Sunday GunDay: From Russia with Love — Amazing Mosin Nagant
One of the most popular features of our Shooters’ Forum is the Official ‘Pride & Joy’ Rifle thread. There you’ll find dozens of interesting rifles, with photos and descriptions supplied by proud owners. Today we’re spotlighting one of the more interesting ‘Pride & Joy’ rifles unveiled this year, a Mosin Nagant “senior citizen”. This 72-year-old Russian bolt gun is not like any Mosin Nagant you’ve ever seen before. It has been brought into the 21st Century with a handsome target stock and some first-class upgrades, including Lothar Walther barrel and Timney trigger. Here’s a look at a very nice Russian rifle, belonging to Forum member Ben C. (aka “Grimstod”):
Video Shows Rifle Shooting Sub-Half-MOA from Bipod (in the Snow):
Name of rifle: Smyert Mk3 (Modified Mosin Nagant)
Make: Izhmekh/Izhevsk (“Izzy”) High Wall
Model: 91/30 | Year: 1942
Components and Specifications:
| Barrel: Lothar Walther 26″ Contour: 1.18″ straight Chambering: 7.62x54R, .310 bore Stock: Bluegrass Tactical (Gen 1 & 2) Trigger: Timney with Bluegrass trigger shoe Magazine: Finnish No-Jam magazine |
Scope mount: Rock Solid (looks like an action sleeve) Scope: SWFA 20x42mm MRAD Gunsmith: Sheppard Bolt handle: Rock Solid with Surgeon tactical handle Bipod: Versa Pod Total Weight: 18.6 lbs |
Grimstod’s Mosin Nagant Custom Shoots Under 0.5 MOA From Bipod
Even in harsh winter conditions, the rifle shot well. (I guess we should expect that for a Russian gun). The photo below shows a group shot from bipod. (The video shows Grimstod’s snow-bound range session). Grimstod calculated the group at 0.394 MOA measuring from outside edge to edge. Using our On-Target software, which measures center to center of most distant shots, we came up with 0.428 MOA. Still that’s impressive for an ancient action being shot in the dead of winter with snow falling. To learn more about this rifle (and view photos of the build process), visit the SurplusRifleForum.com.
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Ben/a.k.a Grimstod,
Good to see you getting that out and about some more… Ben is now doing Mosin Nagant smithing some and he is very good at what he does and has developed a new caliber off the MoNa Lapua brass… called 6.5 Lapua