The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Report of the Chief of Ordnance. Stations and Duties. The Stations and Duties of the officers of the Ordnance Department are as follows: Four at the Ordnance Office; thirty nine at the arsenals, armory, and powder depots; nine at the Ordnance Board and at the foundries; six at the several military ...

1882 Chaffee-Reece, U.S. Trials Rifle of 1884 http://i.imgur.com/S1UbGErl.jpg Origins With the advent of the black powder cartridge rifle, and following the U.S. Civil War, there was roughly a quarter century's worth of innovative long arm development. Many of these designs were literally obsolete ...

I suspect, since an original Mosin Nagant M91/30 built in PEM Sniper configuration is almost unheard of, that most all of them are unconventional. The ones which can be found are either decommissioned or rebuilt, mismatched and re-snipered with a mix of arsenal and/or aftermarket parts. Of the many ...

First... ... my apologies for not posting for a couple of months. I've been in the process of selling my business, and needed to cut back on the internet time for a while. If all goes well next week, the lion's share of the sale project is complete, and I'll be signing on the dotted line. I should b...

Much easier to search information with the correct model designations, huh? Good job going with your gut. Both were priced very fairly.

A standard M91/30 canvas sling with leather dog collars will fill the sling need. There are shorter carbine slings, but are very hard to identify at a glance.

WWI German numbering on the top bolt flat, too!

It was worth looking at that one again! Good and honest Finn capture carbine.

The front sight with the elevation block and cut-down M91 stock were probably correct as a Finn Training Rifle. A somewhat scarce item.

You've been busy!

Excellent. Another with both the hammer/sickle and bow and arrow.

I agree, that stock looks just fine. Like a Christmas present!

I haven't seen any specific letters which would denote a Russian arsenal. If it was Sestroryetsk, it would have the arrow.

It does appear to be a 60 deg variant, which would narrow its production to the 1905-1910 era. So it would have to be a Tula, Izhevsk or Sestroryetsk.

There is a pretty large area where it looks like it has been scrubbed with a coarse file, possibly eliminating the maker's stamp.

SA1911a1 wrote:I am nearly certain that I saw an old photo of Earnest Hemingway holding that rifle.

Were you operating the tintype camera?

$570 is up in the stratosphere.

But it's an Izhevsk.

I doubt that the reserve price will matter when the auction is completed. There will be PLENTY of other bids when all is said and done, and since the reserve is already met, all of those upcoming bids will allow the the gun to seek its own natural market value. It could have started at $0.01 with no...

Tough time of the year to get top dollar for an auction of a common rifle.

But this one should end up in a league of its own. Likely to the person who wins, money will be no object. Best of luck.

I run across one Remington per every twenty Springfield or Rock Island.

Now I know why!

Longcolt44 wrote:I really like this rifle but you are grounded until the new year!!!

I actually needed to hear that.

Well, I thought I was done with buying for the year. But the following gem surfaced at my local shop, and there was NO WAY it was going to leave with anyone else. These are rarely found with matching bolt numbers and original dark grey parkerized finish. Bolt channel in the receiver is still in the ...