Copes
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Copes
Well, I been watching the old refurbish Copes has been trickling out, and , there it was, a 1940 Tula refurb, I grabbed it, showing the pics in a few days. That is the yr. they moved the factory, due to Germans, From ? where to the Volga Mtns. right?
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Re: Copes
If I understand that that was a question, then I guess the answer would be from Tula to somewhere in the Ural mountains probably near Izhevsk in the Udmurt Republic? Roughly 900 miles from Just South of Moscow, way the hell out in the sticks, to the East of Moscow. If I am not mistaken, the move was made toward the end of '41 or the beginning of '42when the Nazis were knocking on Tula's (and Moscow's) door.
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Re: Copes
Tula was still churning out 91/30's in 1940, the USSR was not attacked until June of 1941. 1940 is not a rare Tula year, I have several., even a 91/59, 1941 is the hard to find year.
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Re: Copes
Oh well, still a good buy on an older import Tula. With all the Stuff. All matching, superb bore. This one gives me Tula's 36,37,38,39,&40.
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Re: Copes
Yeah, this is a common one in either refurbs or Finn captures.
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Re: Copes
My 41 Ishevisk has been two piece stocked, SA stamped, '41 stamped, otherwise left alone. Is that one the same? Is that a Finn bullseye at the star point?
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Re: Copes
Naw, the front sight base was broken which I repaired and replaced the front sight, the rifles stock was Finn refinished, probably replaced, IIRC nothing else matched.steelbuttplate wrote:My 41 Ishevisk has been two piece stocked, SA stamped, '41 stamped, otherwise left alone. Is that one the same? Is that a Finn bullseye at the star point?
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Re: Copes
Got lucky and found a couple this year....
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Re: Copes
Production of 91/30's stopped in late 1940 in favor of the SVT40, all 41 Tula's are left over barrels shipped to Izhevsk to be used in there production of 91/30's. Tula's equipment was moved in late summer of 1941 when it appeared the Germans would over run it.(which they never did) Tula then restarted production of the 91/30 in 1942.
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