The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

And one more question - Is it hard to find an Izhevsk pu stock online? Is it worth finding one and replace the current Tula stock? Will it be really helpful from the value perspective when I sell it in the future? Even if you found one, due to dimensional variations in manufacturing the PUs, the ch...

The arsenals absolutely did use older receivers from theirs or there arsenals sometimes. Not uncommon. Sounds like you have a well used non-matching dragoon that simply had a 91/30 front sight installed. My bet would be on a Spanish import.

I've seen a couple of m91s and 91/30s that had half of the front sight base broken off. It was from someone trying to force an oversize sight into the dovetail with a big hammer or accidently striking the base instead of the sight when driving the sight out of the dovetail. Since the front sight bas...

Most gunsmiths won't touch a mosin because of the difficulty in removing the barrel and machine work involved in getting a replacement barrel to index properly along with their general view of a mosin being a "cheap junk rifle" The cost wasn't worth it although mosin prices have really gon...

1920 is a pretty uncommon date. Lots of turmoil going on during the Russian civil war then. They recycled lots of receivers then so a 1916 receiver on with a 1920 barrel makes perfect sense.

What's needed to determine a fairly rough guess on value is a also a photo of the markings on the chamber such as the year, arsenal marking etc. The ones in the picture are 91/30s that look to have been refurbed. Those are common in general but some can have one little stamp.or.markimg that can real...

Was the rifle deactivated as in unable to be shot? Or just released from military stores for.expoet? That confused me a little.

Nice mosin

Looks like an aim corrector used in training.

The full length m91 was the most common rifle in Finn service, so there were lots of those needing repair and replacement. It was easier to restart production of those in 1940 than introduce another new model at that time. (The m39 was already in the pipeline) Stocks were already being made and repa...

Soviet laminate 91/30 stocks weren't a thing until the 50s. So someone had a sporterized Finn m91 or a barrelled action and stuck in a refurb stock. Finn M91 stocks and handguards are hard to find and are really expensive.

VKT M91 barrels are about 3 inches longer than a 91/30 barrel.

Definitely 1943 date. The rough wartime machining on the barrel and receiver along with the partial/weak stamps are traits of wartime mosins. In 45 they were machined and finished back to the prewar standards. Also the bottom of the 5 in 1945 doesn't come as high as the bottom of the 3 in 1943. Just...

If you can get a good clear picture of the date on the barrel it would help. It appears to be a poorly stamped 1943 date there as opposed to 1945.

Any photos of the tang date?

The bolt is also force matched. It lacks the serial number prefix. Nearly all refurbs like this are all force matched so that's expected

It's an aftermarket Timney style safety added by a previous owner.

PU snipers weren't built until 1942 so it's not a legit PU. The serial number has 91/30S in it, classic seems to have put an S behind the 91/30 on rifles that they built into PU snipers before legit PU imports became fairly common.

Very nice. I'd have that one researched to see if any of its Civil Guard records survive.

They were a carryover from the Berdan 2 dragoon and Cossack rifles, probably easier to make and cheaper, maybe more flexible for mounted troops as you can slide the sling from the bottom to the side with the collars? Just guessing though.

Could be what is known as a trials "stable" rifle or something like that. Usually dated around 36, 37, and have a unique front band arrangement. They used to be called Simonov trials rifles. An internet search might give you a better idea if that's what you saw

Well that's something you don't see everyday. Awesome, thanks for sharing that.