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I picked this ugly girl up yesterday and spent more than I should have...damn impulse buying. It's a typical Romanian import with piss poor "re-arsenal" shellac similar to my Dragoon. Everything is Polish besides the bolt which is Hungarian. It has the typical century added serial on the left hand side but no actual import mark anywhere. The only odd thing I have yet to identify is the extra letters & numbers below the serial.
Pip, I hope you haven't let all the pretty refurbs cloud your judgement to what a real milsurp looks like. This is a super fine looking M44. I would have bought it in a instant. Congrats on a great purchase.
You had shellac on your Romanian rifle? I didn't get any with mine, I got either nothing at all, or various oil finishes on the M91's and the rebuilt Hungarian M44. Nice rifle
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.
Theodore Roosevelt
Drove nearly to Arkansas & Oklahoma to pick this up. I saw it on FB along with some others and decided to go take a peek. They had a M38 in a M44 stock with what looked liked screw in escutcheons but by the time i got there it was gone. The markings intrigued me so i pulled the trigger literally and figuratively. It seems like the trigger is smooth and the bore looks pretty good. I've searched for examples of the 36y ♢marking and nothing.
There is nothing wrong with that finish. It looks just fine. Interesting stampings on the shank too which I haven't seen before. 02 bolt? No big deal. Many of these have Hungarian parts and bolts. You've got a very nice carbine there. It's nice to see some "real" Poles vs. the pretty $500 unissued ones for a change. I love the patina on that rifle.