i'm pretty sure an antique mosin-nagant costs a lot more than a kalashnikov
would be a bizarre choice to arm your conscripts with those instead of the assault rifles they made so many of that they're found pretty much everywhere on earth in massive numbers
almost as if he didn't think his lie through before he posted it
His "still" was showing "Russian soldiers" with what seem like modernish sniper variants of a mosin-nagant. And I'm pretty sure the photos are actually of Russia-aligned militias with their own rifles.
Love this implication... What does he think a modern sniper rifle is? They haven't changed all that much, just materials and machining techniques but it's pretty hard to innovate the bolt-action all that much...
They haven’t changed all that much, just materials and machining techniques but it’s pretty hard to innovate the bolt-action all that much…
Given liberals and their weird fetishization of shiny technology being an unambiguous good, it's not hard to make the logical gap that "shiny black polymer plastic = more technology" and "more technology = more gun shooting power"
the US military's most common sniper rifle in use is the M24 SWS, designed in 1988, but is in reality just a shorter version of the M1917 Enfield with a different caliber, which is the rifle the US used in WW1
The AEF (the division of the US Army deployed to the western front) used the M1917, which was a modified version of the British Enfield rifle. The M1917 was often called the "American Enfield." Marines and the Navy used the 1903 Springfield and I'm not really sure why. A professor once told me the army had a different rifle because the Springfield had some kind of different heat treatment on the metal on the receiver and I don't remember why that was important.
And the Ammo isn't too expensive compared to a Lee-En (and if you like to live dangerously a Mosin will probably fire a .303 anyway), though I suspect the Russian situation will change that.
an antique mosin-nagant costs a lot more than a kalashnikov
Not at all. A mosin is worth like 200$, tops. The prices in the US have gone up ridiculously because there haven't been as many rifles available for import. But they're still not really worth much.
i'm pretty sure an antique mosin-nagant costs a lot more than a kalashnikov
would be a bizarre choice to arm your conscripts with those instead of the assault rifles they made so many of that they're found pretty much everywhere on earth in massive numbers
almost as if he didn't think his lie through before he posted it
His "still" was showing "Russian soldiers" with what seem like modernish sniper variants of a mosin-nagant. And I'm pretty sure the photos are actually of Russia-aligned militias with their own rifles.
Love this implication... What does he think a modern sniper rifle is? They haven't changed all that much, just materials and machining techniques but it's pretty hard to innovate the bolt-action all that much...
Given liberals and their weird fetishization of shiny technology being an unambiguous good, it's not hard to make the logical gap that "shiny black polymer plastic = more technology" and "more technology = more gun shooting power"
just like a civ game technology works by pouring in science juice
Science juice is blue
Mana is also blue
Science is magic
QED
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:the-doohickey: just strap some shit together you found in the home depot dumpster and let 40k ork magic do the rest
:yes-hahaha-yes-r: :sicko-pig:
It's impossible. They're completely impervious to any understanding or knowledge of the guns they fear so much.
the US military's most common sniper rifle in use is the M24 SWS, designed in 1988, but is in reality just a shorter version of the M1917 Enfield with a different caliber, which is the rifle the US used in WW1
It really is Mauser 98s all the way down isn't it
I thought the US military used the Springfield and the Enfield was the British rifle?
The AEF (the division of the US Army deployed to the western front) used the M1917, which was a modified version of the British Enfield rifle. The M1917 was often called the "American Enfield." Marines and the Navy used the 1903 Springfield and I'm not really sure why. A professor once told me the army had a different rifle because the Springfield had some kind of different heat treatment on the metal on the receiver and I don't remember why that was important.
Cool! Thanks for the info!
The Marine Corps is the stupidest atavism in the military and should have been abolished decades ago.
Finland still has sniper rifles built around the basic receiver of original Mosin Nagants.
Mosins are actually pretty cheap, a few hundred USD usually. :pavlichenko:
And the Ammo isn't too expensive compared to a Lee-En (and if you like to live dangerously a Mosin will probably fire a .303 anyway), though I suspect the Russian situation will change that.
Wouldn't be surprised if Russia has more SKSs and older AKs than they have people.
Not at all. A mosin is worth like 200$, tops. The prices in the US have gone up ridiculously because there haven't been as many rifles available for import. But they're still not really worth much.