Mosin Nagant Scope Mount

 Mosin Nagant, a rifle coming down through the ages and yet powerful enough. It was first invented in Russia and Belgium and was used by the Russian troops since 1891. At the beginning it was just a three line rifle which slowly evolved over the years for its betterment. The most common or the popularly used model of this rifle was the one designed in 1930 – the M1891/30.

Mosin Nagant - Scope mounts review

Mosin Nagant, a rifle coming down through the ages and yet
powerful enough. It was first invented in Russia and Belgium and was used by the Russian troops since 1891. At the beginning it was just a three line rifle which slowly evolved over the years for its betterment. The most common or the popularly used model of this rifle was the one designed in 1930 – the M1891/30. The additions to this model was a spring to the base plate of the magazine and the clip that could hold 5 cartridges simultaneously which could be fed into the magazine.

This rifle was widely used in the World War I and the World War II. 
The rifle slowly obtained much popularity and eventually spread across the world. After Russia, the variants of the rifle were found in Estonia, Finland, Czechoslovakia, China, Hungary, Romania, Poland and the US. The was not actually made for addition of a scope but it is actually great for hunting. Despite the incapability of the rifle, it does support two scope types –scout mount or the standard scopes above the bolt. There are equal advantages and disadvantages of these two scope types. 
 
The Scope Mount: 
This is comparatively the easiest among the two types of scopes and is comparatively cheaper too. There are two pre-requisites for this mount that is the sight assembly in the rear needs to be removed and the LER (Long Eye Relief) scope needs to be used. There are plenty systems available where the rear sight is removed partially and a mounting system is installed. These mounting systems are most probably combined with weaver or picatinny rails which allows you to use many other LER scopes. 
According to the variety of the Mosin Nagant, it may also have the 3/8 inch dove tail grooves which are exposed on dismantling the rear sight. Thus, the grooves being same as that of the modern 0.22 rifles and the airgun's, you can get quality 1 inch rings at cheaper rates and mount $10 scopes on it! 
 
The Traditional Mount: 
The traditional mount allows ease of use and simpler as well. One advantage about this mount is that you can use iron sights by removing its scope. The Mosin Nagant has got a straight bolt which needs to be bent a bit in order to place the traditional mount correctly and this the only difficult thing. Using the correct instruments it would not be a tough job either. Although ATI provides the most popular kit for this mount, the reviews for it do not speak good about it.  So, the best way to get this mount on is to hand it over to a pro. The bolt of the Mosin Nagant that gets in the way needs to be bent somehow to get the traditional mount on. 
 
 

 
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