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Gunfight Friday: Mosin-Nagant vs Springfield .30-40 Krag | Field & Stream

April 26, 2014

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Gunfight Friday: Mosin-Nagant vs Springfield .30-40 Krag

fieldandstream.com - Today's gunfight pits a couple of old warhorses against one another: Russia's Mosin-Nagant versus a Springfield in .30-40 Krag. Both are long-since retired from the battlefield. One sees active use as a deer rifle, the other will become one some day soon.

The Mosin-Nagant was continually modified and served as Russia's battle rifle through World War I and World War II until it was replaced by the SKS and AK. It's still in use in some conflicts around the world and it has become ubiquitous in gun stores throughout the U.S. where it can be picked up for a pittance.