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91/30.
I'd rather say M44. Foldable bayo to be seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Hollinger
You are 100% right. I saw the shadow and goofed. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ovidio
A newbie here and I’m sensing i have an opportunity to learn something today. Some hints please - M44 and 91/30 refer to…….?
Soviet Mosin Nagant carbine and rifle respectively.
There is also the M38 in between. It is like the M44 (short), but without the folding bayo. It actually has no bayo fixing at all, since it was considered a thing of the past. A decision which was reverted immediately after the war started and the missing bayo was making itself felt in the real world.
Yes. The M38 was intended for support troops who didn't need to be encumbered by a full length rifle, but unlikely to run into real trouble. M-44 was meant to replace the 91-30 for combat duty, hence the bayonet. Soldiers with 91-30's were not issued a scabbard for the bayonet. It was supposed to be left on, and fired, mounted.
The Soviets also developed a 91/30 with a kind of foldable bayo. I don't remember exactly how it was made, but it resembles the one of the M44, is not the same though.
But I may be wrong here.
There is one such rifle on sale here in Italy, I have to look it up (if it is still there).
I found that interesting at the time. Then I forgot about it...
I hope it has been sold, otherwise I'll have another itch to scratch. Damn...
Here she is.
Still there...:banghead:
The guy says it is a 1943 model, produced in relatively small numbers.
If I had not other plans, I'd go fetch this and an M38.
Just to have almost all of them.
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