The Russian shield: Mosin-Nagant rifle

[LVSteve]

And the neat thing is you can collect a pretty good percentage of them & not go over $200 a rifle.

Hey! I resemble that remarks.

 

[Cyrano]

One of the neat things about Mosins is that there are so many variations, a collector never need get bored.

Here's an interesting Finnish variant, the M28/76. They reworked them for use as sniper training / competition rifles. They have diopter sights.

I saw one of these at Ron Peterson's shop in Albuquerque a couple of years ago. I wasn't as nice as the one pictured, and I didn't know what it was so I let it go even though it was very reasonably priced. I'd sure grab it if I saw it now.

 

[moosedog]

Great very interesting and informative tread Paladin, as usual.
I just picked up a sniper version from S.O.G. in Ohio and have been dialing it in. Lot's of fun.
After Halloween some Nazi pumpkins will be sniped out back.