Winchester 1895 7.62mm

[browningautorifle]

sent as aid from the U.S to USSR during WW2

Hardly...the gun was made in 1916. It was part of a contract for Russia. 293,816 model 95 muskets were made for Russia between 1915 and 1916. As Bruce pointed out these were there already so it's just a matter of re-issuing if they did. It doesn't seen to have travelled far...staying in Europe until now.

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[TheSovietSamurai]

Hardly...the gun was made in 1916. It was part of a contract for Russia. 293,816 model 95 muskets were made for Russia between 1915 and 1916. As Bruce pointed out these were there already so it's just a matter of re-issuing if they did. It doesn't seen to have travelled far...staying in Europe until now.

Yes, of course, perhaps it ended up somewhere else after the first war and was sent back later on? Maybe the note wasn't written by an American, but a European that donated the rifle? It's hard to know.