war time machine work ex sniper

[notabiker]

i have a 1944 ishvesk ex sniper that has the most Beautiful Machine work, i am not a expert or have lots of mosins but i have never seen a war time mosin with this nice of a finish on it. the stock is nothing special but i doubt it was ever issued because the bore is like new. did they spend more time machining mosins that were going to be snipers.

[websterz]

It was likely chosen to be a sniper because it was well machined, therefore probably smoother and more accurate than the average rifle off the line that day. Especially during war time they didn't really have the time to spit and polish just to build a special rifle, they were cranking them out as fast as they could and the more experienced machinists were able to do a better job than the newer hands on the line. I believe that is where the cleaner war time rifles came from. Just my

[notabiker]

makes sense, no chizzle look at all, i would put it up their with my 1929 ex dragoon TULA for fine machine work. i thought about selling it after i got my AIM 1944 TULA PU but i will keep it .

[Marcus]

By 1944 the pressure was off the Soviet war industry, so they could afford to take the time and effort to better finish their rifles. In 1942 both regular 91/30 rifles and snipers were sometimes pretty roughly machined. In 1943 snipers were well finished, but many standard rifles were still roughly finished.

[Junk Yard Dog]

1943-44? Not every 1943 has the beaver chewed look, I have some that look as nice as any post war built Mosin, at some point in 1943 they returned to normal rifle production.