"Mauser" and "Mosin Nagant" are practically synonymous among collectors and firearms enthusiasts for Germany's and Russia's respective rifles of the two world wars. But the devil is truly in the ...

The Mosin-Nagant entered service officially as the Russian 3-line rifle M1891, and domestic production began in 1892. The gun fired the 7.62x54mmR cartridge, a round that remained in service for ...

The Mosin-Nagant Model 91/30 Production of the Mosin-Nagant continued in the Soviet Union, but in 1930, the rifle underwent some notable changes. The basic M1891/30 saw the barrel shortened by ...

World War II saw a de facto rematch between the Mauser and the Mosin-Nagant, but it was with new versions of each respective rifle. Following a trend that had begun with the British Army's Short ...