Siince it is a gift I hope you will post how the giftee likes the gift. I bought a Mosin Nagant last year and I have now shot it a couple of times. What is the year of the one you purchased. Mine was manufactured in 1939. My research on the weapon led me to purchase one manufactured prior to the German invasion in June of 1941. Prior to the invasion they were well built weapons. After the invasion they were produced as fast as possible and the quality level declined.

Mine came with all the stuff with the excpetion of a sling. I ordered one last week and it arrived yesterday so now my weapon is complete. For the record the hard sights on the weapon are ranged out to 300 yards. Below that distance they will shoot high.

It is a fun weapon to shoot.