The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Here is the second rifle out of the crate I picked up. It is a 1928 Tula Ex Dragoon. This rifle also had metal shims but they are both in the stock under the trigger guard. The stock also has a repair on the top corner in the rear of the receiver and I noticed it's a solid stock the nose piece is not spliced in like my other 91/30 stocks. The other unusual thing I noticed with the stock is that it did not have the grooves cut out just behind the rear barrel band. I have not seen this before either. I'll let the photos show you more of what I'm talking about. Over all I'm pleased to have found these two rifles and they are both in pretty good shape. This one came with a cylindrical oil bottle that I believe the Russians made for captured German Mauser's and thought it was pretty odd looking,

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That's it for now.. I got some video coming soon.

Dang rollndice two nice finds you need to take a little more time between post, I had just finished wiping the drool off when this one popped up.
I really like the slings on both and the oil bottle.

Sweet a nice Tula Ex. Lots of drooling pics too.

Very Nice, I have an oil can like that one that came with a 43 91/30 I bought. Are they something special or?

Nice stock repair Cool

Is right!

what state are you in so i will know where all the nice rifles are going.

really cool rifle ! I like the oil container , very cool !

Another beautiful rifle

awesomeness!!! really cool oil can too

Think the oil can was made for captured German Mausers. I just found another square dual compartment oil can that has Polish markings on it. It's pretty cool It was in a Rubbermaid crate full of loose ammo pouches and I picked it up and when I asked the gun store owner what he wanted for it he said take it. And I'm not sure but I was reading the stock repair was from a cutout for a scope to mount to the receiver for a sniper rifle. I need that yellow Mosin Nagant info book. It has all kinds of info and markings

You can find information on the forum information page as well, Lapins book has useful info, but it's dated. Stock repairs in that area are not necessarily because of a scope mount, cracking happens there as well, or a split as it's a thin spot in the wood.

Junk Yard Dog wrote:You can find information on the forum information page as well, Lapins book has useful info, but it's dated. Stock repairs in that area are not necessarily because of a scope mount, cracking happens there as well, or a split as it's a thin spot in the wood.

That's makes sense I was just going off location I noticed in old pictures that the sniper rifles had the stock cut out there but now that I think about it I've seen that same repair on other stocks. It is a thin area and I'm sure the recoil is a bear on it. And I'll have to check out the forum info page I haven't seen that yet. Thanks JYD

Is it an x-sniper? That stock repair is interesting.

Have you pulled the bolt and checked the inside of the receiver wall for screw hole repairs?

JTheBigJay wrote:Is it an x-sniper? That stock repair is interesting.

Have you pulled the bolt and checked the inside of the receiver wall for screw hole repairs?

I haven't checked for any screw hole repairs yet I will tonight. The repair is pretty neat an ex sniper stock if first thing I thought of because of the location

Remember there were no PUs from this year. Not sure when they started on snipers but a 32 or so would be a PE top mount and the welds would be up higher. Not sure on the PE or PEM side mounts.

Sweet find!!