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My 1941 Izhevsk 91/30 - keeper or keep looking?
RE: this thread...
1941 M1891/30 Mosin Nagant (Mfg by Izhevsk) - Military Surplus Collectors Forums
I read the thread and got to thinking of my own 91/30, a 1941 as well.
It was an RGuns import I bought on a whim at Dunham's sporting goods in PA.
I don't have any pics yet, but here is what I have found out about my rifle:
1941 Izhevsk, has the low-wall round rcvr of '35-'41, non-counterbored barrel.
Markings found on the metal:
Has the soviet wreath.
1941 date stamp.
S/N BY4881 (The BY is in Russian Cyrillic).
Izhevsk arrow in triangle
And the last 4 digits of S/N - 4881 are also on bolt, top of butt plate, bottom of magazine.
Tiny Isvhesk arrow also on bolt, bottom of mag floor tang, faint half-strike on top of butt.
Many other little proofs or acceptance marks stamped everywhere, such as two triangles stamped base-base, like a diamond.
Dot-matrixed RGuns import stamp and their S/N on left side of rcvr
No "D" or "[SA]" stampings anywhere externally visible indicating a Finn internent gun
NO "MO" marks anywhere
Has "two-pin" rear sight base
Has early 40's globe/post front-sight
The wood:
Solid wood stock, "brass"-looking (due to shellac) pressed-in dog-collar sling-slot reinforcements, appears to be a war-time stock.
No soviet cartouches.
Well-done butt-toe-splice.
No wrist-bolt in stock.
Original rear barrel-band finger grooves, not retro-fitted.
Uses split barrel-bands.
NO S/N anywhere on stock that I could find.
Has a stamp that looks like a "C" over a "13" inside of a "tombstone" (or inverted U) on the wrist of stock.
Has a circled U stamped on right side, near bolt.
Has a stamped X and what looks to be a stamped backwards B in the finger grooves on the right side.
Also has what looks like a square bisected with a line - [I] - in the middle bottom of stock wrist directly behind trigger guard.
Also has what looks like the number 10 - or a stamped-together "H0" - on bottom of stock behind rear barrel band.
Based on the markings, would this be a keeper?
I'm thinking I have a pretty decent 91/30 afterall, especially based on the year - given that the Whermacht went medieval on the USSR in early Barbarrossa.
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08-16-2009 02:46 AM
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Sounds good to me. Hae you shot it? usually they are accurate at 100 yrs. or so. Good shooting. Rednecmd
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Yes, I put 20rds of Privi Partizan boxer-primed brass thru it so far (I did not want to shoot the corrosive.) and was impressed with it. I have lousy eyes, so missed targets were likely my fault, not the gun's.
I think this is a fine rifle for $100.00+change.