First M44
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 3:10 pm
Got my first M44. SOG had Lammy M44s for $299.99 for a long time. I kept looking around and wouldn't buy this one or that one because it was a Molot. Well, Lammy M44s for $229.99 was to good to pass up for me. So here she is in all her glory! I went with the hand pick for another $10. Told them I preferred Tula but they must have been out of them! Near as I could see, it is all Izhevsk except I found a NEW inspection stamp on the bolt's guide bar.
Sorry the inspection stamp is blurry but still distinguishable I hope.
Sorry I didn't get a photo of the stamps under the hand guard. They were smaller than the Molots I have purchased before. Nothing on the top side of the tang. Small RNC on the bolt.
I note that there is no pitting in the bore. It is not counter bored. Rifling is good, not excellent but good. Overall I am very pleased with this 1944 Izhevsk M44 in Laminate stock!
Sorry the inspection stamp is blurry but still distinguishable I hope.
Sorry I didn't get a photo of the stamps under the hand guard. They were smaller than the Molots I have purchased before. Nothing on the top side of the tang. Small RNC on the bolt.
I note that there is no pitting in the bore. It is not counter bored. Rifling is good, not excellent but good. Overall I am very pleased with this 1944 Izhevsk M44 in Laminate stock!