My guns

Hey guys so what ya think?
Just got the Mosin Nagant model 1891/30 its in very good condition made in 1943.
I got plans to turn it in to a sniper rifle.





This post has been edited by Dragos1984 on April 07, 2008 12:31 am

Congratulations for your weapons and equipment acquisition. I’m not quite satisfied by your mixed appearance. I would prefer a more accurate presentation of a WW2 soldier.

If you have the Mosin and ammo pouches, then you could portrayed a Frontovik soldier. A soviet uniform is easy to acquire and cheap to produce. That’s why so many reenactors play the Red Army.

To be more original you could portray a Romanian soldier of the “Tudor Vladimirescu” Division with it’s unique mixture of soviet/romanian items of equipment.

This year, the “Military Museum Open Days” (10th-11th of May 2008), will have as topic “The Soldier along the time”. It will bee also a WW2 section of this event and a Soviet soldier,beside the romanians and germans, is most welcomed. If you come with your rifle you could fire it as the Museum will provide the 7.62x54R blank ammo.

Hallo Dragos 1984,

I have to agree with Kepi, loose the mixed uniform looks totally false, ex-West German

Bundswehr shirt, Civilian Fashion Combat pants,

Hallo Kepi

with regards the firing of weapons with Blank Ammunition, are the weapons first inspected by a competent military armorer?

I am asking because any weapon even with Blank Ammo can be subject to degradation,
wear, etc.. with the passage of time, and has potential to be dangerous if fired, to the user and to the general public.

Sorry that we were unable to meet due to your work requirements when I visited the Romanian Military Museum, on the 18th March, 2008, the ladies, working there were very helpful during my visit.

Kevin in Deva.

Why you want to turn the rifle in sniper configuration? Now, the rifle is original. You will turn it to a fake.
Tell us the steps you got the Mosin

I think it will be a bit hard to bring the weapon to the Military Museum Open Days from Canada.

Indeed, Canada is a little bit too far from here...

Hello Kevin,

I'm glad you enjoyed your visit at the Museum...

The weapons used for demonstration are checked by the Museum armourer before the event. The Museum use only secure weapons for demonstrations. For older weapons such as the M.1879 Henry Martini rifles they used smaller cartridges (blank 9 mm gas) that are fitted into a big bronze adapter that can be load in the rifle chamber just like a regular 11.43 mm cartridge. So when it fires the gas pressure is reduced and cannot produce accidents. The firing demonstrations are hosted in a special place at a safety distance from the public.

The people who come with their own weapons are police registered collectors who know their weapons and how to handle them. For firing (only with blank ammunition) they should respect the rules imposed by the Museum.

Hi Kepi,
many thanks for taking the time to explain about the procedures followed with use of blank ammunition and antique weapons.

Kevin un Deva.

Hey guys.
sorry to disappoint you with my picture, I knew that the gun dose not match the uniform, but actually I wasn't trying to use original uniform or be in character, and yes you are right that is a west German shirt and civilian pants. When I decided to take that picture I just put some cloths on and the helmet to make it look more army. So I can share this pic with you guys to enjoy.
As for how I acquired this Mosin Naganat, well of course you guys all know that I live in Canada and over here laws are different then in Romania.
But ill tell you anyways, what I did is I took a few courses on gun safety, then after I was done I had to take an oral and written exam, after passing those with 100% (10) I was eligible to apply for a gun license so that's what I did, once the police got my application they did a background check and saw that everything is in order I received my gun license. So there fore I bought a gun
I hope this answers you questions.
I'm glad that you guys liked my Mosin and yes its in good firing condition and yes it has been checked by a gunsmith , and probably in two months I will get a Mauser K98, and of course ill post some pictures of it then