The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

TulaTom, pennies ain't been copper since 1982, they make them out of zink now. Yep. I just pull the 1982 and before pennies. More and more people must be doing it, because the percentage of copper I've been getting lately has shrunk considerably. I know guys that are taking their nickels out as wel...

I'm terrible about using change in my pocket, so I end up accumulating quite a bit each week. I pull the copper pennies out and then save it in Crown Royal bags until I'm ready to deposit all of it. I use it towards a fishing trip each year.

Very nice, Martin! I'm still new to Mosin Nagants and milsurp collecting in general. I have three refurbs and I'm looking to move on to more collectable pieces. Can you educate me on your thought process on why you chose not to clean this rifle and why you wouldn't shoot it?

Very nice addition! Looking forward to seeing more pictures in the future.

Agreed. That's a nice one. Love the Sestroryetsk's.

That's a great price for the laminate stock ones. The ones I see around here are always heavily electro-penciled. I find them not as aesthetically pleasing for whatever reason.

My 1937 Tula does not have a cyrillic prefix either. "Cyrillic "alpha prefixes" came into use at Tula in 1937. These consist of two letters followed by a number of four digits or less. The prefixes were apparently assigned at random and changed when number 9,999 was reached. No known ...

Nice rifle, pacanis. Great price too. As desdem12 said, the buttplate looks like a match. The bolt font is off and is forced. How does the bottom of the magazine number look?

[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75KQR6npA6E[/BBvideo]Too bad it's not dubbed in English, but I still enjoyed the old film.

pacanis, That 41 Finn is a nice find. Congratulations. You can tell the numbers are force matched on that gun a couple of different ways. The first is that I believe the serial number on the barrel has a prefix to it. I don't see the prefix on the buttplate, magazine floor plate, and bolt. Plus if y...

I see you live in Omaha. Doh. Sioux City or Des Moines would be your best bet.

MN Fan,

Not sure where you live in Nebraska, but there is a Dunham's in Sioux City, Iowa and one in Yankton, South Dakota. Just call ahead to make sure they have one in stock. They usually only carry 1-5 at a time.

Dunhams Sporting Goods has them on sale right now for $79.99. The sale is good to December 15th. The laminate stock ones are not on sale.

Interesting. I didn't think I'd see a Sestroryetsk part on a refurb. Maybe not as uncommon as I expected. Thanks for clarifying.

I'm still learning as much about the different marks as I can. The arrow is on the cocking knob of a 1931 Tula. I'm wondering if this is a Sestroryetsk mark? That said, the fetchings on the arrow look different than the Sestroryetsk example at the 7.62X54r.net website. The arrow looks to me more lik...

I had planned on soaking it, because I wanted to do two at once, but maybe I will do them separately. I'll do what I can to protect the color. I didn't want to give the impression earlier that I planned on altering the shellac on the stock. I just wanted to clean it up a little. I didn't get an answ...

If you live in the Midwest, Dunham's Sporting Goods has their M 91/30's for $79.99 starting Friday.

Thanks for the advice guys.

I recently bought a refurb from a local sporting goods store and have a few questions I hope you guys might be able to help me with. The rear sight and serial number are orange. As well as a 25 inside a triangle on the barrel shank. I'm concerned that I might damage the color in the degreasing proce...