The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

I'm looking at a model 1895 mosin revolver on gunbroker.
It is a '44 Izhevsk. It says this pistol went thru the Soviet rebuild of the 1970's.
What was that?
It's item 627929137.
Thank you,
Paul f

They got a new finish and handgrips. The non-refurbs look like a well used S&W Victory to compare condition. Dinged up and not much finish in some cases. The refurbs/rebuilds look new.

Could have been anytime after WW2 up to the 70's that the revolver was shipped back to one or another Soviet repair facility and subjected to a refurbishment before being stored away. Why would the Soviet government spend countess millions rebuilding weapons that were by then 50-70 years out of date? Paranoia, and inertia. Paranoia because they thought that we ( the West) would invade them with a land army and they would need these weapons to arm the Soviet militia ( regular people) so they could serve as a speed bump in our way while they consolidated the defenses deep within the USSR using the Red Army. Why this thinking was still pushing such a program into the 1970's when it was clearly recognized that any war between USA and USSR would involve a rain of thermonuclear weapons that would make both country's glow like the sun is pure inertia. Under the Soviet system any project needed the support of a powerful member, or members of the government before it could get going. Problem was once it had that backing the project could not fail because if it did that powerful member of government ended up shot in back of head in the basement of the Lubyanka prison by the NKVD. It was safer to let the program continue until the apparatchik backing it was safety dead of natural causes. These weapons were prepositioned around the country, the ones we see for the most part came from Ukraine. Can you imagine the US government spending money to refurbish and store away Colt revolvers from the 1890's in the 1970's? Not likely

Notice the MO/52? That indicates it was rebuilt/inspected by the Russians in 1952. Don't buy the "rare' BS, not $98.00 anymore but not rare. If so rare how does he have two more for auction at this time. I have seen these go for up to $350.00 lately. I'm thinking $300.00 is the new $98.00.

Thank you guys!! I have been schooled! Really appreciate the responses.

OK, usually it's the other way around, but I gotta call you on it. The M1895 revolver is called the NAGANT revolver. Sergei Mosin had nothing to do with it. Usually we get someone calling a Mosin Nagant rifle a Nagant. Emil Nagant designed the Interruptor/Ejector, Sergei Mosin plagarized Hiram Berdan, er designed the rest of the rifle using a split receiver design to get around Mauser's patents.