed rifle, which the Mosin was never made to be left handed.

[@kylegreene1356]

He's a bottom feeder who steals clip footage to yap over with lame chicks with guns, did you expect integrity and attention to the real firearm? Not here. Not here.

[@CTCLures]

I was like what freaking time line am I in 🤣🤣

[@seanmalloy7249]

Watching the video and seeing the rifles in right-handed, then switching to left-handed whenever they're fired, then back again, is one of the most disrupting things I've seen in a video here on KZbin that's supposed to be a documentary. Particularly the one shot of a Mosin with both the bolt handle and a scope on the left side.

[@rockymountainlockpicker9606]

As a lefty I’m all for it

[@Perkinator104]

It's probably to avoid the copyright police bots. AI moderation is hopefully bringing about the demise of social media and returning us to neighborliness and community involvement.

[@Independently_Minded]

It drives me nuts that you have almost all the images and videos inverted to make it seem the rifles are designed for left-handed operation.

[@benjamindover7399]

That is done to avoid copyright infringement on the original video.

[@calliecooke1817]

First thing I noticed. Was driving me nuts !!!

[@shaun469]

Make a better video then.

[@PrimericanIdol]

​​@@benjamindover7399 That won't work for much longer. AI is catching on.

[@brothermaleuspraetor9505]

Yeah it's a thing the platforms do so that lettering is backwards; It helps to avoid Copyright files. Or at least it attempts to.

[@johnkowalski5756]

It is indeed a rugged weapon. I own the hex and round receiver ones as well as two "Finnish" Mosins. These are fine shooting rifles.

[@jarikinnunen1718]

World deadliest sniper Simo Häyhä used finnish Mosin variant "pystykorva", without scope.

[@RottenAnimal]

The tip of the bayonet was flat and can be used as a slot screw driver.

[@DocSanders]

Slight correction: The US had the A3-03, the Brits had the Enfield, the Russians (the Soviet Union) had Mosin and the Germans had the Mouser. ALL FOUR WERE serviceable, accurate and excellent killing machines in the right hands. But, as the war dragged on lower quality material, and depletion of technicians to manufacture each variant meant quality became a serious problem. So, if you have a good example of any one of these KEEP IT safe, keep it secure.

[@MHChang2014]

*Mauser

[@cm374787]

*Lee Enfield

[@knuccs]

*Shmee Shmenfield

[@jl8543]

Mosin Nagant was never left handed..

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

I think this video uses Metal Gear Solid 3 and Far Cry 2 as historical references.

[@jamesdowdall3113]

They're showing mirrord images. I sometimes see that on YT vids.

[@weasel003gaming7]

Avoiding YT's Copyright Slap, don't mind the mirroring.

[@larryjacobsen4079]

Didn't you see the poster for Enemy at the Gates?

[@MeYou-yz2yz]

Well it should have been.

[@roberttaylor7451]

How the fuck can you show all of these reverse films showing the bolt handle on the left.

[@palsyddad]

Probably because they stole the footage from someone else.

[@DrJeffDrJeff]

@@palsyddad Most of the clips would be by Iraqveteran8888, from their Mosin torture test video.

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

Russians are left handed. Duh.

[@geoh7777]

@@JayBee-cr8jm You missed the chance to say "leftists."

[@JayBee-cr8jm]

@@geoh7777 Dang. That was good. You win the internet today. Well done.

[@AstronautSpaceCake]

As a lefty, I’m loving the left handed mosins 😊

[@PeterNebelung]

I have a Swedish Mauser, with a barrel of 29.1 inches. Added a decent scope and had the bolt turned down. Shoots very well, capable of better than I could do with it. 6.5x55mm cartridge, very decent ballistics.

[@GeorgeSemel]

In World War II, the Swedes were considered the best Sniper Rifles of the War, fitted with German Optics of the period. I hunt a lot with the cartridge.

[@J24-k8f]

Swedish Mausers are beautiful and sweet shooters for a military rifle.

[@schinderiapraemeturus6239]

They're awesome aren't they? Still can't believe I picked up a Carl Gustav M96 for only $200 , that was 21 years ago

[@pearseoconnor5507]

Cannot watch this all backwards. A left handed Nagant, FFS. Drove me nuts.

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

I love the Mosin for its simple disassembly for cleaning, no other rifle I know of comes apart with just two screws to pull the barrel.

[@Bidimus1]

If you mean pull the action 2 action screws is the norm, some have locking screws as well. If you wish to see a truly simplified bolt kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJrZpnebqbqlrpI

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

@@Bidimus1 Thanks for the video, what a nice rifle. Finding one in Canada at a reasonable price is probably rare. I live in Vancouver Island and hope I see one at the 26 Oct gun show, but just to look at he he

[@filster1934]

Well, you've never field stripped an M-1 Garand.

[@kemestr]

Bayoneting the concrete clip hurt a little bit sure they used to be cheap but good luck finding the rifle for less then 400$ in good shape in 2024

[@worldtraveler930]

I second that motion!!! 🤠👍

[@2d_AIRBORNE_Brigade]

Redneck was a straight bozo.

[@cfriedel123]

I was lucky enough to find a Mosin-Nagant for $120 back in the day. A spam can of ammo was $80 then. No way you'd get it at that price now =)

[@GlenMichaelYoung]

A spam can of ammo I seen at the gun shop for $350.00 per can!!!!! Crazy!!!

[@notreallymyname3736]

You still need a tool to reassemble a Mosin safely. There's a reason the issued multitool has a firing pin protrusion gauge built into it. A punctured primer is bad news with a rifle like that. Sure, you can field strip it without one, but the bolts on those things get nasty if you're not tearing it all the way down once in a while.

[@calincampbell5637]

You don't need a tool for reassembly. The firing pin is clocked by setting it flush with the back of the hammer, then turning it in line with the alignment marks. My rifle has never had an issue with this method. Maybe a different story with a non-matching bolt.

[@notreallymyname3736]

@@calincampbell5637 That's actually a fair point. My 91/30 has a replacement firing pin, so my whiteness mark doesn't quite line up with the cocking piece. I had a punctured primer blow my hat off with that rifle, so I make sure to check protrusion every time I touch a Mosin.

[@izyb6608]

The bayonet had a flat tip for use as a screwdriver

[@scottairhart8594]

I have both the Mauser and Mosin rifles. They are both excellent rifles; it would be very difficult for me to choose between the two. If I have to choose, it is the Finnish M-39.

[@tomjones2341]

I own a 1931 mosin with a octagon receiver it's one of my favorite rifles very accurate

[@mikejfranklin7000]

The Soviet Union needed a lot of sniper rifles to support their doctrine. They manufactured 388,000, according to 'Forgotten Weapons'. That is a LOT of sniper rifles. With a decent 'scope they were quite effective. The bolt handle was modified, with the right-angle bend, to accommodate the 'scope.

[@mick312]

Having both in my safe. Mauser all day.

[@1944Jakob]

And which surplus "Gun Show" ammo is cheaper and easier to obtain?.... I have several of each but use my M44 Nagant to go plunking.....Nagant 35 bucks....Mauser 400 bucks

[@panzerabwerkanone]

@@1944Jakob You pay for quality.

[@sbfhawk4343]

The Russians were good at using the MOSIN and it became a sound of death to the Germans..So even though the Germans made great Guns the MOSIN was a force to reckon with Period!!!

[@jhoughjr1]

@@sbfhawk4343my mosin was in great condition.

[@theduckfu]

@@sbfhawk4343 At the start of the war the Russians also out numbered the Germans by 2.5 million. Plus the Russians had a lot of snipers both men and women.

[@shawnfecke4322]

Using this rifle out to 2km is more for volley fire and saturation of a target "area" than for point targets. I couldn't see a single soldier at 2km, but 500, or 5000 soldiers armed with this rifle can create what is known as a " beaten zone". An area saturated with enough bullets to either inflict casualties on an opposing for, or deny safe access to that enemy force.

[@karoltakisobie6638]

True. Volley fire was accepted tactic from very beginning of firearms and it was used well into ww1 when MG were already available but not everywhere. British used it often, so did Italians and Russians.

[@izyb6608]

Bingo. the guy who made this video clearly is only familiar with it from video games.

[@bodyrumuae2914]

@@izyb6608 Pretty sure it's yet another AI channel.

[@jamesk370]

The pros & cons differences between the Mosin and the Mauser remind me of the pros & cons differences between the AK and the AR pattern rifles. Different eras, different weapons, but same priorities & philosophies within each culture over time.

[@ghostwriter1415]

BulletSword, those ballistics are calulated on a "flat-earth-trajectory" (A straight line from point a to point b with equal sea-level points). If you were shooting from an altitude say ... 100 feet, you could take a Mosin out to the nautical mile mark (that's 6000 feet). Carlos Hathcock's arch nemesis, Apache, was doing it every other week!

[@worry2much]

I've fired 1 MN in my life and frankly that was 2 times too many,the bolt took considerable effort to operate I had to palm the bolt so hard that it bruised my hand. I'm amazed that your average Russian soldier survived enemy contact. The second thing is the ammo. The ball of fire that came from the muzzle was quite impressive. I didn"t know the Russian had a battle rifle/flame theower combo.

[@josephmarino3045]

That's why it's nicknamed the Russian boomstick!

[@aitoralvaro9461]

No solo sobrevivieron al contacto con el enemigo, si no que además ganaron la guerra.

[@Perkinator104]

The one you shot was very likely not in great condition. I had to polish the inside of the chamber and do some judicious lubrication if the bolt parts for it to cycle reliably. Also, was it the short carbine with the folding bayonet? Those shoot fireballs because the barrel is too short for the powder charge.

[@matthewpaine6908]

The Mosin was made for men to operate. I'm sure your Boyfriend would not have any problems with the bolt.

[@izyb6608]

All the Mosin ammo you see today is general purpose, they also use it in the machine guns. As a result it is higher pressure than originally designed. they figured out the receiver and Barrel had no problem with the higher pressure and instead of producing different specification ammo they make a single specification. Also keep in mind the original rifle had a very long barrel. Most people in the US have a Cavalry or shortened version such as the M44. The slow burning powder simply doesn't have enough time to burn, so you get the fireball

[@mikeoxlong8272]

Ahhh. The old Mosin....the only rifle you could set someone on fire with the muzzle flash.

[@Gary-zq3pz]

Better than both...a '38 Winchester model 70. A refined variation of a Mauser 98k(WW1 issue). Too expensive for military use, though.

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

The pre-64 Model 70 is indeed a fine rifle. I still like the later series with the push-feed and the small extractor in the lug. They’re a very clean and well supported breech setup and I’ve rebarreled a few. You can set them up with minimal case head overhang and no extractor cut.

[@GeorgeSemel]

The Winchester M-70 is a hunting rifle and a good one. I have several. The problem for wincherster was that they lost money on ever single one they made- that why the gun was redesigned in '64. The last couple of years 1960 to 63 the rifles showed it, the milling machines were worn out and well they didn't have the cash to replace. Still while not as refined the Post 64 rifles shot well. Then CNC came along and the M-70 classics came about those are fine rifles, and the ones being made right now are some of the best 70 ever produced. Mauser 98K is a very expensive action to make. Mauser still makes them and the still make sporter rifles too- There will be some sticker shock.

[@Not_Puro]

98ks werent in ww1 lmao

[@michaelm9211]

I don’t think the mosin was literally ever the scariest rifle ever made. It was antiquated and cutting edge at the same time. Rimmed cartridges was going out of style and made designing the magazine difficult. Also Mosin did not invent the magazine, Leon Nagant did. The only cutting edge part of the rifle was the smokeless powder used in the cartridge. The first time the Russians really used the rifle was in the sino Japanese war, and the mosin went against the arisaka rifle which was a Mauser style action. The Japanese won. Mosin was never a good rifle is was always an ok rifle.

[@Cabalero24]

японцы победили?! япония потеряла территории из-за своих войн. японцев не любят все её соседи из-за геноцида местного населения при японских вторжениях. в японии по прежнему американские оккупационные войска в стране. арисака - одна из худших винтовок своего времени.

[@valvio1331]

Just clickbait SCAM.

[@michaelm9211]

@ dang, you got me. Good job.👍

[@455buick6]

​@@Cabalero24Lol, you're wrong about the Arisaka, the end of war ones had issues but not the others!

[@tomparatube6506]

Heads-up for collectors: extremely rare footage of left-handed Mosins in action🤫😂

[@GeorgeSemel]

You may be familiar with it through video games. I was given one in 1963! I shot my first deer with it, too. Mine came out of Tula in 1938! Once you learn the manual of arms for the rifle, mine came out without the little tool kit; there is a wrench in that kit that you can adjust the headspace. Mine shot ok and then even better when one of my dads employees took it from me, he told me let me work on it a bit. He knew his way around a rifle, The trigger was way better and he stabilized the stock, It when from an 8 inch gun to just a tad over 2 inches at 100 yards. I still have it. The Russians do things a bit different, he make arms in numbers, they are simple do to they draft men into service, and they don't spend a lot of time on training, The Americans on the other hand in WWII would draft men and they would spend a year training a new Division long with being much better equipt too. A lot of two way radios. This also reflected on loss rates for the two armies. The Russians had it bad in WW-II and a good bit of it was due to internal leadership.

[@mosinmeister25]

Which tool in the kit adjusts the head space?

[@worldtraveler930]

The one that looks like a teardrop with teeth on one side. 🤠👍

[@mosinmeister25]

@@worldtraveler930 That's the firing pin gauge.

[@aitoralvaro9461]

Así y todo, ganaron la guerra. La real, no la de Hollywood y su día D.

[@izyb6608]

The only way to adjust the headspace is to remove the barrel. You can't adjust headspace on the fly.

[@lelandsmith8111]

In my experience, the Russian Mosin rifle was rugged and reliable, and my two M44 short rifles were like new when I purchased them. The 7.62x54R cartridge is a potent round.

[@1944Jakob]

This is one butt-ass ugly rifle. However, its simpilicty, ruggedness, and easy access to inexpensive ammo make it a great survival weapon. This weapon has been in use since the 1800's

[@citymagnum4734]

Well... one or two videos of left-handed shooters with left-handed rifles may be just a coincidence. But ALL of them?

[@aitoralvaro9461]

Utiliza imágenes ajenas. Me sorprende que tanta gente comente lo mismo. No, no son fusiles para zurdos, son imágenes no autorizadas(al usarlas en espejo, no lo pueden penar)

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Mosins are popular hunting rifles in lands like Finland, perfect for the job.

[@ramdom_assortment]

My former roommate bought one. The Mosin is SUPER front heavy. I know that's common in rifles, but with the Mosin even more so.

[@chrisbraswell8864]

They remind me of WWII in Finland because that is where mine came from, made in 1942, rails look like they have cycled about 200,000 rounds through it, It is a very loud gun and disintegrates red Bricks.

[@JugglesGrenades]

NOT GOING TO WATCH: I stopped it ten seconds in to write this comment. If you can't post an illustration with the bolt on the right side of the receiver, then the information in the video is probably also incorrect.

[@snowwhite7677]

The Mosin. It's 7.62x54r ammo has been manufactured & exported for over a century & is available on all 7 continents & the North Pole. A rifle is of little use with no ammo.

[@robwalsh9843]

Lee Enfield> Mosins are handy. Lee Enfields are efficient.

[@jeffbrowning4684]

If you want a competition rifle, buy a Mauser. If you want a hunting rifle, get a Springfield. If you need a combat rifle, get yourself an Enfield. I can't swear to who said it first, but it comes from c. WWI France.

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

​@@jeffbrowning4684 Boomer nonsense like ".22lr will rattle around inside the skull" lol. They're similar enough that it doesn't matter.

[@tomt373]

@@jeffbrowning4684 If you want a perfect rifle surplus, get an M-1 Garand. You get the most powerful military cartridge ever made, plus the recoil reducing gas operation, plus being a very available caliber with various grains of bullets that will easily do 1000 yard/meter shots.

[@hb9145]

Built by clueless farmers in megafactories - the Soviet ones were generally very bad. The Finnish ones were built with good materials by skilled workers (SAKO) and were match grade.

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

If that’s the gun available, that’s what you use!

[@09jt1]

I used Mauser m/98 (modell 1898) in military environment. Living in nothern EU we had it until 1990-ish and I loved it. Easy to handle, good accuracy, easy cleaning after a day of fighting, just exercise. A trustworthy weapon that put my bullet there it was supposed to be. Actually I fell almost in love with all guns I had. When I had to return my Swedish m/45B 9mm Carl Gustav machine gun (15 month service) the weapon officer looked at the gun, than at me, then back to the gun, shook and twisted it. Put in a barrel for possible repairable weapons. I knew it was a bit loose but I know how to handle it. My primary rules, 1 never ever remove the pipe 2 never ever ler another guy (vandal) use it. Sob.... Nowdays we got so many regulations, reasonable and for our own safty. It was more fun when you just can go out and shoot for an hour just because it's funny. Out of topic, sry

[@swampghost72]

The best rifles of ww2 in order was the M1 Garand , Mauser, lee Enfield .303. and then the mosin. The Enfield might have been higher but it was underpowered compared to the others..My opinion.

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Yet by the end of the war, virtually all nations had decided that their main battle rifles and ammo were overpowered for modern fighting.

[@swampghost72]

@@panzerabwerkanone Compared to the others the Enfield was underpowered..I didnt mean it didnt have power.Theres articles written about it. Yes you are right though.Nations did decide that , and that was because of over penetration..The United States figured out that certain lighter rounds could cause more damage thus the 5.56 was born.The Russians were perplexed by this and they tested captured M16's and figured out why the U.S. went with the 5.56 and later adopted their own version..That knowledge is well known.

[@skalagrim99]

There are many reasons that Mosin-Nagant rifles are called "Garbage Rods".

[@MajorBulletMagnet]

I like how you mirrored all the footage to avoid copyright.

[@JeffBishop_KB3QMT]

The Mosin-Nagant hit the stores here in the US around 2010, where for just under $100 I got the rifle, bayonet, and field accessories. I ordered a "can" of ammo of about 340-500 rounds for around $80 at the time. The bolt on mine has a slight poor-fill blemish that didn't quite clean up during the machining process, so I suppose it was manufactured during wartime, assuming the same wouldn't have been acceptable during peace time. I like the rifle a lot, but it does kick like a mule.

[@erickolb8581]

I can see an 8 inch steel gong target with my aperture A2 AR15 sights at the same distances you describe here. The difference between those 2 sight systems is the A2 style sight is made by American riflemen for marksmanship. American rifles tend to incorporate clear sight picture with the target to create an environment that promotes accurate shot placement. I used to have the old world leaf sights on my Mauser rifle, but I've discovered I can actually shoot more accurately without any sights on that rifle at all. I'm not trying to brag here, just simply pointing out how alleviating it is to use my own eyeball and objective shooting to achieve what I perceive to be better results. The gong bangs more frequently at moderate distances without the leaf sights than with them on. I associate the M1891 with Arma3 SOG:PF and SCUM.

[@Minuteman4Jesus]

Finnish armory: "As a sniper, you need a scope." Simo Häyhä: "No scope. They fog up or blur. This is fine!" Russians invading Finland: "Oh Fuuuuu...."

[@OnlineAdjunct]

Apparently the Mosin was made for left-handed users. Either that or the videos are reversed to the mirror image. That's irritating.

[@455buick6]

They're not all reversed if you look carefully, it goes back and forth

[@namvet_13e]

The reversed (mirror image) video is very annoying.

[@ranger-pd5gc]

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice the industrial plant behind the target? Talk about "hazardous work conditions"...

[@b0tay]

thumbs down for mirror images of rifle shooting. If your making a informative video, do it right!

[@DogFarts96]

Right!! 😡 Frustrating

[@lesterforney6200]

I think it's speed depends on how fast you can operate it. If I wanted to I can shoot roughly one round per second.

[@goatman3828]

How right. The Enfield, Springfield, and the Garand never even registered as quality rifles. But that Russian Mosin, well that was just a legend of quality and craftsmanship. Easily overshadowed every other rifle of the 2 world wars.

[@JohnMcClain-p9t]

As a collector, I've got several Mosin Nagants and find them quite serviceable. We saw them in Iraq and Afghanistan in the eighties and nineties. John McClain, GySgt, USMC ret.

[@southerncross3638]

Russian soldiers used to piss down the barrel to neutralize the corrosive powder.

[@Hasbeenreporter]

The loading sequences of the mosin nagant are all wrong in this film. If you just push the rounds down into the rifle by pressing down the tips of the rounds you risk gettin rimlock. The correct way to load the rifle is to keep your thumb on the upper side of the clip while you pull the tip of the lowest round up with your index finger. Then you push the rounds into the rifle with your thumb at the base of the top cartridge. Thus you create a pattern where rims of the higher up round are on front of the one below.

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

No .30 rifle will have "neck breaking impact" LOL. By the laws of physics, it must have mich less force than exterted when fired.

[@ryanchan2302]

Could u do one on the Springfield, arisaka, or the kar98k?

[@wildweasel6898]

I have a mauser and a mosin. It depends on which company made each. There were well made mosins and mausers. There were also crappy ones.

[@erichartmann815]

There are no crappy Mausers. But all Mosins are crap.

[@Paciat]

@@erichartmann815 Go 'Hail Hitler' somewhere else.

[@StumpkillerCP]

The Mosin-Nagant was scarry in WWI . . . had it been used much. By WWII it was much, much less scary. What it was was rugged and serviceable in all conditions. I have a M91/30 arsenal reconditioned (unknown when) that is very, very accurate at 100 yards (1-1/2" at 100 yards in the bullseye). I also have a Finnish M39 that is handy enough I have twice taken whitetail deer with it. Great "tweak" sporterization of the M1891 for military service. BUT, if I was in battle or attacked I'd grab my British No. 4, Mk 1/2 (also arsenal reconditioned (in 1955)) without hesitation. 10 rounds in the mag w/5 round stripper clips, fast bolt that doesn't stick out at 90 degrees. Better trigger pull. Just as rugged. Two safeties. Shorter. Just slightly less accurate. A little less recoil. But if I was fighting house to house . . . a MUCH better choice. (And much surplus brass is reloadable).

[@dennismillus4581]

I would like ro see the true ballistics of both Rifles. I was always under the impression the Mosin had higher speeds.

[@monikah.g1918]

Mosin Nagant... Used in the great war. World War 2, and World War 3

[@jerryk4400]

Stop stealing content from other creators!

[@kiankhiar]

who did he steal it from

[@KrigareAvHallarna]

Also curious of this

[@makam2089]

Ah yes. The Garbage Rod.

[@vis35ak]

The Mosin-Nagant is a clunker. Anybody that has experience with other rifles knows it.

[@timetimesfive9251]

Anyone else catch a glimpse of Barry? Blast from the past. RIP Barry

[@larslarsheim1741]

It was designed to get 9 million Russians killed by Mauser 98's during world war 2

[@J24-k8f]

What is insane is that people treat these like collector's items. They produced over 37 million of these. To put that in perspective, you could rearm the entire military of all NATO countries about 9 times over, and that is assuming 10% of nagants are no longer with us. It makes no sense to pay more than 200 for one.

[@dobraydien7242]

Ya obviously you havnt shot one very much. If you did you'd know the bolts jam very often.. most were built half assed to fill war quotas, and in soviet Russia, it was do or to the gulogs. It was Finnish that made mosins worth a damn.

[@worldtraveler930]

What people Fail to Understand is when the 3 line rifle has a bolt that jams up it is Almost Exclusively due to the fact that someone hasn't properly cleaned all the cosmoline out of the action of the gun!!! 🤠👍

[@aitoralvaro9461]

Ah, no sabía que Finlandia ganó la guerra. Pensé que la habían ganado los rusos con todas sus cosas mal hechas y sus soldados mal entrenados.

[@NVArt001]

Mine is awesome. I did polish the chamber and bolt though. Plus a bunch of other work.

[@J24-k8f]

At the time, get me a Mauser in nearly any configuration. Nowadays, a Mauser converted into an accessible caliber,(aka Zastava m70 Bolt) or a Mosin because 7.62x54r is plentiful, relatively cheap, and accessible. However, the Lee-Enfield beats the pants off of both for a WW1 era rifle. 10 rounds in an effective caliber, same effective accuracy, and a smoother action.

[@ilenisaatio]

For me, this rifle is mostly tied into BF1 and Hunter: Call of the Wild (Solokhin MN1890 there for legal reasons). Nice vid, though I would've liked a segment about the bayonet and a larger CQC comparison with the Mauser out of interest. Maybe another time. 🙂

[@jukopliut]

Simo: " why you are dissing iron sight"

[@briankerr4512]

What's better, the Mauser or the Mosin ??? ha ... the Enfield !

[@panzerabwerkanone]

It's a design from 1891. Only minor modifications up to WWII. By then it was very outdated. Overly complicated bolt with too many pieces and stacking tolerances. The only scary thing about it was that the Soviets had hundreds of millions of them. More nations copied or bought the Mauser design than the Mosin.

[@spsomers]

I worked at a gun shop and these things were built like driftwood.

[@erichartmann815]

Exactly. Russians make garbage. Which is why they're getting their asses kicked in Ukraine.

[@geoffreybudge3027]

The Mauser K98k was the best European rifle bar none . It carries like your favorite deer hunting rifle . Shoots with the best open sights . My old rifle shot a quarter size group at 100 yds. The 98 was not as dangerous to the shooter as our 03A3 as well and peep sights suck in low light conditions. The half French half Russian was poorly made in the communist factories. To long , no balance when carrying with one hand . With a PU scope ,and that’s the name , there is no cheek rest so your face hovers and that your eye does not align each time . But shots were made at 400yds . so a pie pan is possible in the hands of a Russian . They used explosive bullets as well as. That is in the books but you will have to read a lot to find it .

[@brianpeck4035]

This shooter looks like he's got stitches in his cheek and he's pulling the trigger with his middle finger! Simo Hayha shot his Mosin only with iron sights. I think he didn't want to give away his position with a shiny glass.

[@gadgetman_nz4092]

A sniper rifle is a shotgun! This is because a snipe is a small fast bird, and to shoot one (thus becoming a sniper), you needed to be quick with a shotgun rather than accurate with a rifle (marksmanship).

[@1001Hobbies]

Why is the Mosin Rifle the Scariest Weapon of World War? If talking about WW I, because Switzerland was neutral, or otherwise their Schmidt-Rubin rifle, with it's straight bolt pull and incredible accuracy, would have been the scariest weapon of that war. In WW II the M1 Garand was the scariest weapon as the US had the only Army with standard issue semi-automatic rifles.

[@DWilliams-sf5th]

Mosin have been seen being used in Ukraine. Also, search "Mosin 1000 yard shot"

[@charliedontsurf334]

My experience is IRL. I went to college near J&G Sales and everyone was buying them for $70. I got a sniper model for $600. It’s much much nicer. The bolts locked up all the time on the regular ones. Definitely get the sniper if you can.

[@justout75]

I love the left-handed orientation of the video. It just seems right-minded 😊

[@MrKotBonifacy]

"Three lines" (hence Russian popular name for it, "triekhlinyeyka", meaning something along "three lines thing") are 0.3 in. Russia back then used inches, but instead of this "half-half-half" division system used in UK and US (i.e. half of an inch, half of the half, i.e. 1/4, half of 1/4, i.e. 1/8 - and so on) they made it decimal. And on a ruler there are major lines for full inches, and smaller lines for tenth of it - so "three lines" meant "three tenths".

[@notnotagoodguy9600]

The mosin was cheap and the only feature it has is useless because it's to hard to use, it is a garbage rod and is worse than every other rifle used in that war

[@wyosundancer]

apparently BulletSword never edits.

[@estevangarcia2690]

Do the metric conversations for us. USA, USA

[@TheOnlyKingBee]

So what i get out of this is that the mosin advantage was only being cheap 😅

[@mikedee8876]

a mosin can re-locate a dislocated shoulder.......and vice-versa.......depending

[@Theire1]

when you ask right away what is better a Mosin or a Mauser I feel no need to watch the vid.

[@gbonkers666]

All of them were.

[@xeqblued]

How did they reverse the images to show a left handed rifle?

[@ghostwriter1415]

When I get my 2A rights reinstated by the courts, and my felony record sealed, I will get a Mosin Nagant. It's an old rifle, and you have to shift through the gears manually, but it works! With a 7.62 x 54r out of a 29" barrel, you should be able to defend your front yard! I remember when you could get one for $200, but I had to have pills. 😞

[@DonHavjuan]

The Mauser is exponentially better.

[@svinche2]

they are both exceptional rifles!!! But Mosin rifle have outstanding durability ! Not matched by Mauser

[@theblindsniper9130]

Folks, these films are reversed to avoid algorithms from picking up on the creators the filmed content was stolen from. It is common practice for AI generated gun content.

[@AmbroseFox27]

Answer: For killing the enemies. 😂

[@ww2guy88]

Anyone know why the mosin trigger is so loose and is it a bad thing to keep shooting it.?

[@christophernewton8474]

Is the Mauser or Mosin better? Well, I can't speak for Imperial Russian rifles, but anyone who collects old guns knows Mosins are much more temperamental than Kar 98s, and that a WWII 98 is better than a WWII Mosin.

[@brucethecurmudgeon8538]

Where are the left bolt Mosin's? I have owned about 20 of them and none are ever left bolt.

[@oldman-zr2ru]

The Mosin is scary in World War, scary slow.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks for sharing 😊