Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, April 29, 2011

120 Years Ago

The Mosin-Nagant M91 3-line rifle was adopted by the Russian Army. The rifle itself is obsolete (though it still is found in combat use). The 7.62x54R cartridge is still in use today.

As a sniper rifle, the M-N was arguably the best sniper rifle of the war, as some rather surprised writers from Guns magazine found out.

3 comments:

BadTux said...

What, exactly, makes the rifle obsolete? It's still rather capable of reaching out and touching someone at a reasonably long range, right? If it still does the job it was made to do, what's "obsolete" about it? Shall we declare the M1911A "obsolete" too, while we're at it?

BTW, I read that article you linked. The astonishment of those good ole' boy Rednecks at some Rooskie rifle out-shootin' their favorite WW2 American, British, and German "sniper" rifles decidedly leapt off the page. Almost expected spatter on the page from their mind blowing.

- Badtux the Practical Penguin

BadTux said...

Oh wait, I forgot, now I remember what makes the Mosin-Nagant obsolete. It's not BLACK and it's made out of WOOD, not BLACK PLASTIC. Alrighty, then :).

- Badtux the Snarky Penguin

Comrade Misfit said...

For a battle rifle, it has a very slow rate of fire and the cartridge is overly-powerful for open-sight ranges.

For a sniper rifle, two things. First, the scope sight is low-powered by modern standards. Second, the rifle has to be reloaded with individual cartridges. Of course, one might argue that there are no detachable magazines to lose...