New to the Board/Mosin Nagant Collector

[Championhilz]

As I am new to the board, I thought I would introduce myself. I live in Clinton and collect WW I & II rifles, and in particular I like the Mosin Nagants. Here is one of my favorites - I picked up this Finnish M91 made at the Sestroryetsk Arsenal in 1915 at the Jackson gunshow a few years ago. It has the "SA" Mark on the barrel, and it is in a beautiful two-piece Finn stock. It has the Finn-added sling swivels, and has a third swivel attached to the magazine floorplate.

[Championhilz]

[Championhilz]

[captain-03]

Welcome -- I, too, am a fan of WWI and WWII infantry rifles!!

Where do you shoot?

[shoeshooter]

Welcome...and thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing more of your collection.

[butch86]

welcome to the board i have just started getting into the MNs i am gonna pick up a m91 and a m44 this weekend. that all i really know about them till i get them and look them over.

every collection has to start somewhere.

[PapaDawg]

Welcome to MSGO - lots of collectors here and a whole bunch of us are Mosin Nagant fans

[jbpmidas]

Rifle looks great to be 96 years old! Welcome to the forum!

[M1GarandFan]

Very nice Mosin. I've got a couple myself and enjoy shooting them. You should bring it out and shoot it in a match sometime. We have other people that shoot the Mosins in the Vintage Match at Magnolia.

[Doug Bowser]

Welcome to the board. I am the author of "Rifles of the White Death" ( a book on Finnish Military Rifles) and an admirer of Moisin Nagant rifles.

Doug Bowser

[Championhilz]

Thanks for the kind words - I look forward to showing off more of my collection and seeing what others have. Doug I have heard of your book and have wanted to read it - is it still available?

[i_eat_squirrels]

very nice Mosin! mine has the SA stamp too and is not finish, any ideas to why or what it stands for ???

[rdj94a]

welcome thanks a very nice piece.

[rdj94a]

I have always liked the nagants, I have a few that are pre-Finn treatment. Love those early ones!!!

[Scharfschütze]

very nice Mosin! mine has the SA stamp too and is not finish, any ideas to why or what it stands for ???

If it has the SA stamp it IS a Finnish captured Mosin, "Suomen Armeija". That means it was taken from the Russians during the Winter War and put through the Finns' arsenal. See Doug Bowser's book "Rifles of the White Death", and there are others- see this forum thread:
http://www.msgunowners.com/t14927-collectable-nagants?highlight=Mosin+Nagant
The 2-volume German books are pretty comprehensive on ALL variants of the MN rifles, and it is worth noting, that the German author Karl-Heinz Wrobel quotes our own Doug Bowser in his books. If you want to get serious about collecting these, or any rifle series for that matter, purchasing some good reference works is the first step!

[nivekred]

I have a few Mosin Nagants myself. Nice rifles for fun shootin!