When a war era Izhevsk left the factory was it SOP to include the serial prefix on the serials stamped on bolts, butt plates and magazine plates/covers.
I have seen many with just the serial and no cyrillic letter prefixes . Can I assume field replacement or rebuild?
Izhevsk Stampings
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Miller Tyme
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Re: Izhevsk Stampings
both my 43 & 44 s/n have full S/N with prefixes, and the 43 is an original numbers matching rifle.
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Miller Tyme
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Re: Izhevsk Stampings
It's a Kossuth Crest, which early on people thought had some connection to the Hungarian revolution, but is now believed to be a pre revolution Hungarian Army marking. Last time I checked there where a handful of T-33's and 3 PU snipers in the US with this mark. Over in Europe there are a few more but it is thought that the marking was removed post 56 revolution since the Kossuth Crest was the symbol of the revolution.
https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/hu_1956.html
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Re: Izhevsk Stampings
Cool.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: Izhevsk Stampings
The reason I asked. I have a no import marked rifle with mixed parts (some with prefix others not) with no rebuild stamp.