The telescopes employed are somewhat similar to those used on United States hunting riiles. 4), which is basically the M1891/30 adapted for use with a telescope, is a standard weapon in Soviet and satellite armies. The sights used on the M1891/30 are superior to those of the Dragoon, and, because the metric system of measurement was adopted in Russia during this period, the sights of the M1891/30 are calibrated in meterB rather than in arshins. 3) is about the same length as the M1891 Dragoon, but it represents many improvements over the Dragoon. The Dragoon rifle M1891 is believed to be obsolete, but it may be found in limited quantity in satellite armieB. 2) was originally developed as a weapon for heavy cavalry,' Manufacture of this rifle was discontinued about 1930, when it was replaced by the rifle M1B91/30. 1) are no longer being manufactured, and are believed to be obsolete.Д«. The later versions of the rifle M1891 (fig. The original M1891 is now a collectors item, and Is unlikely to be encountered in the field. About this time handguards were added and the swivels were replaced by sling slots bored in the stock. In 1908 the Spltzer pointed light ball round (which is still used) was Introduced and the rear sight was changed. The original rifle M1891 had no handguard, was fitted with sling swivels instead of the sling slots used on later versions, and bad a leaf rear sight which was designed for the old conical-nosed 7.82-mm ball cartridge. The original rifle Ml891 was considerably dilferent than later versions of the same model. The safety, in that it is extremely hard to engage and diBengage, represents a shortcoming of the weapons. They suffer from an overcomplicated bolt, but in other respects are relatively simple to service and maintain. Fairly good shooting can be done with them at combat ranges, although their sights do not lend themselves to the finer degrees of accuracy which can be obtained with similar United States weapons. These weapons can be considered reasonably effective Infantry weapons. All Soviet bolt action military rifles and carbines are Mosin-Nagant weapons and all are basically similar to the original Mosin-Nagant rifle adopted by Russia in 1891. Mosin of the Imperial Russian Army, and the magazine was developed by Nagant, a Belgian. The action ol the rifle was developed by Colonel S. The MoBin- Nagant rifle was adopted In 1891 by Imperial RuBsia. Packaging-19 19Дragoon rifle M1891 -28 23ДЄcceBBories-34 24Д¬are and cleaning-35 26Д¬auses and correction of common malfunctions-44 31Д¬HAPTER 2 BOLT ACTION RIFLES AND CARBINES Origin and basic qualities-5 2Д«olt action rifles-e 2Д«olt action carbines-7 3Д¬haracteristics of 7.62-mm bolt action rilles and carbines-8 4Дragoon rifle M1891-10 7Д¬arbine M1938 -14 16Д¬arbine M1944-15 16Д¬omponents interchangeable between all models - 16 17 Components interchangeable bettfeeri specified models 17 17Дescription-18 18

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