
When trials concluded in 1891, the units which tested the rifles were split in their decision. Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, a captain in the Imperial army, submitted his "3- line" calibre (.30 cal, 7.62 mm) rifle in 1889 alongside a 3.5-line design by Léon Nagant (a Belgian) and a 3-line design by captain Zinoviev. After failing to adequately modify the Berdan system to meet the requirements, a "Special Commission for the testing of Magazine fed Rifles" was formed to test new designs.

The Russian Main Artillery Administration undertook the task of producing a magazine-fed, multi-round weapon in 1882. This emphasized to commanders a need to modernize the Imperial army.
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The Mosin–Nagant ( Russian: Винтовка Мосина, ISO 9: Vintovka Mosina) is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations.

Rear: ladder, graduated from 100 m to 2,000 m (M91/30) and from 100 m to 1,500 m (M38 and M44) Front: hooded fixed post (drift adjustable) Tula, Izhevsk, Sestroryetsk, Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault, Remington, New England Westinghouse, many othersĥ-round non-detachable magazine, loaded individually or with five-round stripper clips.
