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mosin experts

riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599
edited June 2013 in Ask the Experts
any help with markings appreciated
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Izhevsk Arsenal. Chamber markings used prior to 1928.

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  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599
    edited November -1
    is it a pretty good mosin rifle.....thanks
  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by riflemike
    is it a pretty good mosin rifle.....thanks


    Hard to say? The rifle is 86 years old, and might have been used in 3 wars and a dozen battles? Up until recently M-N's were brought in by the container load, as combloc surplus from Eastern Europe. Most were arsenal refinished. Being a pre 91/30 from Izhevsk arsenal, might increase it's collectors value though?
  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599
    edited November -1
    thanks much..bore is good ..sling ..oil can and pouch + bayonet..gonna try to get 250 local
  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,291 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those are the markings for a Model 91 Dragoon Rifle. The square under the hammer and sickle is for a refurb/refit, probably done in the early 30's where it was possibly made into a Model 91/30. Need pics of the whole rifle to tell. Is it in a solid wood stock, or laminate?
  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
    Those are the markings for a Model 91 Dragoon Rifle. The square under the hammer and sickle is for a refurb/refit, probably done in the early 30's where it was possibly made into a Model 91/30. Need pics of the whole rifle to tell. Is it in a solid wood stock, or laminate?


    laminate
    thanks
  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,291 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The days of cheap Mosins is gone. Fortunately, cheap surplus ammo is still available, buy it by the double spam can crate
    $250 for a Hex receiver ex-Dragoon in that shape with accessories is a good price. If this is your first one, it won't be the last.[;)]
  • Sooeyman2035Sooeyman2035 Member Posts: 3,226
    edited November -1
    Mosin-Nagant equals good!
  • AmbroseAmbrose Member Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All right; I know this is nit-picky but I cringe every time I hear "hex receiver"! My M-N has an eight sided receiver. That's octagon or oct, if you prefer. Are there actually 6-sided M-N receivers or is "hex" just "You know what I mean" for octagon? Incidentally, the price sticker is still on my long ago purchased M-N. It reads 79.95.
  • TWalkerTWalker Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    3 Flats on top, 2 curved sides, 1 bottom side that's flat. That is six sides total, therefore a hex sided receiver. I paid 39.95 each for my first 3 M91 Mosin-Nagants at the local Roses store. Stll have them and a "few" more.
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