Questions about an 1891 Russian rifle captured by the Germans/Austrians

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I made a deal for $150 on the rifle today, it is not import marked. I put a bullet in the muzzle and it stops 1/4 inch before the mouth of the casing:





Here's the receiver/barrel. The AZF is the Austrian capture mark. I believe the AZ is simply a shorter version of that. Not sure what the R stamped over the AZ means but I did find a reference to R stamped barrels being Finnish.



Here's the front sight, obviously a 91/30 sight. It is marked with the Tula star. I was told these have been seen on Romanian rifles and Finnish rifles. Nice bow and arrow symbol stamped in the nose cap.



Here is a G stamped on the receiver. My book says this also is a Finnish mark. The rifle does not appear like any other Finn rifle I've seen and with the Bulgarian acorn, I doubt these marks are Finn.







This I believe is a Bulgarian acorn. It was done after the shellac was applied:



And lastly, what appears to be writing of some sort that was sanded off during the refurb, no idea what any of the symbols/letters are. Too Faint.

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