Red Letter 91/30

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Red Letter 91/30

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Red letter 37 Izhevsk,as with most,it has the triangle /25\ mark.
Matching numbers,very good shape.Typical refurb except for the Red.
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Nice one, congrats! :vcool: 8-) :thumbsup:
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Sweet. Real clean rifle :vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
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There is no "blah blah" with a red letter!! :x :very mad:

:D Looking good!!! Sorry. I like them red letters!
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Me too. This is a nice one. The lettering is red, but that deep red stock really stands out.
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very nice I love the color
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I have a Red letter like that but it has MO and the dates 39/52. I like the red paint in the numbers like that. It just looks cool.
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seems the red/orange paint usually is accompanied by the /25\
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That is a really nice rifle. The stock is darn near perfect and so is the bluing. A fine example of the preWWII Mosins. If everyone bought one that looked like that there would be no questions about refinishing stocks. :big shock: :chuckles:
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I just noticed that the /25\ on mine looks more like /2\. It's stamped over the no above the serial number so it's hard to read. It also has a 2 on the stock under the rear sight. Does anyone know what that means? I will take pictures tomorrow and upload them if it helps.
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fawnsworth wrote:I just noticed that the /25\ on mine looks more like /2\. It's stamped over the no above the serial number so it's hard to read. It also has a 2 on the stock under the rear sight. Does anyone know what that means? I will take pictures tomorrow and upload them if it helps.
Yours may actually be a DDR grade "2". Please post pics!

The 2 on the stock is probably a typical inspection stmap that no one knows for sure what it is.
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I have a couple of "red" M91/30s, and after reading this thread I went back and checked. Lo and behold, both have red /25\ markings.

I also have a K98 Russian Capture with the same treatment on its rear sight. No /25\ of course.
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Very Nice!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I kind of like these reds too. Nicely stamped metal everywhere and beautiful stock. How's the bore? On the ones I have, the bore looks new. I like the stamp just above the crest on the barrel shank. Amazing how nice they could make these when they weren't rushed by little things like war and there were only a few of those windows available. :vcool: :vcool:
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Here is the pic of the /2\. You can see it directly on top of the No above the serial number.
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