This is one of a series of pictures I'm going to upload of some of my firearms collection. I'm only uploading those that have a historical background.

~About THIS firearm~

-Well, as most military enthusiasts will see, this is a Russian
Mosin Nagant rifle (pronounced MO-Seen NaH-GON)
-More specifically, the M1891/30 model

-This is collectors version because of a few things:
-The barrel is in excellent condition
-The stock is in excellent condition, with the forestock in good-
excellent
-This is the rarer 'Hex' receiver model (though it should be
called "Octo". The 'Hex' Receiver means the part of the rifle
that accepts the bullet and where the bolt locks when turned
is not round like later models. You will see it in this picture)
-This has a double date stamp on it. The first being 1925
(when it was made) and 1945 (when it was refurbished at the
factory)
-It was made at the Tula Arms Plant in Russia. During WWII
when the Germans invaded the USSR, the Tula Plant had to
evacuate the plant, thus Tula was unable to produce more.
Because of this Tula manufactured arms during that time
period are considered more valuble from being the lowest
number of manufactured Mosin's compaired to other Plants.
-This is an MO mark on it. This means Ministerstvo Oborony or
Ministry of Defense
-This has all matching serial numbers. This is more valuable
because some parts on Mosin's can be interchanged and
each one has serial #'s on them (i.s. the bolt, receiver, butt
plate). Even the bayonet is matching.

-It's funny because the elevation adjustment goes up to 2000m

-The bolt is extremely smooth. when pulled up, it basically falls
back without touching.

-This is my first firearm that I purchased

-This fires the 7.62x54r It can be compaired to about the same
power as a 30-06, but shorter


~About the fiream~
-The Nagant rifle was first designed in 1891 by Captain Sergei
Mosin. Later models had improvements done. Most seen model
is the 91/30

-Nagant rifle was adopted by the Russian military in 1891

-The rifle was used in many, many wars, and has been seen in
the recent war in Iraq

-By the end of WWII, over 17 million were produced.
-It is estimated that 37 million have been produced from 1891-
1965

-During the beginning of WWII, there were so many Russian
soldiers and so much surplus ammo, that most soldier's did
not have a rifle. The soldiers were given ammo, and told that if
a fellow soldier died to take his gun. Later production fixed this.