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Mosin–Nagant Model 1948 Infantry Rifle Gyalogsági Puska, 48.M (48.Minta): Produced by the FÉG (Fémáru- Fegyver- és Gépgyár Rt.) plant in Budapest, these high-quality versions of the Soviet Model 1891/30 were produced from 1949 to possibly as late as 1955. They are characterized by a high-quality finish and the marking of all parts with ...
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×54mmR cartridge. The cartridge was originally developed for the Mosin–Nagant rifle and introduced in 1891 by the Russian Empire . It was the service cartridge of the late Tsarist era and throughout the Soviet period to the present-day Russia and other countries as well.
Stevens, under the ownership of New England Westinghouse, produced over 770,000 Mosin-Nagant rifles under contract with the Russian government between 1916-1917, of which 225,260 were delivered. The rest were sold to the American government to arm the American Expeditionary Forces , White Russian forces, Finland , and the Civilian Marksmanship ...
Production of the Mosin–Nagant M1891/30 bolt-action rifle continued, and it remained the standard-issue rifle to Red Army troops, with the SVT-40 more often issued to non-commissioned officers [citation needed] and elite units like the naval infantry. Since these factories already had experience manufacturing the SVT-38, output increased ...
After gaining its independence in 1917 and after the Finnish Civil War of 1918, large numbers of Model 1891 Mosin–Nagant rifles were in the hands of the Finnish military. As the old barrels were worn out, they were replaced by new 7.83 mm (.308 in) barrels and the leftover 7.62×54mmR cartridges being in short supply, a domestic product was ...
The company is best known for Émile's contribution to the design of the Mosin–Nagant Russian service rifle, adopted in 1891. [2] This introduction to the Tsar's military administration led to the adoption, in 1895, of the Nagant M1895 revolver (designed by Léon) as their standard-issue sidearm. [3]
The Model 91/98/23 carbine (Karabinek wz. 1891/1898/1923) often shortened to kbk wz. 91/98/23, and its variants wz. 91/98/25 and wz. 91/98/26, were a Polish modification of the Mosin–Nagant M1891 rifle to carbine form. The Mosin rifle was shortened and converted to use the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.
3,004 Berdan II rifles were converted to 7.62×54mmR for Russian service by arms makers in Belgium. The various Mosin–Nagant bolt-action rifles including the sawn-off "Obrez" pistol; The American Winchester Model 1895. Approximately 300,000 made for the Russian army in 1915–16. AVB-7.62; AVS-36; Berkut-2M1