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 ...
The 7.62x52 mm R ammunition was still in stripper clips. The wood stocks, on what appears to be Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifles, had largely rotted away. The skeletal remains of rusted receivers and ...