Mosin Nagant carbine or Am I wrong?

[jon lynn]

A fellow was at the range this morning, had what looked like to me, a Mosin Nagant carbine 7.62 x 54R.

He said yes it was the correct round, but he insisted it was a Polish Mauser.

I know the Germans supplied Mausers to Poland for a time, but thought it was with the 98 style action. Or did they switch all their machinery just to produce 91/30 style actions (notice the sarcasm?).

OR........am I just wrong, and it is indeed a Mauser?

And.........what really got my goat, he said his Leapers scope was good enough to use and hunt with, but he couldn't get better than a six inch spread, supported from the bench. He got so mad at me trying to give advice, such as resting his barrel on solid wood as he shot......................goober!