Tula Mosin Nagant M91/30 – 7.62x54r – Mfg. 1930 – Oct. Receiver – Synthetic

This is a no reserve penny auction for a Tula Mosin Nagant M91/30 bolt-action rifle in 7.62x54r. Serial number- 9130441319. This M91/30 is in good condition with a synthetic stock! At the beginning of the war, the Mosin–Nagant 91/30 was the standard issue weapon of Soviet troops. Millions were produced in World War II for use by the largest mobilized army in history. The Mosin–Nagant Model 1891/30 was modified and adapted as a sniper rifle from 1932 onwards, first with mounts and scopes from Germany then with domestic designs (PE, PEM); from 1942 it was issued with 3.5-power PU fixed focus scopes. It served quite prominently in the brutal urban battles on the Eastern Front, such as the Battle of Stalingrad, which made heroes of such snipers as Vasily Zaitsev, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ivan Sidorenko, and Roza Shanina. Finland also employed the Mosin–Nagant as a sniper rifle, with similar success with their own designs and captured Soviet rifles.