I Need An Answer To Why Is The Mosin Nagant Is So Popular ?

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What is so fascinating about this rifle ? seems every gun forum i visit has Q's about this rifle. personally i do NOT like foreign military guns...., with one exception. i would love to own a Lugar, i had a chance to buy an UNFIRED 9mm American Eagle Lugar for $800.00.., i screwed up and passed it up.

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does anyone here own a Lugar ? how would you rate it against any other 9mm pistol ?
 
The thing with a M/N is they are cheap and powerful. Can be a lot of fun if you want to tinker too. As a plus the surplus ammo is cheap also. I have seen a few video's of guys shooting the M/N out to 800 yards. YMMV
 
For me, it was the perfect choice to be able to have a fun project off a cheap, and quite accurate action that is also capable of long-range performance.
This rifle was fun to build- and yes, because I did the work myself, I have less "in it" than a comparable Savage or (fill in the blank).

Would the factory rifle be a bit more accurate? Yes...but mine is still capable of sub-minute accuracy with match grade handloads.

Others like to collect them because of the wide variations in history/markings. They are quite fascinating to collectors, but I do feel that the values of some have been overdone recently.

Overall, they're a fun rifle to shoot, the round is comparable to the 30.06 both in terms of power and accuracy. If you hunt, it will take any game on the continent. Where else are you gonna find that for under $100?

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The Mosin is popular because its cheap to buy and shoot and tough as nails.

And they have lots of different variations so if your into collecting they are good for that as well.

does anyone here own a Lugar ? how would you rate it against any other 9mm pistol ?
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The Luger (spelled with an E not an A btw) is a good pistol but its not as reliable or durable as modern 9mm handguns. Its got lots of parts and is kind complicated. But they are fun to shoot and the do have a certain visual appeal.
 
Cheap is the key word. They are proven rifles, and make either a good historical piece or a good base for building without spending an arm and a leg. Of course the build can add up if you start going crazy with it, but it doesn't have to, which makes the MN a good choice for a fairly wide variety of people.

tobnpr - nice looking rifle. What kind of stock is that?
 
It seems the only reason you posted was to express you dislike of something that you have no interest in (and then make and exception so you can grouse about how you failed to get a foreign gun that you have decided is an exception to your distain.)

And that contributes to the forum how?
 
Don't buy one, it leave more for people that actually want one. you can buy a high powered rifle that shoots decently and 440 rounds of ammo all for less than $200 dollars. There is no deal anywhere else come comes close to that.
 
It's cheap, its a piece of history, farily accurate (once you learn how to shoot it).

It allows anyone, regardless of income to shoot competition and be competitive.

Competition being the CMP GSM Vintage Military Matches.

I ran a CMP GSM match last spring, the guy who won just bought the Mosin and some surplus ammo the night before. First shots he fired out of his new Mosin was the sighters for the match.
 
It’s currently $109 on budgun.com. For the price it’s hard to find a better rifle. Plus, these rifles are a piece of history. The only drawback I have noticed is that every listing online describes the rifles as being covered in cosmoline (a rust preventative applied before storage). I have never dealt with cosmoline before but it doesn’t sound like fun to remove. That is the only thing holding me back from getting one.
 
I have never dealt with cosmoline before but it doesn’t sound like fun to remove. That is the only thing holding me back from getting one.
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I've bought a lot of surplus rifles, bayonets 'n such, covered in cosmoline. I found kerosene is the best and easiest to remove that gunk, soak it, brush and wipe it away.

I certainly wouldn't let that stop me from buying a rifle.
 
I think everyone answered it, but they are alot of fun, and such a Rugged Rifle, great for hunting, very powerfull and so far I have not heard about anyone having trouble with them other than the ocasional sticky bolt, or shooting high. I like them in their original form, but have seen some really cool looking sporterized ones. This rifle works, as a matter of fact its been encountered on the battle fields of Afganastan and Irac in modern day combat.
 
They're cheap, rugged, inexpensive to own and operate, fire cheap ammo, fairly powerful, and have the "other side" aura about them, whether you are referring to WW1, WW2, or the Cold War and its associated skirmishes (like the 1963-1975 Southeast Asia War Games).
 
Looks like you got your Mosin Nagant answers.

The Luger is a great pistol, to me one of the most beautiful ever designed. The German models are very reliable with the FMJ German Army standard ammunition they were designed to shoot, but modern ammo can cause problems.

The toggle design is very finicky as far as being clean and doesn't like mud, dirt, etc. It's a very heavy pistol for it's size and has a small magazine capacity.

I love 'em, but most any modern 9mm, even the venerable Browning Hi Power will eat it's lunch on anything except collector value.
 
There's no teaching someone to get it ... you either get it or you don't. Seems this post would have been better served discussing what you do like ... Lugers.

Tiki.
 
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