It is one of the most mass-produced military bolt-action rifles in history with over 37 million units having been made since 1891. It is primarily found chambered for its original 7.62×54mmR cartridge.ĭeveloped from 1882 to 1891, it was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations. The 3-line rifle M1891, colloquially (but mistakenly see Nagant's legal dispute) known in the West as Mosin–Nagant and in Russia and former Soviet Union as Mosin's rifle ( Russian: винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: vintovka Mosina), is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. Rear: ladder, graduated from 100 m to 2,000 m (M91/30) and from 100 m to 1,000 m (M38 and M44) Front: hooded fixed post (drift adjustable) PU 3.5 and PEM scope also mounted Tula, Izhevsk, Sestroryetsk, Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault, Remington, New England Westinghouse, Radom, Cugir, with other Hungarian, Finnish and Chinese variants.ħ.92×57mm Mauser (Polish variants & German captures)ĥ00 metres (550 yd), 800+ m (875+ yards with optics)ĥ-round non-detachable magazine, loaded individually or with 5-round stripper clips Mosin–Nagant M1891 Dragoon from the collections at the Swedish Army MuseumĪnnexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

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