Interesting Berthier

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Bought this Delaunay Belleville 1907-15 today. Its interesting.
First off, seller said he believed it was a Vietnam bring-back. No papers, but you buy the rifle, not the story.
It is a long rifle cut to carbine length. It definitely has that 'dragged through the bush' look to it. Crude crowning, no front sight,
It is an all matching example. Stock, bolt, everything matches.
Decent cartouche left on the bolt. Not 'N' marked. Forward sling swivel is on the wrong side, and looks to have been for a looong time.
Its an interesting piece, but the really interesting bit are the markings on the underside of the butt..I've never seen these on a Berthier. Cyrillic??

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