They were marketed to people who could only afford to buy an inexpensive Mosin-Nagant and wanted to make it look like a sniper rifle. They did redesign it to take plastic box magazines ...

The Mosin-Nagant was introduced in the 1890s and remained in service in both World Wars, was used in the Russian Revolution, subsequent Russian civil war, and dozens of other conflicts. It was ...

The Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 bolt-action rifle combined a simple design by Russian Capt. Sergei Mosin with a five-round internal box magazine designed by Belgians Émile and Léon Nagant.

It’s best known as the M1891 Mosin-Nagant in the west. They refer to it as a Mosin in Russia, but when adopted by that country’s military, it was officially labeled the 3-Line Rifle.

The Mosin-Nagant rifle modified for long-distance work was the Red Army’s primary sniper weapon. The Soviet soldier in World War II commonly carried the unscoped Mosin-Nagant M91/30 — a ...

In the 1890s, Imperial Russia embarked on an effort to modernize its military, adopting the M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle and, later, the M1895 Nagant revolver. Unlike many other service revolvers of ...