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Barrel
Shank Marks
Special thanks to Empire
Arms (www.empirearms.com) for the use of
their photos
The arsenal marks of
Mosin Nagants are found on the barrel just
forward of the top of the receiver and right
behind the rear sight. These marks indicate
the arsenal the weapon was produced in and
have changed over the years. In addition to
arsenal marks, you will find other marks or
stampings. These include the date, serial
number and property marks as well as various
acceptance and proof marks. I have not been
able to locate an authoritative resource for
identifying the acceptance and proof marks as
it appears, that individual armorers and
inspectors used their own unique stamps in
many cases.
Russian
Barrel Shanks
Izhevsk
Arsenal
Izhevsk
M91 1891 -
1919
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Izhevsk
M91 1919 -
1926
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Izhevsk
Cossack 1894 -
1922
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Izhevsk (1)
M91/30 1930 -
1938
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Izhevsk
M91/30 1938 -
1945
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(1) photo courtesy of
dropkick66
Tula Arsenal
Tula
M91 1892 -
1912
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Tula
M91 1912 -
1918
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Tula
M91 1918 -
1919
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Tula
M91 1919 -
1920
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Tula
M91 1920 -
1924
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Tula
M91 1924 -
1926
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Tula (1)
M91/30 1930 -
1937
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Tula (2)
M91/30 1937 -
1944
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Photos courtesy of
(1)Millman (2)BuckeyeSgt
Sestroryetsk
Sestroryetsk
M91 1892 -
1918
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Sestroryetsk
M91 1892 -
1918
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Foreign Factories
Chatellerault
France
M91 1892 -
1895
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Remington USA -
Serif
M91 1915 -
1917
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Remington USA -
Sans Serif
M91 1915 -
1917
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New England
Westinghouse
M91 1915 -
1918
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New England
Westinghouse - Small Curve Logo
M91 1915 -
1918
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New England
Westinghouse - Lg. Curve Logo
M91 1915 -
1918
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New England
Westinghouse
M91 1915 -
1918
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Finnish
Barrel Shanks
Tikkakoski
"Tika"
Tikkakoski "Tika"
M91 1925 -
1926
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M91 1926 -
1927
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M91 1940 -
1944
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Tikkakoski "Tika
Puolustuslaitos
M91 1940 -
1944
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M27 1927 -
1940
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M28 1930 -
1933
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M91/30 1943
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M91/30 1944
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M39 1940 -
1943
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Tikkakoski "Tika"
M39 From M91
barrels
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Sako
and SKY (Sako)
Sako
M28/30 1933 -
1940
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Sako
M39 1940 -
1945
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Sako -
Puolustuslaitos
M39 1941
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SKY (Sako)
M39 1942 -
1944
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VKT
VKT
M91 1940
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VKT
M91 1941 -
1942
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VKT
M91 1942
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VKT
M27 1932, 1934
- 1935
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VKT
M39 1940 -
1944
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Miscellaneous
Schweiz
Industrie-Gessellschaft (SIG)
M24 1924 -
1928
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Bohler-Stahl
M24 1924 -
1928
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SIG M24 KLP Civil
Guard District
M24 1924 -
1928
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P26, P27 Series
Relined M91
1926 - 1927
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SY (SIG)
M28 1928 -
1930, 1933
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Miscellaneous
No Maker
M39 1942
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No Maker
M39 1967 -
1970, 1973
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B
M39 1942
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ASEV 1
M28/76 1976
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M44 Other
Countries
Romania, Hungary,
Poland, China T-53
Romania
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Hungary
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Poland
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China
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China
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