The latest two I'm posting now; A pair of [SA] Izhevsk dated 36 & 37.
1937 [SA] Izhevsk 91/30
Got this one on another Forum, it had been available for the better part of a week & the seller lowered the price. Didn't think much of it until another price drop & I couldn't pass at that point. It's a Double stamp [SA], Finn match bolt, cool repair on the stock around the crossbolt, Finn 2-peice stock, great stock finish & very nice bore. Smooth action & crisp Finn trigger. That & it fills another year.
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1936 [SA] Izhevsk 91/30
This was from the same forum... Different member. It too sat for a bit, had a drop in price & I had to go for it as well. Not as nice as the 37, but it filled a year I didn't have, had that "Rode hard pony" look, [SA] stamp upside down on the opposite typical corner & did I mention it was Finn??? Paid a few $$$ more for this over the other but I just had to have it.
Turns out the owner before the seller bought it, hung it on his mantle & that's where it stayed. It does have a small & faint CAI import stamp on the end of the barrel so I'm guessing it was a mid to late 90's import???
When it arrived it needed some help. Stock was dry as a bone, bolt was stiff & I soon found rust falling out of it. bore was a bit rough with pitting & a little rust, counterbored & missing cleaning rod. Also, mismatched upper handguard, original pre-war Soviet stock was oiled by the Finns.
I took it to the bench, completely disassembled it & put a liberal soak of Lemon oil on the wood. I put all the small parts including the bolt in a bucket & soaked them in oil. I treated the stock four times before it was done... It was very dry from sitting on that mantle over the years. But I saved it, stopped the rust, got the bore to a respectable level & gave it a good coat of oil for storage. Bolt works smooth again & it too has a nice trigger.
The pair together...
My Fleet of [SA] Izhevsk 91/30s'
(Bottom to top)
1936 [SA], 1937 [SA], 1938 [SA] & 1939 [SA]
Nice pair of rifles there!
