Well abused 36 Tula Simonov Trials rifle

[Miller Tyme]

This is a 36 Tula Simonov Trials Rifle with a possible SCW Heritage, the rifle is rough but but reasonable intact, the hand guard is off a regular 91/30 and the nose cap over the bayonet mount is missing. The bolt is a mismatch but is all Tula parts. The cleaning rod is missing and the numbering on the L/H side of the stock has been gouged off and the stock recoated in some very crude varnish, but the stock is the original stock with the action bedding pillars. The butt plate and mag housing are also original as well as the unique barrel bands and front sight found on the Trials rifles. There is still a SCW style rear sling hanger on the stock, and bore is surprisingly bright with good rifling.

All in all it will make a nice bookend to my other Trials Rifle and go great with the other 36 Tula’s in my collection.

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[Eaglelord17]

Very cool, I have never heard of trials rifles from the mid 30's what exactly where the Soviets trialing? Just a detachable bayonet with a slightly different barrel band pattern? Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated (I have read two books on Mosins, however this was never mentioned).

[Miller Tyme]

There is not a lot of info out on them except that they where made in 1936 and onlty Tula made them. All Trials rifles have a S/N that starts with the number "0" and there are at least 3 ( maybe as many as 5) variations of them ( mostly dealing with sights). Simonov was only one of several designers that submitted designs.

Here are a coply of links to them,
Simonov Trials Rifle

http://scwmosin.weebly.com/1936-simo...civil-war.html