Mosin Nagant? It may be a Remington

[traderdan]

I happened to see a friend of mine purchase a Mosin this weekend,and it was a beautiful rifle. Far different than the roughly machined war era,Russian product that is seen so often,this was a slick,well-machined weapon.A little historical research led us to the fact that prior to and during WW1,Remington entered into a contract to produce 1.5 million 91/30s. New England Westinghouse,1.8 million.

 

[BlueEagle]

Interesting. I hadn't heard about this before. Thanks for the information.

 

[Mosinguy]

Yep. Nice rifle. Is it a 91/30 conversion or an original M91?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Is it Big Russian (7.62X54) or 8mm Lebel?

 

[johntheplinker]

Any pics? How much did he pay? Finn'ed?

 

[traderdan]

We could see no military marks on it anywhere,the barrel bands are brass,and I believe it was a 91/30.I have read that the CMP gave these away in the early 1900s. It is 7.62x54.

 

[perry]

I think Russia defaulted on payment or canceled the orders... Left the two companies in poor financial shape. US military basically bailed them out. They mentioned it on "Top Guns" earlier in the year.

 

[tman]

There is one in the War Memorial Museum downtown Indy in the WW1 rifle case. I glanced at it and thought it was a 9130 but it had a sticker above it saying it was a Remington. Somewhere I have a photo I will post if I can find it.

That is a great find. Do you know (roughly) how much he paid for it?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

The American Mosin Nagants

 

[mike8170]

I happened to see a friend of mine purchase a Mosin this weekend,and it was a beautiful rifle. Far different than the roughly machined war era,Russian product that is seen so often,this was a slick,well-machined weapon.A little historical research led us to the fact that prior to and during WW1,Remington entered into a contract to produce 1.5 million 91/30s. New England Westinghouse,1.8 million.

I am really suprised that there aren't more floating around. Remington got stiffed on the order since the October Revolution happened. The U.S. Army actually bought a number of the rifles in order to train soldiers in the use of the Mosin for American Operations in Siberia. Many were rechambered for the 30-06 M1 ball, since that was the standard caliber for the Army, to facilitate training. I have one of the rechambered Mosins, stamped Remington, 1917. It is the only Mosin I own, and it was made on U.S. soil. How ironic is that?

 

[XDLover]

Ive heard/been told that the Westinghouse version is more rare than the Remington today. I'd like to find that out if true or not. I've gotten heavily into both the Mosin 91/30 and the Nagant 1895 revolvers. Its neat to find all the back history on them.

 

[blamecharles]

I am really suprised that there aren't more floating around. Remington got stiffed on the order since the October Revolution happened. The U.S. Army actually bought a number of the rifles in order to train soldiers in the use of the Mosin for American Operations in Siberia. Many were rechambered for the 30-06 M1 ball, since that was the standard caliber for the Army, to facilitate training. I have one of the rechambered Mosins, stamped Remington, 1917. It is the only Mosin I own, and it was made on U.S. soil. How ironic is that?

That is a nice find there.

 

[mosinfan]

If I remember off the top of my head .... we also fought on the side of the "Whites" in the Russian Revolution against the "Reds" and used the Mosin there.

 

[traderdan]

I am not sure exactly what he gave for it.Not much more than an average Mosin I am sure.

 

[Ambu]

Doesn't Westinghouse make TV's now?