The time and money part were a problem. I think late in WW1 the Russianicon Czar was nearly bankrupt. If I remember it correctly, the Russians failed to pay for many of the 95 Winchesters and it was the same story on the M1891 MN rifles. You had a Czar, then a civilian and finally a Communist government. All of this in short order. Then a mean Civil War and a mean war with Poland. Would have been a good idea in 1914 but it didn't happen. By the way, the Czar really did not want to go to war but was forced by the Frenchicon government.