My Mosin and the Mosin

So, the last time I visited my Uncle, the man was very kind and extremely generous in giving me his old 91/30 Mosin rifle. It's a really nice example of a hex-receiver model made in 1935 and is one of the last years that hexagonal models were made. It needed a solid cleaning of the barrel, but is otherwise still in fantastic condition and is certainly one of the nicest ones I have ever seen. I was able to take it to the range not too long ago to take a few shots with it, and it's still perfectly zeroed. The only thing I had to do afterwards, other than clean it, was to immediately buy a bayonet for it and some stripper clips.  

One fine looking and shooting rifle, indeed.

The Mosin Nagant was produced by Russia as it's primary infantry rifle and was adopted in 1891. Because of both economic hardship and large scale war, it remained the primary rifle for Russia and the USSR until the end of WWII. It had also been adopted by many other nations in the early 20th century, such as Finland, China, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, and Poland. Some were even build in the US by Remington Arms and New England Westinghouse in 1916. By the end of it's production, it had become one of the most mass-produced rifles in history with over 37 million made and it still shows up in conflicts all over the world. By far the model that is most common is a slightly refined, improved model called the M1891/30 introduced in (you guessed it) 1930.

Russian soldiers circa WWI equipped with the Mosin with the bayonets attached. Sourced from the Wiki page.