The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

The part that has the year and serial # is part of the barrel (barrel shank). The receiver is what the barrel is screwed into and holds the bolt. The numbers under the barrel we think were used in the factory during assembly before the serial # was put on. Yours sounds like a normal force matched d...

Are you calling the barrel shank the receiver? Is that h1514 on the under side of the barrel? The H1514 is on the underside of the barrel near the front of receiver. The number (3u4633) I am referring to as "receiver" is on top of the rifle forward of the bolt (below the hammer and sickle).

Oh...that was a typo. It says 3u4633 on the bottom of the magazine, not 4u. I was more asking about the lined out "2990." Easy to explain. They took a serviceable magazine base and renumbered it to match the rifle serial number at the arsenal. The line through was the original number of t...

Oh...that was a typo. It says 3u4633 on the bottom of the magazine, not 4u. I was more asking about the lined out "2990."

OK. So I finally got the rifle home and it was in better condition that I expected. Definitely had a layer of cooking grease on it...but it wasn't too hard to get cleaned up. I took the rifle apart and thoroughly cleaned it, inspected it and lubricated it. It looks and functions very well and the bo...

millman wrote:Just wipe the stock off with a soft rag. You can use a little Pledge or similar product if you want. Don't use alcohol, it will dissolve the shellac.

OK...good to know. I was more worried about alcohol drying it out rather than ruining the finish. So, I will avoid that completely. Thanks.

Thank you for the information. I have no plans on altering the rifle...I want one in as original as condition as possible for a shooter. It sounds like this is the perfect rifle...the most common 1891/30 out there so there is no risk in damaging a "collectible" rifle by using it. I remembe...

If the bore is in good shape, it should be a good shooter. Your rifle is in a "post war" stock meaning it was fitted with a replacement stock during the post World War II refurbishment. Nice rifle. Everyone should have a rifle made during the war if only to imagine the desperate struggle ...

I assume a 1942 Izhevsk 91/30 is a pretty common Mosin? I know the 91/30 was produced by the millions and by 1942 the war was well underway. I know there is no way to know...but being produced that early in the war is likely that this rifle saw action on the Eastern Front? "Buy the gun, not the...

Hello,

My name is Richie. I recently inherited a 1891/30. I look forward to learning about it.

It is a 1942 Izhevsk 91/30. The laser dot matrix import stamp on the side of the receiver puts it into the bunch imported in the 1990s-2000's. Someone will come along directly and pinpoint when that type of import stamp was used. Very interesting...that is far more recent than I was led to believe....

Recently, I inherited what I believe to be a Mosin Nagant 1891/30. For most of my life, I have loved military surplus rifles and a Mosin has always been on "my list" but I never got around to buying one. I prefer rifles to be preserved in their original state...but I don't seen out highly ...