Loading M44 mosin- Nagant

[skyking]

Have just ordered some ammo from AIM Surplus,its Polish surplus 5 rounds on Mosin-Nagant chargers.Great price,Hope they load easy and shoot well in my 91-30 and M-38. Will post results after next range trip.

[smellie]

Folks, excuse me if I'm stepping out of place, but my confuser can't get all those u-tube thingamusses.

A lot of people try loading the MN rifle THEIR way, much as the guys with the so-called "Enfields" (LEE rifles and Pattern 14s) try loading the chargers their way.

The .303 guys go through all kinds of contortions which could be avoided if they were to load the darned chargers the BRITISH ARMY'S WAY instead of THEIR way.

I suspect the same thing is going on here.

A .303 charger is loaded DUDUD: Down-Up-Down-Up-Down. From the side, it looks like this: _-_-_, with the bullet points up above the line, of course.

The 7.62x54R charger is loaded "pyramid fashion": outer rounds touching the charger back, inner rounds riding on the outer rounds, middle round riding on the inner rounds. From the side it looks sort of like this: _-!-_.

In both cases, you inspect the charger for correct loading before it goes into your bandoleer or ammo pouch. The charger is put in place in the charger guides of the rifle and the rounds are swept into the magazine in a single sweeping motion of the right hand: all at once; you don't "feel" them into position, just bang 'em in.

The method is detailed and illustrated in the "Text Book of Small Arms - 1909".

It isn't my method, guys: it's the Tsar's.

Works, too.

Hope this helps.