When trials concluded in 1891, the evaluators were split in their decision. In 1889, three rifles were submitted for evaluation: Captain Sergei Ivanovich Mosin of the Imperial Army submitted his '3-line' caliber (.30 cal, 7.62 mm) rifle Belgian designer Léon Nagant submitted a '3.5-line' design and a Captain Zinoviev submitted another '3-line' design. After failing to adequately modify the Berdan rifle to meet the specified requirements, a 'Special Commission for the testing of Magazine Fed Rifles' was formed to test new designs. In 1882 the Russian Main Artillery Administration undertook the task of producing a magazine-fed, repeater rifle. This showed Russian commanders the need to modernize the Imperial Army. 1.6 Civil War, modernization, and wars with Finlandĭuring the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–1878, Russian troops armed mostly with Berdan single-shot rifles suffered heavy casualties against Turkish troops with Winchester repeating rifles, notably at the bloody Siege of Plevna.The Mosin–Nagant (Russian: Винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: Vintovka Mosina) is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle, developed by the Imperial Russian Army in 1882–1891, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations. Rear: ladder, graduated from 100 m to 2,000 m (M91/30) and from 100 m to 2,000 m (M38 and M44) Front: hooded fixed post (drift adjustable) PU 3.5 and PEM scope also mounted

Tula, Izhevsk, Sestroryetsk, Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault, Remington, New England Westinghouse, many othersĥ00 m (550 yards), 800+ m (731+ yards) (with optics)ĥ-round non-detachable magazine, loaded individually or with five-round stripper clips.

Curved bolt for mosin nagant