New to me rifle

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tpsharp
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I just purchased my new Mosin Nagant from someone with 400 rounds of ammo. There is a lot to learn about this rifle. With a little help maybe I know the history.
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Welcome to the board, well, if you are going to start collecting M91/30 Mosin's then what better year than 1930. Izhevsk manufacture, post WW2 Soviet refurbished, that's about all I can tell you from the picture.
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Thanks for the info. Here is another picture.
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Nice condition. Bolt was stamped to match the barrel SN during refurb. More photos needed. We love photos. :thumbsup:
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More Pictures.
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Welcome to the forum. Lots of real good reading here. http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/ This in particular is good to know. It explains a lot about the rifles being sold from vendors these days and applies to the one you posted. http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/ref ... index.html
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Nice rifle, manufactured at the Izhevsk arsenal in 1930. Refurbished after the war at the 1st GRAU facility in Balakliia Ukraine. Both your stock and your rifle have the Balakliia arsenal box with diagonal slash insignia.

Check to see if your rifle is an Ex Dragoon by looking under the rear sight base for a small gap !
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Here is another photo of the rear sight.
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Looking at the rear sight mount, I suspect you have an ex-dragoon.
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Is that a good thing or bad?
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tpsharp wrote:Is that a good thing or bad?
That is a good thing, just more added history. Your rifle started life as a M1891 Dragoon. A rifle originally designed for mounted infantry. It was likely brought to M1891-30 configuration during the post war refurbishment process.
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Hey guys. ..I have some questions for ya. .. it's this a triple stamped? Image
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