1946 Russian M44

[Midmichigun]

Chumlee,
Hello... thanks for posting your "oldster"!
BTW, that is a REAL nice looking stock! I assume that you refinished it?
I was wondering if you would be interested in comparing cartouches and metal stamps on your rifle? I may pull the wood off mine to look at inspectors marks...
Spinecracker,
Could you post a closeup of your cleaning rod? I am curious on what it looks like. I have seen many "end tip" styles, and wonder what you have!
Have you pulled yours down for a comparison of inspector marks yet??

[spinecracker]

Whoops, sorry, have been busy. The tip on my cleaning rod is the bog-standard type, the same as all the 91/30s that have been flooding into the US. I did strip the rifle down for cleaning, but forgot to look for inspector's marks.

[mdrim13]

Have you looked at the butt under the buttplate? Are there any markings there, whether stamped or in pencil?

After reading this post I decided to look under the butplate on my M44. Its a 1944 dated Izhevsk, numbers matching, oil finished stock. It looks alot like spinecrackers. It was my third Nagant but it had a ton more marks than the previous ones. Even the stock is covered in stampings. Anyway I looked under the butplate and there are a couple of stampings and a pencil mark as well. From what i can tell is says either "688" or a character that might resemble "G88." The back of the butplate is completely, and i mean every square inch, in hunter orange paint? Weird? Any ideas on this?

Thanks for sparking my interest,
mdrim13

[ConKeeper]

Greetings everyone, I just discovered this site tonight looking for a good C&R site and I think I found one! Anyways, I have a pristine Izhevsk 1946 M44 that I would love to find out more about. All parts are stamped with the Izzy mark and all numbered parts appear to match. The bluing is near 100% as is the wood furniture. I'll take some pics tomorrow and let you guys check it out. I picked it up from my favorite local gun shop for a price that I thought was a little high for what Mosins usually go for. I haven't seen another one yet that looks as good so I might have gotten a winner. Its also a great shooter too! Like I said though, I'll post pics and let you guys decide.

[Midmichigun]

Conkeeper,
Ya, join the Brotherhood of the '46 M44! Welcome aboard!!
In the meantime, I decided to post additional photos of stuff "below the wood". I did enhance with some white paint, so hopefully things will look "mo betta"! As mentioned, someone saw stuff under the buttplate..



For some reason, I missed a photo.... more later on that end! Now onto the barrel and receiver...




While I had it apart... I also sneaked a peak at the upper handguard...


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I uploaded the markings under thebuttplate.... this is what I have!


Let me know if ya guys would like to see more cartouches and marks!!!

[ConKeeper]

As promised I'll post some pictures. If you gents could clarify some of the markings that would be terrific. If you would like more pics let me know.

[Chumlee Bumsnag]

Hey Midmichigun. Sorry for getting back so late, but I was in Oregon on Holiday. My M44 is a refurb and no two pieces have matching #'s. The barrel has a different # underneath than the receiver. The buttplate has no # except the electropencil. Same with the bolt. Very faintly penciled.
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[bob4wd]

Well I want to play, too! Here's my 1946 M44. Excellent shape, shiny bore, all matching, no stock markings other than usual inspection stamps. Note no re-furbish marks, though. Complete, except no sling, original finish and bluing. Would be a supergun except for the import marks, which are very subtle anyway.Attachment 28493Attachment 28492Attachment 28494

[mdrim13]

Complete, except no sling, original finish and bluing.

looks like it has been refurbed to me. My 1943 dated has no refurb marks either but it has been reworked. I dont think many carry an original finish.

[bob4wd]

looks like it has been refurbed to me. My 1943 dated has no refurb marks either but it has been reworked. I dont think many carry an original finish.

My poor choice of words- by original I meant thst It wad finished as it was when I got it from the importer, did nothing to it..