1917 Remington M91.

Well, after a long search for an uncut, decent Remington M91, I finally found one today. It's gorgeous. Non Finn marked, non import marked in any way. Here are a few of the details..at first glance I thought this rifle never left the US, but there are no US 'flaming bomb' marks on it. It is all Remington except for the two barrel bands and the Konovalov sight, all of which bear the tiny Tula hammer. Bolt is all Remington, but not numbered. Buttplate is Remington, but mismatched. Magazine matches rifle. Bore is excellent, and not counterbored. Stock has no cartouche or roundel, but inside the stock are the markings 'E44' and 'F7U' or last letter may be 'O'. All in all this is a very nice example of a Remington M91. Enjoy the pics, any and all thoughts on it welcome!

The serial number is from the range of the Tzar's contract, so this one was destined for Russia in early 1917. The stock looks to be sanded walnut and the buttplate is from a different Remington.

With no Finn or import marks, it is possible that this one made its way from Russia to Spain in the mid 1930's, and then made its way to the US in the late 1950's.

Is the handguard made out of Walnut or Birch? I think the handguard might be a replacement as well (very common for the M91 Infantry Rifles) as I don't think that the Americans used aluminum rivets to hold it in place.

Spanish Civil War is one possibility. Another is it could be Finnish Capture, just a very light capture (they didn't always put the SA stamp on the rifle). Does your rear sight have the distance markings on the right hand side?

No, no 'D' mark, no 'SA' mark, and arshin only marked sight.

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Those are actually brass rivets, took the upper off last night to take a look under it.

I don't know near as much about this rifle as you guys, but it is a nice looking one though.

I was curious about these indentations/marks in the stock.....anyone seen anything like them before?

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Originally Posted by Anzac15

I was curious about these indentations/marks in the stock.....anyone seen anything like them before?

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My first thought, since the patina of the handguard does not match the stock, is that the action was once secured by wire, and the handguard and bands were added at a later time. But it appears that there are no indentations above the grasping groove... so, anybody's guess.

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Originally Posted by martin08

no indentations above the grasping groove

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The top piece could have been changed later. Easily...

The US Mosin's are my dream rifles.

I know at least one Mosin Nagant rifle (might have been a Remington) was tested with the Pedersen Device. The main difference was that the 40 round magazine was inserted on the left side while both
the Model 1903 and Model 1917 rifles had the magazine inserted on the right side