First Posting
First Posting
New to the forums here. I bought my first 91/30 during the great gun scare a few years ago and really took an interest in the old bolt action rifles. I got my first M91 in the fall of 2014, and have really taken a greater interest in all of the neat variations that exist--if I had enough money, I'd probably have a large room filled with Mosins. Wanted to post a new rifle that I just received. It's a Tula M91 in a Romanian Spliced stock. I bid on the rifle, and really didn't expect to win it. It's a 1924, and it's my second 1924 Tula M91. I really like the wood grain on this rifle, and the trigger is very nice as well. I don't know much of the history of the Romanian spliced-stocked rifles. Appears that the barrel bands were reblued, Magazine floor plate looks like it came from a 91/30. The rifle is still filled with cosmoline and will remain so if I cannot remove the rear barrel band...although I would like to clean it and shoot this one as it seems like it would be a good shooter. I don't have a problem just keeping it as a collectable though. I belong to a few other Mosin groups, so these photos may be a little redundant for some....I have seen some familiar names on here. Alright, I'm done with the intro, hope you enjoy the rifle. I can post some other rifle pics too if you all would like. I have a really neat Dragoon--which is my favorite. Also, have this M91's relative as well. The rest of my rifles are fairly common M91's and Finns.
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Welcome to the board, go ahead and post the pictures, everybody loves milsurp pics around here 
Nice examples so far, they all have history no matter if it a 1943 M91/30 , or a 1894 Chatellerault M91. Each is unique in it's own way.
Nice examples so far, they all have history no matter if it a 1943 M91/30 , or a 1894 Chatellerault M91. Each is unique in it's own way.Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Nice! 
The threads on the barrel band screws are reversed.
The threads on the barrel band screws are reversed.
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dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
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Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
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Oh, the fore end has a piece of metal--rather than screws-- that was pounded into the arm to prevent the band from moving forward. I have the same problem on a Finn rifle.entropy wrote:Nice!
The threads on the barrel band screws are reversed.
Mosin Fanboy
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Geez, sorry about the pics, I just saw what they look like, and it's hard to even see the details of the rifle. I guess I have to either make them smaller or post them inline?
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just size them down to 640x480 before posting from your desktop, or link them in from a host site.
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
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Real beauty!! 
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or a fair fight. I've come here to give you either one.
Or get either one from you.
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Remember! Rifles don't exist without picture! Unless they're zeebill's 
Nice rifle, fine first Mosin, wish I could get an M1891.
Nice rifle, fine first Mosin, wish I could get an M1891.
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Nice rifle! Welcome aboard the addiction train!Lotema
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rayjd2 wrote:Remember! Rifles don't exist without picture! Unless they're zeebill's
Nice rifle, fine first Mosin, wish I could get an M1891.
Thank you. It's my first post on the forum, but not my first Mosin. My first was/is a 1940's Izhevesk--just a Plain Jane 91/30 that I got a couple of years ago. My first M91 was/is a PL marked VKT I found on Facebook.
Mosin Fanboy
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Hell of an addition, then. Good going willy, soon you'll be in too damn deep like me! But I have time on my side...
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Oh, I'm in deep...not as deep as some, but deep enough for my income anyway.
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I got finished with HS last month. Their youth minister gave us some advice at our baccalaureate service.
Go as hard as you can, as deep as you can, for as long as you can. So that's what, fellas? Ten seconds, at most?
That being said, keep up the good work!
Go as hard as you can, as deep as you can, for as long as you can. So that's what, fellas? Ten seconds, at most?
That being said, keep up the good work!
Things could be worse. Work to keep from finding out how much worse.