Other than the relative cheapness of the gun and ammo what's the allure of the Mosin? Are they particularly accurate or do they balance unusally well? I'm not knocking it but I am curious to why so many people love these particular rifles so much. And no, I haven't shot one before but I have shot quite a few bolt actions.
They can be very accurate. They where the main sniper rifle of the Russian Army. If you have ever seen the movie "Enemiy at the Gates"! I read an article in a magazine, where the author was hitting a steel plate at 1,000 yards with a 91/30 using an original PSU scope.
Famous Soviet snipers
Not bad for a rifle that you can buy for $100. You can get good sniper 91/30's for around $300. I paid a little bit for mine, but it's a 91/59 which from what I have seen are not very common, and it is also in exelent shape.
- Ivan Sidorenko (WWII, <500 kills)
- Fyodor Okhlopkov (WWII, 429 kills)
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko (WWII, 309 kills)
- Nina Lobkovskaya (WWII, 308 kills)
- Vassili Zaitsev (WWII, 225 kills)
- Aliya Moldagulova (WWII, 91 kills)
- Roza Shanina (WWII, 54 kills)