Sergei ivanovich mosin biography of michael

          Mosin–Nagant rifle, one of the most produced ever....

          Was born october 7, in New Orleans,LA.

        1. Originally designed by Captain Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, the rifle was trialed in alongside two other rifles, including one designed by Belgian Léon Nagant.
        2. Mosin–Nagant rifle, one of the most produced ever.
        3. From to General – Major of the Russian Army Sergey Mosin was the head of the factory.
        4. [1] Captain Sergei Ivanovich Mosin's rifle was an evolutionary development of the Model Berdan II rifle.

          5. The history of the Russian model bolt action rifle, better known as the Mosin rifle or the "mosinka" has spanned over years, but this weapon still fights, and doesn't just collect dust in warehouses. How did the three line rifle come to be, and what came before?



          A pause with the Berdan

          With the adoption of the Berdan #2 rifle, the Russian army obtained an effective, reliable, and fairly modern weapon.

          For the time being, the officers responsible for rifle procurement could breathe and continue working at a pace other than "go go go, we needed it yesterday", stopping and thinking.

          One of the issues that the Berdan rifle didn't solve is equipping the army with a magazine-fed rifle.

          On one hand, the solution was clear. The Americans equipped their infantry with Spencer rifles that fed from a seven round tube magazine, about which their enemies, the southerners, said that "the Yankees load their gun on Sunday and shoot all week long".  On the other hand, those Yankees, ha