The Red army used the 7.62 ×54R to great effectiveness during WW11 The sniper version with a scope did quite an effective job during the battle of Stalingrad.
If you just slide your thumb over to the side of the stock, like Ian, Rob & Henry do, you won't be smacking yourself in the face all the time. And, you can get a proper cheek weld further up the stock.
Reznov: “Chernov! I am not hearing gunshots.” Chernov: “There’s no point Sergeant, they’re already bleeding to death.” Reznov: “Then maybe our friend can help them bleed faster.”
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I always loved the motion on this, the un-bent handle just lets you pull and push it back as if with the intent to operate a well oiled machine. it just shouts "substance over style" and creates a whole new style in the process. however, maybe off-topic, I never understood why (on any bolt action) you have to fold it upwards, why not just have it point up at all times and just to backwards-forwards movement.. or is that just what semis are.. I mean more so if it would be possible to brute-force...
having the bolt face upwards at all times would make aiming difficult... but the general idea of what you mention exists, its called straight-pull action. a well known example is the swiss K31 rifle used in WW2
@@Mike-ww3bq I assumed it would send the bolt flying back and hit you in the face lmao but the door-lock type movement seems more complex than a straight pull, is there any difference to a straight pull and not folding the bolt back down?
Well for one, you need to be able to aim. The main reason, however, is that when you turn the bolt, you're fully locking the action. The bolt won't be coming back until it's unlocked by turning it up again. Straight pull rifles require a more complicated design to the bolt - you need to make sure it's locked during firing, and that accidental movement of the handle won't unlock it, otherwise you might get an incomplete seal on the cartridge and the whole thing explodes. In modern semi-auto rifles this isn't an issue, since you always have a spring pushing the bolt forward. But without a spring, this isn't as easy a problem to solve. It's also an expensive problem to solve, since the machining on the bolt is more complicated, and has to be quite a bit more precise, depending on the locking system. Mosin was, at the end of the day, specifically designed as a rifle that's cheap and easy to manufacture, as the Russian army was always the largest in Europe, and needed a lot of guns.
The extra clips I bought for my Mosin are too big. I can make them fit into the Mosin if I force it but it warps the steel clip and is impossible to insert if there are bullets in the clip. I think it is too big. Not only is it hard for the clip to go into the rifle, but the bullets will shake up and down when they are in the clip. I have only 1 good clip that works but I've had it for over 10 years.... And both the old and new clips are made by the same company. :/
