1891 Mosin Nagant Infantry Rifle, Soviet Production

[Anzac15]

Love it....would have snatched that up in a second.

[Eaglelord17]

I felt I would do a update on this rifle. After doing more research I am now leaning towards a Spanish Civil War rifle. The reason being the cleaning rod that came with it. Originally I put it off too the side as it doesn't screw into the cleaning rod holder in the stock so it would fall out well shooting. Today I took a good look at it and took out a Mauser cleaning kit I have kicking around and it fit the attachment on most the way (kit was for a M98 Mauser so I don't know if the M93s had a different style kit, also the screw in portion is a bit bent as well so that could have prevented it from going all the way on).

I also now feel that this rifle was never involved with the Finnish as the cleaning rod wouldn't be something they would put there (they had large quantity's of Mosin ones as well as the fact they didn't use Mausers) as well as the modified rear sight is most likely a later date modification.

[Aragorn243]

The cleaning rod is the last thing I would use to determine where something came from. Easily lost, not as easily replaced, especially by someone picking one up by "looking right". Most signs point to Finn. May simply have missed the SA stamp. Finns are known to carve their initials into the stocks and they also don't rebuild everything. I have one very similar with the exception that is does have the SA stamp.

[Eaglelord17]

Either way, it is a neat piece of history, which has definitely seen action somewhere. Now to begin the search for the elusive Soviet produced 1891 Dragoon (which haven't been converted to 91/30 standards).

[Eaglelord17]