.22LR Mosin-Nagant

[pietro]

https://www.alloutdoor.com/2019/04/2...-mosin-nagant/



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[arcticap]

It's pretty cool that Keystone would design a dream rifle for kids to drool over.
I remember when I was young and drooling over the Erma M-1 carbine .22 clone that was sold through some of the mail order catalogs at the time.
When I got older I ended buying a nice one and it was a dream fulfilled.
But like a lot of toys I ended up trading it in for something else.
It shot really well and was fun while it lasted.

Although back then I think that I was even more interested in having a Sting-Ray style bike with a banana seat, high rise handlebars and a slick rear tire.
Back then every kid needed to have some wheels!

[Der Gebirgsjager]

So, if I read it correctly, it is basically a disguised Cricket single shot. I can see where it might appeal to some kids, especially those with milsurp collecting and shooting dads, but if I had one I'd want it to be a repeater with a miniaturized action that was more faithful to the design being copied. An example would be the Stg 44s currently being imported. There's probably a market slot for it though.

DG

[Life Member]

Being into 22 rifles I'll be taking a close look at it. Would make a nice addition.

[akajun]

I have a Polish WZ48, which is a .22lr single shot Mosin Nagant trainer built on the mauser pattern. Its actually a pretty accurate little .22 and the graduated military sight is correct for the yardage its marked.

[truckjohn]

It's apparently based on the crickett action - but it's a full size 22 rifle with a normal length of pull and a 20" barrel. Based on the comments I have seen here on RFC about Keystone rifles - I would expect it to be pretty good.