did remington make a rifle fpr russia in 1917

o b juan

did remington make a rifle for russia in 1917?
Was it a nagant or like the nagant?
and what was the Caliber???

fordsix

remington was commisioned by the russian gov for mosin nagant rifles they have the imperial crest and remington armory and dated 1917 ect lots never made it to russia and were sold here cal 7.62x54r prime example bring big bucks i sold a matching rifle with a ruff bore 800.00

charliemeyer007

M1891 prior to 1917

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin–Nagant

rufe-snow

Ray B

Yes

TRAP55

So did Westinghouse.
Winchester had a contract from the Czar for the Model 1895 in 7.62x54 with stripper clip feed ears on top of the receiver too.

Riomouse911

Ya, a bit of Winchester-ish trivia; because of that contract the 7.62x54R was the round most commonly chambered in the Browning-designed Win 1895... to the tune of some 300,000 rifles (something like 70% of the total made)...but you don't see them here as much as you'd think.

11b6r

The order for M/Ns almost bankrupted Remington. The Govt of the Czar ordered them. After the revolution, the Czar was not around to pay for the rifles.

babun

And the remaining left over guns were issued to US GI's.[:0][:0]

"""Deliveries to Russia had amounted to 469,951 rifles when the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended hostilities between the Central Powers and Russia. The remaining 280,000 rifles were purchased by the United States Army. American and British expeditionary forces of the North Russia Campaign were armed with these rifles and sent to Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in the late summer of 1918 to prevent the large quantities of munitions delivered for Czarist forces from being captured by the Central Powers. Remaining rifles were used for the training of U.S. Army troops. Some were used to equip U.S. National Guard, SATC, and ROTC units.[3] Designated "U.S. Rifle, 7.62mm, Model of 1916", these are among the rarest of American service rifles"""