Saw a photo of russian soldiers in Ukraine with some old rifles...

I’m not knocking the venerable Russian/Soviet Mosin-Nagant rifle. Although getting a bit long in the tooth, having been first fielded in the late 1800s, they still go bang (after you clean the cosmoline out). Humor & hyperbole note that they’ve been used in every war since and are always on a winning side - because with 37 million produced, they’re on every side. I mean, some of my best friends have Mosin-Nagants. They happen even in the best of families. I’ve got one myself (Tula arsenal, 1942, if I recall). Mosin-Nagants happen to lots of guys. But, um, hey, comrade - is that a Mosin-Nagant on your shoulder, or are you just happy that some folks still think your country has a First World military? Does your great-grandfather know you ganked his weapon? I guess you’re the guy in the Stalingrad movie who got the rifle instead of the ammunition? I didn’t know they sold those in the history museum gift shop….