1895 Izhevsk updated Cossack rifle.

[Catdog1999]

I recently picked up this mosin in a trade and I know Cossacks are pretty rare but I haven’t seen much on updated/ex Cossack rifles. If anyone has any info I’d love to know. Thanks!

[Lotema]

Do you have some photos of the rest of the rifle? The Ka3 are certainly very uncommon and to see one converted into a 91/30 even more so. Very cool item to have in your collection!

[willyj73]

Nice rifle. I think some people have a database of the numbers of Cossacks that were in original condition, Finnish rework, updated, made into 91/38 , , Calvary School carbines, and ones made into 91/30's like yours. 1895 is an early rifle. 7.62x54r.net shows production starting in 1894 and ending in 1922. Most collectors would love to own one, and some will say it's just a 91/30. I would place a higher value on it than a regular 91/30 rifle.

[neal45]

In my M91/38 database, 15 of the 151 91/38s are ex-Cossacks. I don't know who has a Cossack database.

[djbuck1]

I believe that martin08 maintains that database.