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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 2620330" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>If you haven't seen the movie "Enemy at the Gates," find it and watch it. It's about a famous sniper at Stalingrad, and his weapon is a Mosin Nagant. Great film, and fairly accurate in terms of history.</p><p></p><p>However, Mauses are much finer and more user friendly than the Nagant. Using the MN safety requires gorilla fingers. I suspect the Russians just ignored the feature. There is a mod one can do to the bolt to make the safety less unfriendly.</p><p></p><p>After seeing "Enemy at the Gates," I built a sniper MN. It was deadly accurate, but long and difficult to use for hunting. Also, most ammo for these is corrosive, and failure to clean them immediately can result in a barrel full of red rust. I have a relative who learned this the hard way.</p><p></p><p>The only unconverted Mauser I now own is a Swede 6.5x55, and it's a real straight shooter. I have sold all my MN rifles because I just don't like them except for their historical significance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 2620330, member: 711"] If you haven't seen the movie "Enemy at the Gates," find it and watch it. It's about a famous sniper at Stalingrad, and his weapon is a Mosin Nagant. Great film, and fairly accurate in terms of history. However, Mauses are much finer and more user friendly than the Nagant. Using the MN safety requires gorilla fingers. I suspect the Russians just ignored the feature. There is a mod one can do to the bolt to make the safety less unfriendly. After seeing "Enemy at the Gates," I built a sniper MN. It was deadly accurate, but long and difficult to use for hunting. Also, most ammo for these is corrosive, and failure to clean them immediately can result in a barrel full of red rust. I have a relative who learned this the hard way. The only unconverted Mauser I now own is a Swede 6.5x55, and it's a real straight shooter. I have sold all my MN rifles because I just don't like them except for their historical significance. [/QUOTE]
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