Possible SCW 91/30

**Anzac15** · 11-18-2017 04:12 PM

Found this unusual 91/30 today. A 1937 Izhevsk, non import, non refurb..matching save for bolt. Bolt has earlier Izhevsk bow and arrow markings.
I believe it is an SCW example. Sanded stock. In fact, stock appears handmade, or a hasty copy. Crossbolt is crude, note the unique way the forestock has been shaped. Bolt handle bent at some point.
There appears to be an ink stamp under the buttplate.
No 'Made In USSR' marking.
Came with a pretty used bayonet. Seller swore it had been with the rifle as long as he could remember.
I tried to get a clear pic, as there is some sort of symbol scratched onto the left of the rear sight base. It is very faint, will try to get a better pic later. It is very hard to see, and I have no clue what it could be.
All in all, an interesting example. Enjoy the pics!

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**Anzac15** · 11-18-2017 08:21 PM

More pics..

**Eaglelord17** · 11-19-2017 08:55 AM

I am not sure SCW or bubba, without the markings there is no 100% way to tell.

**Anzac15** · 11-20-2017 11:35 AM

Few stamps inside the stock..

**bob4wd** · 11-20-2017 12:25 PM

Serial number too high, date too early, Finn stock- so no, probably not.

**Anzac15** · 11-20-2017 02:20 PM

1936 and 1937 are considered SCW years.

**bob4wd** · 11-20-2017 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Anzac15

1936 and 1937 are considered SCW years.

You’re right- going by memory, never a good idea.

**Miller Tyme** · 11-20-2017 08:23 PM

Could be a SCW rifle, but nothing definitive to confirm it, and someone stateside really did a number to the stock.

**Anzac15** · 11-20-2017 08:52 PM

The 'modification' is indeed interesting. Finish is uniform. We know sanded stocks are an SCW trait. It almost looks as though the work was done before it was sanded. The stock is definitely not Soviet icon

..who knows? Maybe a super duper rare Spanish experimental stock.

**Eaglelord17** · 11-21-2017 06:01 AM

Sanded stocks are also a Finnish icon

trait, and a bubba trait, etc.

If it is a SCW rifle, it wouldn't be a experimental stock, rather something someone took a chunk out of to try and make a hand rest. It was also done crudely by power tools as otherwise it wouldn't have also gotten the stock crossbolt.

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