3 - line rifle M1891 / Mosin -- Nagant The Mosin -- Nagant series of rifles. From top to bottom: Mosin -- Nagant M91 Mosin -- Nagant M91 "Dragoon '' Mosin -- Nagant M07 carbine Mosin -- Nagant M91 / 30 Mosin -- Nagant M91 / 30 PU sniper Mosin -- Nagant M38 carbine Mosin -- Nagant M44 carbine Mosin -- Nagant M59 carbine Type Bolt - action rifle Sniper rifle (PU Sniper rifle only) Place of origin Russian Empire Service history In service 1891 -- present Used by See Users Wars Philippine Revolution First Italo - Ethiopian War Russo - Japanese War World War I Finnish Civil War Russian Revolution Russian Civil War Polish -- Soviet War Turkish War of Independence Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War Second Sino - Japanese War Soviet -- Japanese border conflicts Winter War World War II First Indochina War Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Yemeni Civil War Sino - Indian War Laotian Civil War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian -- Vietnamese War Thai -- Laotian Border War Afghan Civil War Soviet war in Afghanistan Yugoslav Wars First and Second Chechen Wars War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo - Georgian War Syrian Civil War 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine War in Donbass Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Production history Designer Captain Sergei Mosin, Léon Nagant. Designed 1891 Manufacturer Tula, Izhevsk, Sestroryetsk, Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault, Remington, New England Westinghouse, many others Produced 1891 -- 1965 No. built ~ 37,000,000 (Russia / Soviet Union) Variants see Variants Specifications Weight 4 kg (8.8 lb) (M91 / 30) 3.4 kg (7.5 lb) (M38) 4.1 kg (9.0 lb) (M44) Length 1,232 mm (48.5 in) (M91 / 30) 1,013 mm (39.9 in) (carbines) Barrel length 730 mm (29 in) (M91 / 30) 514 mm (20.2 in) (carbines) Cartridge 7.62 × 54mmR (aka 7.62 Russian) 7.62 × 53mmR (Finnish variants only) 7.92 × 57mm Mauser (Polish variants & German captures) 8 × 50mmR Mannlicher (Austrian capture) Action Bolt action Rate of fire Variable Muzzle velocity Light ball, ~ 865 m / s (2,838 ft / s) rifle ~ 800 m / s (2,625 ft / s) carbine. Effective firing range 500 m (550 yards), 800 + m (875 + yards with optics) Feed system 5 - round non-detachable magazine, loaded individually or with 5 - round stripper clips. Sights Rear: ladder, graduated from 100 m to 2,000 m (M91 / 30) and from 100 m to 1,000 m (M38 and M44); Front: hooded fixed post (drift adjustable) PU 3.5 and PEM scope also mounted
how far can a mosin nagant 91 30 shoot
500 m (550 yards), 800 + m (875 + yards