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Post by volkssturm on Jun 25, 2014 17:57:56 GMT -5
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Post by volkssturm on Jun 26, 2014 13:59:44 GMT -5
I've seen a couple of these at shooting matches. They're a step above the run of the mill Mosin. Oddly enough, from what I've read the higher quality manufacturing and closer tolerances actually worked against them in the winter. Under severe conditions they were more prone to jam than the sloppier made Russian weapons. In the Finnish war movie "The Winter War" there's a scene where a sergeant is telling his men to swap their bolts with bolts from Russian rifles, because they won't jam as much.
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2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jun 27, 2014 23:16:55 GMT -5
The precise tolerances of quality built rifles has often been an issue when compared to sloppily or crudely manufactured guns. Wars tend to be fought in extreme heat or extreme cold and usually end up being waged where it is muddy or dusty, humid and damp. The finns did amazingly well against the soviet army but i think it came down to motivation and leadership. The russians had neither at that stage of the war. Stalin had sucked both out of his army.
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