3 Lines Struck Through The Soviet Crest?

[kar98k]

This is the first good pic i've ever gotten of my '42 Izhevsk 91/30's barrel. I've had it for about 5 years and i've always wondered about the crest on the barrel. There are 3 horizontal lines struck through the hammer and sickle in the wreath. I can't seem to find a solid explanation for this. Any guesses?

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[Patrick Chadwick]

It was acquired by someone who really didn't like the Soviet Union.

[Aragorn243]

Curious as to the not so solid explanations.

Possibility I could think of is that it was part of the stock of someone like the Ukraine that wanted to get rid of the communist symbols. Doesn't explain why no others are marked like that.

[kar98k]

that was my first guess too, but i have a buddy on another gun board who made this point:

Hard to say, it's possible it was done post 1991, but why? The Soviet Warsaw Pact countries might have used 91/30s the first few years after WW2 but they would have returned the early stuff to the USSR as newer models came along.

[Aragorn243]

Yes but the Ukraine, and a half dozen other new nations were part of the USSR and this is where a lot of the current imports are coming from as they found a way to make a quick buck.

[kjohn]

A Finn capture, perchance. Does it have "SA" inside a box on the side of the barrel near the receiver?

[kar98k]

no, not a Finn capture