Mosin Nagant M-38 Rifle Flash

By Lindsey Stover

On 24 August 2008

Favorited 19 Times

Mosin Nagant M-38 Rifle Flash

Joel Shooting his Mosin Nagant M-38 at the outdoor range on rampart range road here in colorado springs. It took a few tries to get this right, but was well worth it.. all i did was mess with the levels some, the blast really is over 3ft. It was pretty difficult to focus in the pitch dark out there so we had to light him up to focus and frame, go dark , do a 4'' shutter, as soon as he fired i turned on a defused flashlight, that's why he's blured a bit- because of the recoil. Joel had a pretty good sized bruise on both shoulders the next day. It was pointed out too me that he's firing from the wrong shoulder, but after shooting 50 rounds out of this earlier in the day, he had to switch shoulders by the time the sun finnaly went down!

Please vote if you enjoyed this! :)

22 Responses

  • Laura Boston-thek

    On 24 August 2008 Laura Boston-thek gave props:

    Seriously cool capture Lindsey

  • Ciro Carreño

    On 24 August 2008 Ciro Carreño said:

    yes. i will say...this is one of the best real action shots i saw.

  • Joel Stover

    On 24 August 2008 Joel Stover gave props:

    Impressive for a 66 year-old Soviet WW2 rifle, eh? :~)

  • Sean

    On 24 August 2008 Sean said:

    *thumbs up*
    Awesome photo.

  • Pete Muraszewski

    On 24 August 2008 Pete Muraszewski gave props:

    You should see the Sasquatch he's shooting on the other end of the pic...seriously, great shot. Indeed!

  • Lindsey Stover

    On 24 August 2008 Lindsey Stover said:

    Ok, Could someone give me some pointers here? I'm just curious if it's the subject mattor or if i could have made this shot better. This is the most views i've ever had on a photo. Over 550 views, and no favorites and only a handful of votes. Can anyone tell me why?

  • Lindsey Stover

    On 25 August 2008 Lindsey Stover said:

    thank you very much for the vote and encouragement! haha! didnt mean to sound like i was complaining, just never had that many views (and still climbing 800+) without many votes or faves.. was wondering if maybe it was dissagreement with the subject matter...? oh, well! :) THANK YOU!

  • Erik S

    On 25 August 2008 Erik S gave props:

    Awesome!

  • Erik S

    On 25 August 2008 Erik S said:

    Друг Joel,
    Is there any difference between the flash of the M44 and the M38? I've only seen the flash of my M44 from behind...

  • Jeremy Porter

    On 25 August 2008 Jeremy Porter said:

    Nice shot! I'm talking about the picture not the gun! :)

  • Dan Grdovic

    On 26 August 2008 Dan Grdovic said:

    If I were a sniper at night, I'd be hoping for another rifle ;)
    Nice Job Lindsey.

  • Lindsey Stover

    On 26 August 2008 Lindsey Stover said:

    I really appreciate all the traffic from the forums here! But please people, i've had to delete a few comments, if you want to discuss this rifle or the flash specifically please do so on the page you found the link on. Otherwise, please keep comments about the photo or photography specifically. And please no profanity!

  • Darren Pearson

    On 27 August 2008 Darren Pearson said:

    great!!!

  • Bar Deeo

    On 28 August 2008 Bar Deeo said:

    it is cool

  • Nelson Campbell

    On 2 September 2008 Nelson Campbell gave props:

    Worth the work! My vote!

  • Nick Hershey

    On 4 September 2008 Nick Hershey gave props:

    Nice flamethrower, great shot

  • Angelos Livas

    On 4 September 2008 Angelos Livas said:

    Wow, this is a really nice picture. Love the m38 aswell, keep up the good work!

  • Michael Persch

    On 7 September 2008 Michael Persch said:

    simply amazing!

  • Michael Gossenauer

    On 9 September 2008 Michael Gossenauer gave props:

    Totally sweet pic! Good job!

  • Ryan Swanson

    On 11 September 2008 Ryan Swanson said:

    I didn't think people still had a rifle of that age still working. Amazing, both the picture and the rifle.

  • Daniel Harrison-Smith

    On 19 September 2008 Daniel Harrison-Smith gave props:

    Awesome shot, M38 is great for this pic, was wondering why Joel was firing left handed till I read the description, lol. You also have a great knack for capturing the colors fantastically and getting the right lighting Lindsey.

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