Description
Original 1961 Soviet Military Manual — “Instruction on Small Arms Training” for the Mosin-Nagant Rifle and Carbines
This is an authentic Cold War–era Soviet manual, published by the Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR in Moscow, 1961.
Titled “Наставление по стрелковому делу” (Instruction on Small Arms Training), it covers the Mosin–Nagant rifle Model 1891/30 and carbines Models 1938 and 1944, the primary bolt-action rifles of the Red Army during World War II and postwar decades.
The manual contains detailed text, diagrams, and firing instructions on:
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Disassembly and reassembly procedures
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Cleaning and maintenance methods
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Sight adjustment and zeroing
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Firing positions and accuracy training
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Ballistic characteristics of ammunition
This copy is an original 1961 printing, not a reprint, and remains complete and legible, showing typical age wear such as light toning and minor edge marks. It represents a genuine Soviet-era ordnance publication used in both training schools and reserve depots.
A must-have for collectors of Eastern Bloc small-arms manuals, Mosin–Nagant historians, and Cold War ordnance researchers.
