Mosin–Nagant

Mosin–Nagant
Mosin–Nagant
	Mosin–Nagant M1891 Dragoon from the collections at the Swedish Army Museum
Type	Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin	Russian Empire
Service history
In service	1891–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	List Pamirs Occupation; Cretan Revolt (1897–1898); Boxer Rebellion; Russo-Japanese War; Russian Revolution of 1905; Persian Constitutional Revolution; First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; Urtatagai conflict (1913); World War I; Finnish Civil War; Estonian War of Independence; Russian Revolution; Russian Civil War; Polish–Soviet War; Mongolian Revolution of 1921; Turkish War of Independence; August Uprising; Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926); Northern Expedition; Chinese Civil War; Sino-Soviet conflict; Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929); Xinjiang Wars; Spanish Civil War; Second Sino-Japanese War; Second Italo-Ethiopian War; Soviet–Japanese border conflicts; Winter War; World War II; Continuation War; First Indochina War; Malayan Emergency; Korean War; 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état; Hungarian Revolution of 1956; Portuguese Colonial War; Angolan Civil War; Lebanese Civil War; Yemeni Civil War; Sino-Indian War; Laotian Civil War; Vietnam War; Cambodian Civil War; Ogaden War; Cambodian–Vietnamese War; Thai–Laotian Border War; Afghan Civil War; Soviet–Afghan War; Iran–Iraq War; Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995); Yugoslav Wars; Georgian Civil War; War in Afghanistan; Iraq War; Libyan civil war (2011); Syrian civil war; Libyan civil war (2014–2020);
Production history
Designer	Sergei Mosin; Émile Nagant;
Designed	1891
Manufacturer	Tula; Izhevsk; Sestroryetsk; Châtellerault; Remington; New England Westinghouse Company; Radom; Cugir;
Produced	1891–1973
No. built	c. 37,000,000 (Russia/Soviet Union)
Variants	see Variants
Specifications
Mass	4 kg (8.8 lb) (M91/30); 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) (M38); 4.1 kg (9.0 lb) (M44);
Length	1,232 mm (48.5 in) (M91/30); 1,013 mm (39.9 in) (carbines);
Barrel length	730 mm (29 in) (M91/30); 514 mm (20.2 in) (carbines);
Cartridge	7.62×54mmR; 7.62×53mmR (Finnish variants only); 7.92×57mm Mauser (Polish variants & German captures); 8×50mmR Mannlicher (Austrian capture); .30-06 Springfield (Bannerman rifles for the US civilian market);
Action	Bolt-action
Muzzle velocity	M91/30:; approx. 865 m/s (2,838 ft/s); M44:; approx. 725 m/s (2,379 ft/s); M38: ; approx. 710 m/s (2,329 ft/s); Carbines:; approx. 800 m/s (2,625 ft/s);
Effective firing range	500 m (550 yd), 850 m (930 yd) with optical sights
Feed system	5-round integral box magazine, loaded with 5-round stripper clips
Sights	Rear: ladder, graduated from 100 m to 2,000 m (M91/30) and from 100 m to 1,000 m (M38 and M44); Front: hooded fixed post (drift adjustable) PU 3.5 and PEM scope also mounted

The Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891, in Russia and the former Soviet Union as Mosin's rifle (Russian: винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: vintovka Mosina) and informally just mosinka (Russian: мосинка), it is primarily chambered for the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.

Developed from 1882 to 1891, it was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other states. It is one of the most mass-produced military bolt-action rifles in history, with over 37 million units produced since 1891. In spite of its age, it has been used in various conflicts around the world up to the present day.