Mosin Nagant M-38

[JaimeH]

A local sporting goods store is selling the Mosin Nagant M38 for $100, comes with a bayonet and ammo pouch. What do you think a good deal?

[Tyler Ramsey]

A local sporting goods store is selling the Mosin Nagant M38 for $100, comes with a bayonet and ammo pouch. What do you think a good deal?

Sounds Like a good deal!
What country was it made by?

[JaimeH]

Sounds Like a good deal!
What country was it made by?

I just went out to lunch, hit the Dunhams sporting goods store and bought the Mosin Nagant M91/30 Russian 1942 dated rifle (I liked the longer rifle better than the M38 carbine) . It is a great condition light wood stock rifle that included a bayonet, sling, oil can, cleaning rods, 1942 dated ammo pouch all for $79. I'm happier than a pig in sh*t!

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Jamie,
Congrats on your Moisin Nagant rifle pick up. They are a lot of fun to shoot and the ammo is very cheap. Just remember to clean it very well after shooting the old corrosive ammo! Don't bother looking to find a sheath for the spike bayonet that came with your rifle. The Soviets did not issue any. That's why you always see photos of These rifles with the bayonets attached. Jeff A

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jamie, that is a great deal! I only wish I lived in the USA too, as I would grab a couple at that price.
BTW canvas scabbards were issued for the bayonet but these are very, very rare. I have a photo of one in a book on WW2 Soviet kit.
Cheers, Ade.

[Jeff Ashenfelter]

Adrian,
I have seen the leather type of scabbard for the long spike bayonets. I have been told that these were only for special guard troops!
Have you ever seen a photo of one being worn in combat?

[Johnnie]

Finland manufactured and issued bayonet scabbards and frogs for the tremendous ammount of Mosin-Nagant rifles and carbines that they had on hand at Independence, captured from the Russians during the Winter War, and the large number of re-builds they made. Sometimes these are offered for sale.
Johnnie


QUOTE=Jeff A]Adrian,
I have seen the leather type of scabbard for the long spike bayonets. I have been told that these were only for special guard troops!
Have you ever seen a photo of one being worn in combat?[/QUOTE]

[AlexW]

The only original photos where I've seen the leather scabbard in use are from the Khalkin Gol fighting in 1940(?).

Evewry other time I see it carried reversed on the rifle.