mosin nagant power... video included

seansean1444 · February 23, 2012, 12:45 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWmHN...u8TcKeLakxxsiR

video tells it all

hornetguy · February 23, 2012, 12:49 AM

Yep... it's amazing. I shot through a maple that was as thick as my arm from my elbow to my fingertips. I would have never believed it, if I hadn't done it myself.
Plenty of power there...

seansean1444 · February 23, 2012, 12:56 AM

ya i was very suprised. thought it would have just fragmented inside.

jhenry · February 25, 2012, 05:58 PM

I recall the day before deer season with 2 friends. One of them turned bad on me so I have not seen either of them for years. I was using my Finn M39 that year. The obligatory practice before opening day was backed up by a decently sized Eastern Red Cedar log. The 7.62.54R out of the Finn was knocking chunks out of the back of the log. The other 2 guys did not have such luck. My own experience is that the round is one of those that hits out of all proportion to it's paper ballistics. Kind of a mystery. The .22 Magnum is another, while not in the same class by any means as the 7.62x54R, I use it as an example. They both punch above their respective weights.

seansean1444 · February 25, 2012, 08:39 PM

x2 i definetly agree on that

MagnumWill · February 25, 2012, 09:52 PM

Is it just me, or do they sound like the stoners from Super Troopers?

The 7.62x54R is a hell of a round, I think sometimes people let it's price fool them.

TX Hunter · February 26, 2012, 11:27 AM

Im sure it has happened but so far I have never had a fail to fire with any 7.62x54R ammo, even the old World War Two stuff. If anything I would call it dependable.

seansean1444 · February 27, 2012, 01:54 AM

lol magnum thats very very true. and yes i have never had a fail to fire either

jsmaye · February 27, 2012, 09:45 AM

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Im sure it has happened but so far I have never had a fail to fire with any 7.62x54R ammo, even the old World War Two stuff. If anything I would call it dependable.

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lol magnum thats very very true. and yes i have never had a fail to fire either

The one up-side of corrosive primers.

Mosinka · February 28, 2012, 07:46 AM

This is a still I took from video last weekend of a friend of mine shooting my Mosin-Nagant M44 with good old fashioned spam can ammo ... look at that fireball ... it's longer than the rifle itself!!!

February 23, 2012, 12:45 AM	#1
seansean1444 Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2010 Location: ithaca, new york (home of the ithaca shotguns!) Posts: 371	mosin nagant power... video included http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWmHN...u8TcKeLakxxsiR video tells it all

February 23, 2012, 12:49 AM	#2
hornetguy Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2011 Location: on the north side of DFW Posts: 706	Yep... it's amazing. I shot through a maple that was as thick as my arm from my elbow to my fingertips. I would have never believed it, if I hadn't done it myself. Plenty of power there... __________________ I always felt that if I got to the point where I thought it was time to bury my firearms, it was actually time to pick them up..

February 25, 2012, 05:58 PM	#4
jhenry Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2006 Location: Ozarks Posts: 1,769	I recall the day before deer season with 2 friends. One of them turned bad on me so I have not seen either of them for years. I was using my Finn M39 that year. The obligatory practice before opening day was backed up by a decently sized Eastern Red Cedar log. The 7.62.54R out of the Finn was knocking chunks out of the back of the log. The other 2 guys did not have such luck. My own experience is that the round is one of those that hits out of all proportion to it's paper ballistics. Kind of a mystery. The .22 Magnum is another, while not in the same class by any means as the 7.62x54R, I use it as an example. They both punch above their respective weights. __________________ "A Liberal is someone who doesn't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory". - Charles Krauthammer

February 25, 2012, 09:52 PM	#6
MagnumWill Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2009 Location: Central Colorado Posts: 655	Is it just me, or do they sound like the stoners from Super Troopers? The 7.62x54R is a hell of a round, I think sometimes people let it's price fool them. __________________ Always carry an extra magazine when CCW. Friends don't let friends get a double-feed first round out. -Will

February 23, 2012, 12:56 AM	#3
seansean1444 Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2010 Location: ithaca, new york (home of the ithaca shotguns!) Posts: 371	ya i was very suprised. thought it would have just fragmented inside.

February 25, 2012, 08:39 PM	#5
seansean1444 Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2010 Location: ithaca, new york (home of the ithaca shotguns!) Posts: 371	x2 i definetly agree on that

February 26, 2012, 11:27 AM	#7
TX Hunter Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2010 Location: East Texas USA Posts: 1,754	Im sure it has happened but so far I have never had a fail to fire with any 7.62x54R ammo, even the old World War Two stuff. If anything I would call it dependable.

February 27, 2012, 01:54 AM	#8
seansean1444 Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2010 Location: ithaca, new york (home of the ithaca shotguns!) Posts: 371	lol magnum thats very very true. and yes i have never had a fail to fire either

February 28, 2012, 07:46 AM	#10
Mosinka Member Join Date: January 1, 2012 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 83	This is a still I took from video last weekend of a friend of mine shooting my Mosin-Nagant M44 with good old fashioned spam can ammo ... look at that fireball ... it's longer than the rifle itself!!!