My 1941 Izhevsk 91/30 - keeper or keep looking?

[nfafan]

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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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[rednecmd]

Sounds good to me. Hae you shot it? usually they are accurate at 100 yrs. or so. Good shooting. Rednecmd

[nfafan]

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.