I literally watched 2 Russian guys, take turns hitting the Vertical Stabilizer on their Fighter Jet, with a SLEDGE HAMMER, because it wasn't flying straight......No joke, I used to work at a private airport......they just "hit" stuff until it works.

Really liked that enhanced bolt cycling device.

I paid $75 for my 91/30 about 15 years ago at the local sporting goods store. For that price it came with 2 ammo belt pouches, bayonet, and cool double-chambered cleaning fluid/gun oil container. It has always worked flawlessly. I also bought 2 crates of milsurp Czech silver-tip ammo since it got great reviews for accuracy. Every time I bring the rifle to the range people snicker... until I start ringing the 450 yard gong with the factory iron sights. Worth every penny.

Hammer fixes anything russian, even bad relationships.

This just proved once .and for all the Mosin is superior than an M4 with ACOG. I shall sell my AR and buy 10 Mosin-Nagants now.

We’ve seen a few guys ask about the bolt. We discovered that there was a burr in the chamber and when cartridges were fired, the bolt would stick upon expansion, thus requiring extra force to extract the spent casing. We will likely be helping Lonnie to remedy this issue with a drill and some polishing compound soon.

GLORIOUS MOSIN PUNCH STRAIGHT THROUGH TIGER 1 ARMOR AT 5KM TOVARISHCH

"I don't like it, but I respect it."

Was the hammer issued with the rifle?

That old beast has quite an impact, even at 500 yards.

I think the takeaway is that no matter what rifle you’re shooting, it’s more accurate than you are.

I freaking lost it when the hammer came out.... great demonstration.

Your videos are a real treat (no nonsense, not longer than 15 min, good hosts who know what hey do)! Thank you!

Got my Mosin for $100.00 13 years ago, still one of my favorite guns. Peace to all.

So that's why they have hammer and sickle on their flag, hammer for mosin and I guess sickle is for opening vodka bottles?

Dude , 500 Yds with a mosin.. , I cant even see that far . Open sights . Very impressed by the shooter , the beer can shims and the oil soaked junk mail . Great Vid .

This is legit one of my favorite channels. If you end up starting a Patreon I'm in.

The Mosin Nagant was designed in 1891 and was the third design of a smokeless metal cartridge. That is only 26 years after the American Civil War. For those who want to knock the gun, all I did was very little bedding of the tang, one metal tube for the front attachment bolt to be metal to metal, slightly bend the original trigger spring that made it crisper like what the Fins modified with original parts, and corked the barrel to control the harmonics. The top two all time sniper confirmed kills were with Mosin Nagants, 1,005. Out of the top 15, seven were Russians and Finns using the Mosin Nagant for a total of confirmed kills: 2,836. And in the 1980s the Afghanistan people used the Mosin Nagant against the Russian Army with some authority. So for a gun designed after paper cartridge bullets and muskets, a good one still shoots impressively.

In WWII, our yakutian (USSR east battlefront) sniper Fedor Okhlopkov "Miracle shooter", killed with this thing, 500 enemies (official), or +1500 kills (an unofficial)!

That was just cool! Love my Mosins. Cheap ammo by the spam can and decent accuracy too. I have one that will shoot 1.5 MOA with a dark bore. Pretty crazy.

Really love the 3 Mosins that I got, plus one Finnish M 39. I never need to worry when I hit the bang switch. It’s gonna kick. I like that. Lots of soldiers on the other end of a Mosin regretted that they were so reliable

That ending 😂😂😂😂

Great video and excellent shooting with the homemade accuracy kit you proved your point. An excellent battle rifle since 1891 - 3 centuries and still serving its the ultimate rifle for a sniper to take in a bombed out city runs to take control.

This video inspired me to buy my first mosin for $325 at my local cabelas. 1939 round receiver Tula once refinished, and a three times refinished stock wish I knew more history behind my rifle. Thanks 9 hole reviews for the awesome videos!

"I definitely respect it" Hits it with a hammer

External claw extractor got a whole new meaning.

I know this is 4 yrs old (at least) but I have to share. Back in May 2019, my late Father-In-Law (who passed in July 2023) gave me a Izhevsk 91-30 with a hex receiver made in 1927. It came via Century International Arms in the box (which I still have) with the bayonet, oil can, ammo pouches, cleaning kit, sling, etc. AND COSMOLINE....LOTS OF COSMOLINE! It took me 2 years to work up the nerve to clean the weapon and accessories. I waited until the hottest part of our Kansas summer to strip it down, made a pvc pipe tube to place the receiver and barrel in with non-chlorinated brake cleaner and left it for a couple of days. Placed the stock in a black, plastic garbage bag and left it in the sun in the back of my truck (with a black bed liner) to sweat. Took it out occasionally to wipe the cosmoline off and then put it back to sweat some more. After about 2 days, I stood it up in direct sunlight against a fence and let Mr. Sun do his thing. That took care of sweating the cosmoline out. I admit it was a mess and quite the ordeal but (in the end) it turned out really nice, although I can't say I would willingly do it again. LOL. I took a white crayola crayon and carefully filled in the letters and symbols on the receiver. Before I ever began this event, I searched all over the internet for any advice from others who had de-cosmolined mil surp rifles and purchased whatever reference materials I could find on the Mosin - Nagant rifles, their history, maintenance, etc. The research and purchases paid off and I not only own a piece of military history but I have a valued keepsake from my FIL to pass on to the next generation.

Dude. Your a genius. No bullshit. Just shoot. The most entertaining nagant video on KZfaq. As for the rest. Great shooting. Wonderful idea for a guntube video. My absolute favorite to watch. Thanks for getting out there and doing it

Had to go ahead and like it before I even watched the video

I have never been so impressed, taking shots that far out are hard to see with irons! Good job!

I have a nagant. a little modified with a scope picked up at a gun show a few years ago. one of the best deer rifles ive ever owned. thanks for the review.

Gave $75 for my 1941 Lee Enfield .303 and it has worked flawlessly. One of my favorite rifles to play with. it gets peoples attention at the range. Can it bullseye at 500 yards ? Hell no , it wasn't made to. Can it put a round in your chest at 500 yards ? All day long. I have taken a few Deer with it , longest shot was at 175 yards.

Simple, yet brilliant weapon platform. The soviets done it right with that metric caliber. I own a few M91/30s and a M44A1 and are some of my favorites in my collection. I remember getting them back in the day for well under 100.00 USD. I shot plenty of old mil surp ammo through them with decent accuracy, but cleaned them up reloading for them. Great caliber to reload for, very similar to the .308, but slug the barrel out first due to worn out/over bored barrels.

I am so glad this video is out

May be the second video I've ever seen by you. Great work. Subscribing just because of this. Excellent video

I live the way these guy do their reviews. Simple and too the point.

He talked about beer can and cardboard gunsmithing and I was intrigued. The second the "mosin tool" came out I knew this was a cool dude. Now I want to go shoot mine.

Great video and a truly great and historic rifle.... and sometimes the time was taken to make them extremely accurate, like the OG sniper versions and what the Finns did with the ones they captured. Russian military doctrine required bayonets fixed at almost all times, and Mosin barrel harmonics were designed with this in mind, certainly back in 1891. The rifle has barely changed since then. The M44 carbine version with permanent fold-out bayonet displays the difference in point-of-aim between bayo/no bayo most prominently. A lot of these old warhorses have quirks, and the bayonet is a definite factor in any range evaluation of the Mosin Nagant rifle. But enough of that, thank you for the valuable video :)

Great video and good lord, the bass drops when that thing goes off. The sound of the plates getting smacked around too, just ridiculous!

Just discovered this channel and series. Nothin better than finding a new youtube gem.

I love a good Mosin range session!

Cool you did do one… I have a 1923 dated Hex barrel ex-dragoon converted to M91/30 with PU scope…. And one dated 1938… both work flawlessly and are amazingly accurate for their age. Love the Russian steel core ammo.

Primary extraction tool as shown on flag ! Pretty decent sight radius on the old 3 line rifle , no wonder they shoot well. Nice shooting. I bought one of the Polish made carbines still in the grease : beautifully made and quite a good shooter too.

If someone rob you with a mosin Just give him the money he'll need it more than you

what a marvelous 500y headshot

I've been waiting for this video... UNZIPS PANTS

I'm too old for open sights. So I got a extra bolt and had Boltman bend it, got a BADACE scope mount, a low riser extension, a SWFA 10 X 42 Mil rad scope, and I'm shooting out to 966 yards with Monarch ammo. It is one of my favorites rifles. I also did a trigger job like what the Finns did. And if the bolt is tight, that is a sign of a good shooting Mosin and I also put thin 1 inch strips of cork around the barrel like the Finns, and that tightened my groups to 1/2" moa. So here is my cork trick. I would run a fairly tight patch slowly starting at the breech. If I hit a spot in the barrel that seemed looser, I marked it and put the one inch cork dampener there, as well as one at the end of the barrel. I also made sure that none of the banding at the end of the barrel touch the barrel. I had bought a synthetic stock and free floated the barrel.But what I found, since this is a gun with a very thin barrel, it doesn't like to be free floated. But using the wood and cork and controlling the harmonics made this form mediocre to a shooter. I also pressed in one metal insert for one of the mounting screws, so there is no movement, Than I put a very small amount JB Weld in the tang so it is seated, and sprinkled a little saw dust to hide the cheat. I found neutral shoe polish acts a s a good release agent. So besides the scope, it looks bone original. If you are interested you can go to the BadAce FB page and see my rifle. And you can also see how I modified the front sight post to make it fully adjustable. Because the beauty is, I also can take the scope mount off and shoot it in military open sight competition too. And with that front post modification you can fine tune your rifle for better accuracy. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2459797620731727&set=2459797620731727&type=3&theater and I did put a pin and got rid of the bolt for the scope mount facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2403468593031297&set=p.2403468593031297&type=3&theater front sight modification to make it adjustable facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2403488086362681&set=p.2403488086362681&type=3&theater this is at 966 yards facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2403487193029437&set=p.2403487193029437&type=3&theater the white sandy road right of center is the 966 yard target facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2403499779694845&set=p.2403499779694845&type=3&theater SWFA reticle, a great fixed scope for $299.00 facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2403460746365415&set=p.2403460746365415&type=3&theater my 100 yard groups in an indoor range. The range master watched me tweek the gun from two inch groups to this with the modifications I wrote above.

Considering this 91/30 got only cheap Russian surplus ammo while the 98k or 3006 got hand loaded ammo with match grade bullets, the mosin is fairly accurate! Love it. Thanks for the wonderful video.

Sure hard to invade a country using yards and miles.

I wish I had access to a range with that kind of distance. Ive never gotten to test my rifles out at those kinds of ranges.

Glad to see you acknowledge that you shouldn't need a hammer to bring the bolt back after such few rounds! I was thinking oh man something is wrong here. I have my grandfathers Finnish captured M91-30 from the winter war and it is smooth as silk to shoot. One of my greatest possessions from him!

I just got hands on a Mosin Nagant M44 which was severely used in combat. So lucky i found that gem for 90$ with the bayonett - looks worn but shoots perfectly, the inside of the barrel is top notch and the bolt works surprisingly well

You guys conceptually are the best.

You NEED to shoot the Finnish M39, the pinnacle of Mosins.

My personal experience with certain ammo and a sticking bolt when hot was due to the hardened cosmoline in the chamber that resembled hard varnish coated the inside. Was hard to tell it was there at first, but after pouring some boiling water down the barrel, and using a chamber brush repeatedly with dish soap, the issue cleared completely.

Awesome shooting! I liked the use of the hammer to aid in extracting 👍🏻

Know how to fix that sticky bolt? Buy an 03 Springfield.. Honestly the 91/30 is a rock solid rifle all joking aside, and way more accurate than it gets credit for.

the hard core practical shooting suddenly filled with memes with Mother Russia and .... a hammer!!!

Damn good shooting. I love seeing people's faces when I prove them wrong with my 91/30. I have the Mojo front sight though. Props for using the original.

I lapped in my bolt with valve stem grinding compond. Now it works beautiful. Very smooth

That ending was 10/10😂😂 It is worth noting that those rifles where sighted in with their bayonets attached. So without one the impact will shift left or right and will usually shift vertically as well.

Good vid, some of these really are good shooters. Many will require some tinkering though, parts were swapped around during the refurb process and can cause issues with a poorly fitting interrupter and rimlock, burrs and machine marks causing the bolt to stick, etc. You have to have some love for your Mosin and do a little work, but they can get the job done. They will never have an action like a nice Mauser simply due to the crappy design of the bolt, but there are issues you can fix pretty easily if you are having to beat the bolt open. In this case, it had a burr in the chamber. A lot of wartime guns suffered from poor machine work due to the hurry to get guns into the hands of troops. For most designs, these were mainly cosmetic issues. Due to the Mosins design, the hurried manufacture can cause more functional issues mostly due to bolt design and the fact it uses a rimmed cartridge.

lol that ending was just... perfect :D Thank you for the good video and a great laugh at the end!

Me and my uncle took my old 1943 Mosin out and rung a 10 inch gong at 800 yards all day. It was a blast! The Mosin is not as bad as people make it out to be.

It's blyatiful!

Strange to see the bolt sticking like that, I've never had a problem with vintage surplus ammo in my 1932 Izhevsk Mosin

I love this channel. It reminds me a lot of Super Set CA. Please do not go away like they did!!!!

I was enjoying this video and then that ending just put it over the top to all time great 👍😂

Thanks so much for doing this. 500 yards with iron sights, almost 200 yards further than an AR-15. I'm sure that bolt action can be smoothed out with some careful filing.

Completely objective end card. The Motherland approves.

This is my fovor, channel. You guys are amazing

Such a high quality content, great job.

I just love the fact that it is a normal thing for him to be like "crap let me get the hammer out again"

Ahhh...the Good ole' Mosin finally made a showing! One of my first C/R Rifles back in the day and still one of my fave to shoot...mainly because I love the cartridge, killed a ton of hogs and deer with it. Maybe next we can do the short barreled "fire breathers?" The M-38 and M-44?

I tried this today with Tula ammunition. Got it done in 35 shots. This video inspired me to dig out the mosin and give it a shot

I have seen shot and owned several of these guns and even the ones with rusty bores shoot accurately with ease. Never underestimate the Mosin Nagant.

Weapon of victory.

That outro brought tears to my eyes.

Everybody has problems with bolt sticking but after polishing the hell out of mine to a high shine as well as the trigger assembly it is absolute magic. It doesn't matter how much I shoot the bolt does not stick and I don't have to manhandle it

My friend told me about the bolt on this mosin he trimmed the bolt spring a hair and worked on my bolt so much it’s so smooth now man it don’t jam or even jam

I really hope you guys can do this with Spanish, Yugo, Brazilian or German mausers.

you are keeping me from study

What a real comrade using a hammer to eject the shells from the bolt sticking due to heat. I do the same exact thing when i use my mosin.

The problem with the sights deviating as the range increased is because the sights were regulated for 1930-design type L lead-core flat-base spitzer, while that ammo is post-war-design LPS steel-core boat-tail spitzer, with the same weight and velocity but better ballistic coefficient.

I've never had that kind of an issue with both my mosins

Nice hammer... now include a sickle with it and the picture's complete

My Mosin gets that same sticky bolt, but moslty with lacquer coated rounds. Never thought about using a tactical hammer though. They are hands down one of the best budget rifles out there.

love the stats at the back.

You gotta do a pu sniper with the scope PLEASE

Its nice to see when younger shooters can get good accuracy with iron sights. Wait a few years and hell be shopping for scopes like the rest of us. :-)

The "Heavy Ball" ammo has head spacing for the machine-gun and Drganov rifles. Mine did the same with the bolt and shoots best with the 147 grain light ball. Good video.

Nice sound, nice shots.

I have two and love em

For a rifle that was built for $6.00 worth of materials , hey , 10 to 1 that chamber has a bunch of gunked up cosmo in it ,, or the bolt got swapped , i like the Sako And Tikka m-39 versions @ the m-44 carbines are shooters, not a swede mauser or a enfield ,but they used to be cheap,and you could buy tins of ammo for 39 to 65 bucks.

great video and sound effects...enjoyed this...carry on...new subscriber here

Aren't the sights on Mosin rifles off-set to one side because the rifle was sighted with bayonet attached? So front post is moved to the right,

Well im fck, this channel is great!

I havent seen much mosin love these last few years, this sure aint 2009 youtubes anymore, I miss those days.

I dont have a video of my mosin on my channel but what I did to fix the sticky bolt was polish the heck out of it. Got a small grinding stone and took little off of the bottom of the bolt rail. Never stick anymore. I also cut the front sight off and replaced the stock along with fixed the long trigger pull.

Cutting the barrel length to a length between 18" and 20" unlocks the best performance for the 54r cartridge. Also would be cool to see this done again with a Finnish M39. Still a longer barrel but a match gun using the same action and caliber from the same era. Used in the continuation war against the Soviets