The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Sometimes they leave it off, or forget to put it on, in the case of this rifle it would be a shame to hide such a stock under layers of shellac. This one is a brand new stock that never had any shellac, not even in the little hidden places. There is no wrist bolt, no signs of any use at all. The metal is typical 1944 Izhevsk M44 with the normal mix of parts any refurb has.

Too pretty to get dirty in war

Very rare to find one with a stock like that. Great find.

very nice sling and dog collars on the laminated stok. i like it.

That is nice! I have been wondering, was shellac applied at the factory or is it just a refurb thing?

Holy ! Shut the front door!
That is a work of art.

WOW that's nice! Makes you wonder what's under some of those red shellacked ones

MikeMGB wrote:That is nice! I have been wondering, was shellac applied at the factory or is it just a refurb thing?

The Russians always used shellac as a stock finish, it didn't last long in the field so it was more of a preservative in storage. Sometimes it got left off, or they figured a laminated stock didn't need it at some point during the refurb program. I have seen several other stocks like this.

I can see remnants of a previous finish under and near the barrel band.

True that there is not always red shellac. This is a refurb, but it is not the typical look.

Chumlee Bumsnag wrote:I can see remnants of a previous finish under and near the barrel band.

That effect was caused by me playing with the pics to bring out more color, and a lemon oil treatment, the original pics were somewhat flat looking and dark, a consequence of indoor photography without proper lighting. The handguard does have previous finish and shellac on it as this part was reused during the refurb. The stock has never seen issue, no sign of sanding, and no scrapes, dings, or other signs of use, a postwar replacement during the refurb it has no previous finish as it's last home was a crate of like stocks straight from the stock making machine.

Nice one Erik, I have no red shellac on the 91/59's , my 1940 91/59 looks very close in stock color to your rifle. I have some refurbs that are light in color, almost yellow.

Very nice JYD !!

This is a good example of the things that you can get with a C&R FFL, I saw this on the GB list of a dealer I did a lot of trade with, he had a buy it now of $125 and I was right on that