Mosin Dating Question

[fernleaf]

Well, thank you guys for correcting me. Ive been going only by the information ive been able to find. Pretty much all scattered about every where on the net and, mostly, in what books i can find on the Mosin. Im very sorry for any incorrect info. ill be sure to include these into the ever growing list of "crap that aint correct about the Mosin".

Don't apologise - there is a lot of misleading, ambiguous, or just plain wrong information out there on these rifles - in books as well as on the internet - it can be hard trying to filter out the BS, and to get info from confirmed sources.

What I find myself wondering is whether the Soviets really did have a method to their madness or not. Were they keeping records or just pumping them out there as fast as they could to get them in the hands of the troops. If they made records, what happened to them. Is it the old paranoia they have that keeps them from releasing them or were they lost. Why would they de-sniper sniper rifles. So many questions and the answers just don't seem to be out there.

The records will be hidden in some archives somewhere - probably next to the Amber Room - and will no doubt never be available to us Western arms collectors. It surprises me that a Russian arms student hasn't got access (maybe even they aren't allowed?) to the records so some of the dodgy information out there can be cleared up. I think that all too often we look to Western books for accurate info, when perhaps we should be looking further afield.