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.
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