91/30 a fool or a good find?

[Longcolt44]

You did very well. I try and shoot every firearm I get at least once. I do have my favorites though. My 1898 M91 gets shot a lot.

[desertgunner]

Nice gun at a reasonable price from a local, congrats. Check the stock for stamped squares crossed out diagonally or with one line only from corner to corner. Check the markings stamped under the serial number and try to find their meaning in this forum site or elsewhere.
Check and clean the bore and then check with the head gauge and put some Barnaul Zinc Plated Ammo through it. Be careful with the first shot, wear goggles and take safety precautions......but please, shoot it , if the rifling is OK. You might have an excellent shooter there, if I read all the info right.
I found a 42 Ishevsk refurb last year in B5 that looked so bad they gave it to me 25% off. Guess what, it is the best shooter out of 5....so you never know until you know.
Good job finding this gun!


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[cam98k]

Nice Rifle,Would you Know what the Diamond Shape Stamp is on the Reciever?
I have 2 Hex Mosins and both have that Stamp.1 Tula, 1 Iversk. Regards,Tony.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Most of the small marks and some of the big ones are as yet unknown. We can speculate on some of them, but as the Russians don't like to talk about arms production then or now we may never know for sure.

[Silk#2]

Ok guys I took it apart......but there are no markings on the back like most have just a couple small marks ..there are some on the barrel itself...before and after the mag port...I do like the <star 30> tho...what do you think Boss?? will look for more tomorrow my work week starts at 3 am...


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By johnsilk at 2012-07-24

By johnsilk at 2012-07-24

[SA1911a1]

The "diamond" mark may be another refurb stamp. I have a '35 Tula with that mark in the same place. I also have a '28 Izhevsk with a "0" in the same spot.

[cam98k]

Thanks for that,Think you are Right,Have only seen that mark on Refurbes,
and also seems to be on Hex Recievers,Have not seen it on round recievers.
Regards,Tony.

[Silk#2]

some pics a little better of top


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By johnsilk at 2012-07-24

By johnsilk at 2012-07-24

[desdem12]

Sweet

[Izhevsk762]

Thanks for that,Think you are Right,Have only seen that mark on Refurbes,
and also seems to be on Hex Recievers,Have not seen it on round recievers.
Regards,Tony.

I've got a 44 Izhevsk 91/30 with the diamond mark, I also think that it is a refurb mark.

[Rongo]

Silk, I can sense your excitement for finding this one. I laughed because you called yourself a newbie, but you have a pretty good idea what you got there after already having 2 others. I have a 1930 Tula also, but not quite this nice, and mine is not in a laminate stock. At 160.00 that is a fair retail price. Just look at what you got! Welcome to the forum

Looks good & you seem to already understand the basics on these. I too have a 30 Tula & mine also is in a standard stock.

Looks like you have a keeper there... and Welcome to the forum!