I stopped by a gunshop yesterday where I saw an interesting Mosin. It was a P series Dragoon. I had owned a P-26 M91 in the past but had sold it to a Finn fanatic friend. Went home last night to read up on these birds and discovered that not many P Dragoons were made. So back I went this morning , cut a deal with the shop and brought it home. She's in pretty good shape with a nice bore. Here are some pics.
Len
P-26 Dragoon...
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Sweet Holy Moly!
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"She's in pretty good shape" nothing! She's drop dead gorgeous!!! 
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Oh crap! Very rare. 
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Very cool.. I did not even know that such an animal existed. I have only ever seen the P series rifles in a M91. Congrats on a phenomenal find...Jim
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AWSOME find! This is the first I have heard of one popping up in the wild. Congrats for sure!
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You did very good. Now get some oil down that pipe and get at that rust. 
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Showcase anyone?
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+1 heck the made less than 1,500 of them. That alone should warrant a showcase nod.racerguy00 wrote:Showcase anyone?
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Congrats and welcome to the club! Mine is in the 7xxx serial block and is more battle-worn than yours. I've never seen a picture on the internet of any other than mine, but know Tuco at Gunboards owns one, as well as a couple of others in Europe.
I'm actually glad another popped up as it gives mine some legitimacy that it wasn't a one-off
Keep in mind-the information available says 1500 barrels were produced, but it never said how many were actually assembled to receivers. I'm thinking most of them weren't assembled, leaving fewer examples to survive the war to be exported.
Congrats again on a great find - and don't let any of these wanna-be snake charmers talk you out of the rifle for chump change
I'm actually glad another popped up as it gives mine some legitimacy that it wasn't a one-off
Keep in mind-the information available says 1500 barrels were produced, but it never said how many were actually assembled to receivers. I'm thinking most of them weren't assembled, leaving fewer examples to survive the war to be exported.
Congrats again on a great find - and don't let any of these wanna-be snake charmers talk you out of the rifle for chump change
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Very cool, not your everyday Finnish rifle.
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Holy buckets 
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no more for you for the year..... no HOARDING OF awesome finns!
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That's one hell of a find. Ya got my vote for the Showcase.
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Wow! Now isn't that a neat find. See it pays to look! No effort no results! Congrats! Bill 
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