The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Good, I'm glad I asked or else I would have still been at it tearing my hair out in frustration.

I've tried and tried to get the bore clean on my Mosin but no matter how much time I spend on it, I still can't get a clean patch to come out of it. I've literally sat with a jar of Hoppes 9 for over two hours, ran out of patches and still couldn't get a clean patch to come out. Am I doing something...

Wow, this thread really picked up more than I expected. Thanks for the info. I'm glad to see it sparked quite a discussion.

This may be a dumb question but I have to ask. If the primers on surplus ammo are corrosive, then why would the Soviet government issue it for their military? Wouldn't this mean that the every time a conscript fired his weapon he'd have to break it down and clean it within hours of using it? This wo...

I was thinking about picking up a case from SGAmmo, however there's going to be a gun show at the end of the month here. Do you guys figure it might be better to just wait for the show and see if I can score a deal there, or just go ahead and order it through the mail?

Thanks! Yea I had been curious because the majority of the ammo I'm finding is Russian, with the occasional Bulgarian thrown in there. Usually the price is the same but on occasion a crate of one might be 5-10 bucks more. I figured they were pretty much all the same but I was curious why it would be...

I'm kinda new to the mosin community and was wondering about surplus ammo. I'm looking to buy a crate of surplus but I've noticed there are different types. They're either from different manufactures or were manufactured on different years. Is there a big difference between the years the manufacture...