Love a Nagant. The Finnish ones are works of art and still used to come into the US for under a hundred bucks. I love the cartridge too, but my heart still belongs to 8mm Mauser. I call my old railroad iron Hakim my 8mm Garand
Like most Soviet designs, "safety" is not priority one. Not that the design is weak or inherently unsafe - simply that the mindset was "Safe!? What is safe?! Rifle is not supposed to be safe - is weapon for killing many fascists!"
The first one about the Mosin, last cleaned in 1945 in Berlin, is no lie, was at the sporting goods store yesterday looking at one. Holy shit that thing still had dirt from WW2 from the look of it.
That was fun. Always learn a little somethin around here.
ReplyDeleteLove a Nagant. The Finnish ones are works of art and still used to come into the US for under a hundred bucks.
ReplyDeleteI love the cartridge too, but my heart still belongs to 8mm Mauser.
I call my old railroad iron Hakim my 8mm Garand
Stolen from PigBat over at Perfectunion
ReplyDeleteLike most Soviet designs, "safety" is not priority one. Not that the design is weak or inherently unsafe - simply that the mindset was "Safe!? What is safe?! Rifle is not supposed to be safe - is weapon for killing many fascists!"
Terry
Ah hell, I got all three plus a k98, so I'm good to go.......
ReplyDeleteThe first one about the Mosin, last cleaned in 1945 in Berlin, is no lie, was at the sporting goods store yesterday looking at one. Holy shit that thing still had dirt from WW2 from the look of it.
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