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I would like to present for the membership consideration the following rifle for inclusion into the Showcase.
It’s a 1952 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant single shot training rifle. The rifle is based upon the 91/30 rifle with a low wall receiver with a plate install in the receiver where the magazine would fit.. The stock is different from a 91/30’s in that no prevision is made for a mag well and has a bedding pillar installed through which the front action screw passes thru and no privision is made in the stock for a cleaning rod. The original finish on the rifle is shellac and is quite worn on this rifle and the heal of the butt stock has been repaired. The hand guard is longer than a standard 91/30’s to compensate for the shorter fixed rear sight on the rifle and the front sight base is an M44 base.
It has been reported that between 10 to 30 of these rifles where imported by CAI in the early 90’s and where found mixed in crates with regular 91/30 refurbs, but as of this date only 2 have surfaced in collections, this one and another in the collection of Gunboards Member “Richard in NY”.
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BuckeyeSgt wrote:That was already a no brainer for the showcase with the first thread.
The pic's I took yesterday didn't look to good, but it's was raining so I decided to wait for the sun to come out to get some pics of the rifle to submit for the showcase.
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle" - Joseph Stalin
Very nice rifle!
Really a unique rear fixed sight rather than the usual sight.
Have you had a chance to see how it shoots?
Thanks for sharing so that we can all enjoy it!
Yes!. A unique member of the family tree for sure.
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I keep coming back to this and everytime I look at it the collectibility factor doubles, or the cool factor. I wonder, like QZ said why they made them. Obviously for training, but if the numbers were so small were they making them for another country, and canceled them? Or was it for for Russia's own use? Were they military or civilian? In 52 what was Izhevsk primarily building? The Kalashnikov rifle, AK47 for the military, but the Izhevsk factories also made other arms, sporting firearms, Olympic competition rifles, tools and equipment, I don't know what all. But in 52 they made this unusual variation of the 7.62x54R rifle. Was it for sure called a Mosin Nagant? Of all the firearms that come across this forum, from the common to the super hard to find, this one seems to me to be the most facinating. I have always liked trainers. Most of the time they are rimfires. I just keep wondering why they made these if they were intended as training when the automatic rifle was replacing the bolt actions? I can't imagine the Showcase without this example in it now that we have seen it.
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bunkysdad wrote:I keep coming back to this and everytime I look at it the collectibility factor doubles, or the cool factor. I wonder, like QZ said why they made them. Obviously for training, but if the numbers were so small were they making them for another country, and canceled them? Or was it for for Russia's own use? Were they military or civilian? In 52 what was Izhevsk primarily building? The Kalashnikov rifle, AK47 for the military, but the Izhevsk factories also made other arms, sporting firearms, Olympic competition rifles, tools and equipment, I don't know what all. But in 52 they made this unusual variation of the 7.62x54R rifle. Was it for sure called a Mosin Nagant? Of all the firearms that come across this forum, from the common to the super hard to find, this one seems to me to be the most facinating. I have always liked trainers. Most of the time they are rimfires. I just keep wondering why they made these if they were intended as training when the automatic rifle was replacing the bolt actions? I can't imagine the Showcase without this example in it now that we have seen it.
Some intresting new twists to the story have come up. First off the original owner Steve K of CAI has confirmed that only 10 where found mixed in with other refurbs when imported back in the early 90's. The second item is even cooler, a 3rd one has surface over on Gunboards and it has a different S/N prefix than mine and Richards, which makes you wonder just how many of these where produced and why have so few been seen.
I agree with you Russell that there is the possibilty these where produced either for another country as a trainer only to have the order canceled, or possible for civilian sales in Russia since, while rare, firearms where owned by the civilian population to both hunt and to protect grazing livestock. The latter reason would also explain why a single shot rifle was produced when the Russians had so many surplus " repeaters" laying around.
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“The only real power comes out of a long rifle" - Joseph Stalin
