"R" after date on Barrel shank

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"R" after date on Barrel shank

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What does the "R" signify after immediately after and next to the date? I don't see it on all Mosins, My 39 doesn't have it. Thought I read it somewhere but can't find it again.

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The "R" stands for, "year".
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The Russian "r" translates to "g" in English. I read somewhere that this is an abbreviation for God (бог) as in "year of our lord". But, as Longcolt indicated, the meaning is "year". I'll try and verify that with a friend of mine from Ukraine. Your M-39 is a Finnish manufactured rifle, that only contains a Russian receiver and Russian internals, with a Finn barrel which explains why there is no "r" after the date.
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qz2026 wrote:The Russian "r" translates to "g" in English. I read somewhere that this is an abbreviation for God (бог) as in "year of our lord". But, as Longcolt indicated, the meaning is "year". I'll try and verify that with a friend of mine from Ukraine. Your M-39 is a Finnish manufactured rifle, that only contains a Russian receiver and Russian internals, with a Finn barrel which explains why there is no "r" after the date.
Yes - that is a cyrillic "g" which is an abbreviation for year (god). In Russian, numbers are adjectives and require a noun for context and pronunciation.
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