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Please assist me in identifying or at least deciphering the tiny markings along the bolt barrel.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC09464b-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC09465b-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...oltclose-1.jpg
"This is my rifle Comrade, get your thieving hooks off!"
Seriously?! You're hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick
Well, not quite seriously. I have just looked through 58 pages of Mosin-Nagant markings in "Drei Linien - Die Gewehre Mosin-Nagant" Vol. 2, and apart from the Ishevsk mark (bow and arrow) I am flummoxed.
It is noticeable that the bolt body has two 6-figure numbers applied. My guess is that the first number was on the left side - the side that is visible when the bolt is closed. For some reason the bolt was renumbered on the right side, and the mysterious extra markings give a clue as to who/what/why/ -- where seems to be Ishevsk. And why on earth is 400 marked on the knob of the bolt handle?
The mystery markings on the right side appear to read P8m ? 044 NSSS G 0 N ? z. More of a code than a text. NSSS could be the abbreviation for some organisation.
If this is from a complete rifle, it would be interesting to know if either of the two numbers matches the barrel and/or receiver.
Национальный союз студентов Свазиленда (НССС) = National Students Union
Is that any help?
Well, there's this. I will post a photo of the complete rifle once I have reassembled it. Will shoot detailed pics of all markings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...ents%27_League
НАЦИОНАЛ-СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СОЮЗ СТУДЕНТОВ ГЕРМАНИИ (NSDStB; NS-Deutsche Studentenbund)
Why they would bother inscribing the bolt in old Russian is beyond me.
Besten Dank fuer Ihre Hilfe.
OK, slowly improving my Russian from absolute zero to zilch. The text I cited before actually reads (in English)
National Students Union (of) Swaziland :confused:
- which, if possible, is even lower on the plausibility scale.
It would be good if someone else could make a suggestion!
After watching "Enemy at the Gates" and "Hunt for Red October," I thought Russians spoke English.........