The Mosin Nagant rifle has a reputation for having a noticeable recoil, largely due to its heavy steel construction and the powerful 7.62x54mm cartridge it fires. While the recoil can be sharp, it is generally manageable for most shooters, especially those accustomed to shooting military-style rifles. The rifle's weight helps absorb some of the recoil, making it less punishing than lighter firearms chambered for similar cartridges. Overall, while it may be more pronounced than some modern rifles, many find it acceptable for the performance it delivers.
Due to the large numbers made.
Try local gun stores and military surplus. Cabelas has a few military surplus Mosin Nagants.
That all depends on you, and what you want. Are you looking for a plinker, a serious hunting rifle, a SHTF weapon, something collectible, what? Mosin Nagants seem to be pretty popular these days. One might consider those pretty essential.
sounds like either a broken recoil spring or a bad clutch
Well it really depends on what you want the k98k goes from $250.00 to $1000.00 for a all matching bnz marked rifle. Personally for $100.00 you can't go wrong with a mosin nagant. Stay away from the 42-44 marked rifles as the milling can be very bad. My rule of thumb is that pre and post war mosin nagants are the best. The mosin nagant is not perfect however, the safety sucks, it's so bad I don't even use it. The k98 or the Gew98 is a very nice rifle and for a average price for $399.00 from Micthells Mausers it is a great rifle. I don't know much about the M1903 but I would assume it's a good rifle since it's a mauser copy. They are expensive anywhere form $750.00-$1200, but in the long run it would be cheaper to shoot because the 30-06 is everywhere in sporting goods stores since it is such a popular game round.
Depends on the 12 yr old. The 91/30 M-N rifle has fairly stout recoil, but no worse than similar caliber rifles. A good recoil pad would be worth considering, and, as always, a minor should have the permission of parents.
Depends on your sensitivity to recoil and the type of rifle and load used. Generally, not bad at all.
Most Mosin Nagants have what I call loose trigger syndrome. You can take it to a gun smith and he could probably bend the sear for you and take out the slack. I have recently developed a spring to fix this problem. There are a few vendors selling my spring on the net or you can go to my site and check them out. crsurplusspring.com I have video of before and after installation. Like I said a gunsmith can probably do this for you if he knows what he is doing. My fix only cost $7.00. I am selling them like crazy now.
Vasily Mosin was born in 1972.
Mosin-Nagant firearms get their name from the designers - Sergei Ivanovich Mosin who was a Colonel in the Russian Army and Emile & Leon Nagant who were Belgian weapon designers.
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, around 1891.
Maksim Mosin was born on 1982-02-16.