Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
I bought a Mosin and the last digit of the date is very faint. it's either 1940 or 1946. Any suggestions on making it clearer?
Re: Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
First post a picMonson wrote:I bought a Mosin and the last digit of the date is very faint. it's either 1940 or 1946. Any suggestions on making it clearer?
Second, others have had luck with white crayon. Or chalk.
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Re: Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
1943, this was the year of the worst stampings, some so light as to be nonexistent. Pull the action out of the wood, flip it over and look at the rear part of the receiver were the screw goes, there should be a date there.
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Pic would help, but it does sound like a wartime built rifle and 1943 is the most common date.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
I have a rifle that all the stamping are very light and there is no date at all, even on the tang. It is likely a wartime expedient rifle.
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You never can tel what the Soviets might have done, I recall one 1943 that had a full set of markings on it...twice...stamped right next to each other.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
Now that would be a 1943 I wouldn't be upset with! Why didn't I get so lucky with my first half dozen?Junk Yard Dog wrote:You never can tel what the Soviets might have done, I recall one 1943 that had a full set of markings on it...twice...stamped right next to each other.
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Re: Last digit of the date of manufacture is faint
Somebody wanted it bad, it went for over $200 back in the days when they sold for $60 for a '43 refurb 91/30.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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