The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

After shooting a Mosin Nagant for the first time, I had to have one. I had been looking around. I spoke to a friend that works at a pawn shop. He said he could order one but it would come up to about 220 bucks. I did not want to pay that much. He happened to remember he had an M44 in the shop. It was priced at around 225, but I bought it for 175.

The serials are mismatched and it doesn't have the bayonet. It shoots well and is in good shape. It's a 1947. I mentioned this rifle in my "new member post". I said I couldn't find the import mark, but I finally did. I'll post pictures soon.

I'm planning to add a 2nd to the collection. Saturday I should be buying a "1943 Mosin Nagant 91/30 with all numbers matching" for 180 with 20 rounds.

Welcome! I just got my first one the other day too, a 91/59. I first fired one about 10 years ago, and like you, once I fired it I had to have one. It just took longer for one to find its way to me. Yeah, I already want a second one as well.

ParrotHead wrote:

Hi there, fellow Kentuckian.

Nice buy/s. My first mosin was a 1948 m44.

Welcome to the board, nice looking M44, hard year to find, took me two years to find a '47.

Welcome to the forum dbfan, that looks nice. Fortunately it looks like all they did was unbolt the bayonet, and the rest of the rifle looks un-touched.

Looks like this is the newcomer page. I too just bought a Mosin and did some research the best I could reading the Russian Mosin page and learning as much as I could before buying mine. It should be here tomorrow hopefully. I could use some help making sure I didn't shoot myself in the foot with my purchase. But I think I am okay. Any comments or advice that shores up what I think I bought would sure be appreciated. I bought what appears to be a Finnish capture gun with the SA mark on the stock. It is a M38 carbine marked 1943r with a serial number Hn3541 which I believe is a Tula gun. Problem is they only produced these in 1940 and 1944 There is a NL over the first letters of the serial number. Their is a triangle toward the rear on the receiver and the symbol at the fare end that is typical of these guns. So what do you think I got. All the serial numbers except the bolt the gun match and look like they were all punched from the same tooling. The bolt was definitely stamped with another tool as the 1 and 4 are different. There is also what may be a D on the upper area of the receiver.
Any help would be great. Jenna

Jennakins wrote:Looks like this is the newcomer page. I too just bought a Mosin and did some research the best I could reading the Russian Mosin page and learning as much as I could before buying mine. It should be here tomorrow hopefully. I could use some help making sure I didn't shoot myself in the foot with my purchase. But I think I am okay. Any comments or advice that shores up what I think I bought would sure be appreciated. I bought what appears to be a Finnish capture gun with the SA mark on the stock. It is a M38 carbine marked 1943r with a serial number Hn3541 which I believe is a Tula gun. Problem is they only produced these in 1940 and 1944 There is a NL over the first letters of the serial number. Their is a triangle toward the rear on the receiver and the symbol at the fare end that is typical of these guns. So what do you think I got. All the serial numbers except the bolt the gun match and look like they were all punched from the same tooling. The bolt was definitely stamped with another tool as the 1 and 4 are different. There is also what may be a D on the upper area of the receiver.
Any help would be great. Jenna

Post some pics and we can tell you just what you have.

Sadly, mine isn't numbers-matching. It should look fairly clean. I just stripped it and wiped it down for the first time. Surprisingly easy to do.

Nice find. I have a friend that has a '47 M44, his only rifle. Rongo tried to buy it from him for years, but finally got one somewhere else.

Like JYD it took me a long time to find a 1947 M44. If my memory serves me right I got it in a trade deal from Rongo.

Junk Yard Dog wrote:Welcome to the board, nice looking M44, hard year to find, took me two years to find a '47.

Took me longer than that to find mine... Took it out for the first time last week & it shoots well.

Congrats & welcome to the forum!

I posted the rifle for sell to see what kind of interest it brings. Some guy commented that he got his with all Serials matching for $125. I have my doubts. There must be more to the story. Regardless, the comment is a dick move, in my opinion.

Don't sell it , matching or not ....My first one was a '47 non matching and I couldn't resist doubling my money back on it. I'll never find another one with a bore like that, and it had trench art(Russian writing). I've wished 100 times I had it back. If it's missing anything you can find the part. DON'T sell it, unless it's to me.... SBP

dbfan2007 wrote:I posted the rifle for sell to see what kind of interest it brings. Some guy commented that he got his with all Serials matching for $125. I have my doubts. There must be more to the story. Regardless, the comment is a dick move, in my opinion.

He may well have paid $125.00 for his. Two or three years ago.

Some other guy asked why I priced it so high because he knows of a store selling Mosins for $89.99. I called the only gun store in the city he mentioned and they don't even have Mosins. Why do people act like that?

steelbuttplate wrote:Don't sell it , matching or not ....My first one was a '47 non matching and I couldn't resist doubling my money back on it. I'll never find another one with a bore like that, and it had trench art(Russian writing). I've wished 100 times I had it back. If it's missing anything you can find the part. DON'T sell it, unless it's to me.... SBP

Hmmm. For the right price, I'd come to you. I've been wanting to visit North Carolina.

I have a numbers matching 1947 Izhevsk M-44 in a blonde stock that I bought in March 2012 for $225.00. Which was the going rate for around here. Did I pay too much? That is something that can be debated, but like I said numbers matching, blonde stock, pristine bore. I like it a lot, and it will only go up in price over time.