Mosin-Nagant question.....
Well folks I was up all night, did not get any sleep and while trying to keep quiet so as to not wake the girls I was looking at loading books and found the information below.
Here is my question, can you tell who made the different guns? Anyway to know a Rem from a Win? I had no idea that these were made here at home.
The 7.62x54mmR cartridge was adopted by Russia in 1891 for use in the Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant military rifle, Many of these rifles were manufactured in the United States by Winchester, Remington and New England Westinghouse under contracts with the Imperial Russian government. After the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, these rifles were undeliverable, and the U.S. government aquired those on hand, amounting to about 280,000 rifles. Many of these were later sold to NRA members through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, and 7.62mm Russian sporting ammunition consequently became quite popular in America. It was loaded for many years by Remington, but discontinued in about 1950.
Here is my question, can you tell who made the different guns? Anyway to know a Rem from a Win? I had no idea that these were made here at home.
The 7.62x54mmR cartridge was adopted by Russia in 1891 for use in the Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant military rifle, Many of these rifles were manufactured in the United States by Winchester, Remington and New England Westinghouse under contracts with the Imperial Russian government. After the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, these rifles were undeliverable, and the U.S. government aquired those on hand, amounting to about 280,000 rifles. Many of these were later sold to NRA members through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, and 7.62mm Russian sporting ammunition consequently became quite popular in America. It was loaded for many years by Remington, but discontinued in about 1950.
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Here's a couple from New England Westinghouse. 
EDIT #1, There's one from Remington on the left side of this pic. I personally don't recall seeing any Winchester marked M-N's?0 -
Well cool.
Any chance of the US made guns being better quality or looks of the finished rifle?0 -
Dave, the US made rifles had a better fit and finish, and had walnut stocks. I don't know of any Winchester made Mosins, but they did supply the model 1895 chambered in 7.62x54 to the Czar.
Here, this will keep you busy:
http://7.62x54r.net/0 -
Thanks for the info and link. 0 -
Winchester didn't make them, just Remington and NEW. As well as the Russian arsenals, of course. 0 -
Also Chatellerault, a French manufacturer of miltary arms. 0 -
Sako made them also... with a .308 bore & short throat. 0 -
Sako and Valmet re-barreled and rebuilt them, but they never made receivers. 0
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