New member, third 91/30
New member, third 91/30
Hello all. I just acquired my third 91/30 and I think it could be a good one. 1936 Tula Hex Ex-Sniper. I do not know whether it was a PE or PEM, any thoughts would be appreciated. It is in a pre-war stock, and is all force matched serial numbers. Only issue is that it has been counter bored, but I understand this was done to help with accuracy.
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Three_Dogs
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Welcome to the forum and let me say nice rifle....welcome to mosinitis...soon you will have more. 
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Mosinitis is in full effect 
Found a local dealer that regularly keeps these in stock and in good numbers. Should only get better from here!!!
Found a local dealer that regularly keeps these in stock and in good numbers. Should only get better from here!!!
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ponycarman
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Welcome! Nice rifle you have there! Counter bore isn't a big deal really. Just shows the rifle was used. It was done to help its accuracy. Have fun trying to treat your case of mosinitis
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1943 Izhevsk
1937 Izhevsk
1935/48/50 Tula (hex)
1939 Tula (laminate stock)
And many other firearms
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1943 Izhevsk
1937 Izhevsk
1935/48/50 Tula (hex)
1939 Tula (laminate stock)
And many other firearms
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BuckeyeSgt
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Neat find. I'm no sniper expert but I think it is a PE.
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Steve The Pirate
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Very nice looking PE EX-SNIPER. 
Interesting stamps on those 3's.
Interesting stamps on those 3's.Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you're honest with them, then you're an asshole - George Carlin
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desertgunner
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Welcome to the forum Nice rifle you have there! ...and an EX, on top How much was the ransom you paid?
Yeah, the
"3s" are interesting, font-wise. Are they like that all over or just on the barrel?? 
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bunkysdad
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Re: New member, third 91/30
This is a nice one all right. I'm surprised you haven't decided on a carbine by now. You have a healthy collection growing.
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I did not realize that anything special was going on with the "3". What makes them different?
I will have to look closer at the rest. As for the buttplate, magazine and bolt they are unfortunately stamped force matched, and look like all the other refurb force match fonts I have seen.
Ransom paid for this rifle was $120, had it on rack of multiple hex receivers, same price as all the rest. Saw the sniper mark next to the star and knew I had to have it. Basically got everything I wanted in one rifle. They had more Mosins than I had money, rack included two nice looking MO Izhevsks (one with tiger stripe stock). I was more determined to get my EX out of the way. EDIT to add; the MO's were marked for $120 as well.
I will have to look closer at the rest. As for the buttplate, magazine and bolt they are unfortunately stamped force matched, and look like all the other refurb force match fonts I have seen.
Ransom paid for this rifle was $120, had it on rack of multiple hex receivers, same price as all the rest. Saw the sniper mark next to the star and knew I had to have it. Basically got everything I wanted in one rifle. They had more Mosins than I had money, rack included two nice looking MO Izhevsks (one with tiger stripe stock). I was more determined to get my EX out of the way. EDIT to add; the MO's were marked for $120 as well.
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Steve The Pirate
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Re: New member, third 91/30
I don't think there's anything special, i nocticed 1 of the 3's is lightly stamped compared to the other one's. Does it look like they were double stamped?
$120 is a good price.
$120 is a good price.
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ponycarman
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Re: New member, third 91/30
I agree the side by side 3's in the serial number are stamped harder than the other one. They look deeper than every other number on the serial number to me.
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Let me make a short, open, blanket comment. There are no good guns. There are no bad guns. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a descent person is no threat to anyone--- except bad people. -- Charleton Heston
Guns are not good, they are not evil. Save those descriptions for the people holding the firearm. -- Unknown
1943 Izhevsk
1937 Izhevsk
1935/48/50 Tula (hex)
1939 Tula (laminate stock)
And many other firearms
Guns are not good, they are not evil. Save those descriptions for the people holding the firearm. -- Unknown
1943 Izhevsk
1937 Izhevsk
1935/48/50 Tula (hex)
1939 Tula (laminate stock)
And many other firearms
Re: New member, third 91/30
Are you sure it was counterbored? Most of the 91/30 I see are recrowned.
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Junk Yard Dog
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Welcome to the forum, I have the same ex sniper but mine is 1935 
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: New member, third 91/30
What a great lookin PE! I think the one 3 looks double stamped.
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Re: New member, third 91/30
welocone and you have a nice rifle. now just make room for rifle no 4 and 5 because they will come along.
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Re: New member, third 91/30
Welcome to the forum. The first thing that stood out to me was all of the 3's. The date looks double or restamped as well as the last two 3's in the serial. The first one is lightly stamped but the font looks the same on them all. I even copied the picture to my computer, turned it and blew it up to see it better. I can only imagine why this happened. Nice feature.