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Old Rifle

cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited April 2011 in Ask the Experts
I have an old rifle given to me by my grandfather. I know nothing about it and thought you folks might know a bit about it. This is what markings I have found. "Budapest M.95" S/N 1990D. It appears to be missing the clip or magazine. I will attach some photos.

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  • cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a post Civil War Springfield Trapdoor Rifle. The serial # is 419326.

    Can anyone tell me just when it was made and the current value?

    I can email pix if required.

    Don Zeilstra

    dzeilstra@nc.rr.com
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  • cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi everyone. I'm a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and I've been deployed to Afghanistan twice and Iraq once. on my first trip to Afghanistan I picked up an old rifle marked Tower 1863 on the lock as well as having a crown and the letters VR. On the right side of the buttstock (not on the plate...) there is a circular stamp with several numbers and what appears to be the letters USA. Can anyone help me gauge how much this rifle is worth? Is anyone interested in buying this rifle if it's actually worth something? Thanks a heap; e-mail ASAP if you have any info!
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  • cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an old rifle that belonged to my father who passed away several years ago. From looking on the WEB it looks similar to an Enfield but I am not sure. The only readable markings are on a strap at the rear of the receiver, under the bolt toggle.
    GR
    BSAC
    1915
    SHT LE (The HT is in a smaller case and is underlined)
    III
    There is also a stamped crown above the text

    Any information on this rifle would be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance

    Lamar Atkinson
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  • cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an old rifle i'm trying to find out more info on and I'm at a dead end. I was told when i bought it from the friend it was a Russian Nagent 7.62. Been doing a little research and I find out it was made in Finland.? It has a letter T inside a triangle on the top of barrell. Underneath that is the number 5391, then the letter C, then 1926. On the side of the barrell is the letters SA inside a rectangle box. It also has lots of funny markings on the barrell. Some look like arrows with lines through them. Can anyone tell me where to find more info. on this rifle and the markings? It's also alot shorter than any one that I have seen on line.
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  • cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I recently was given an old percussion rifle by my uncle.

    It is a .31 caliber.

    Converted from flintlock to percussion.

    Barrel is well over 30"

    I have been unable to find any markings on the rifle itself.

    The wood is in excellent shape with tiger striping.

    It does have some blue remaining, maybe 60%, but no rust, pitting or any other damage.

    It has some engraving here and there and has brass that is very tarnished.

    If I clean up the brass, do I lower the value?

    thanks for the help.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go to this site,it will give you the skinny on your rifle.

    http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinID.htm
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  • cvfdfiremancvfdfireman Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks, That website only told me what I already knew though. Trying to find out what all the other symbols on the gun mean. My rifle is only 36 inches in length also. Does not appear to have been altered. The shortest one they listed on the website was 40 inches? I clicked on all the categories listed and mine just looked different?
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cvfdfireman
    Thanks, That website only told me what I already knew though. Trying to find out what all the other symbols on the gun mean. My rifle is only 36 inches in length also. Does not appear to have been altered. The shortest one they listed on the website was 40 inches? I clicked on all the categories listed and mine just looked different?



    Need quality photos for accurate identification and valuation. Link below gives instructions for posting photos.

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=259294


    That said, far as I know the Finn's never used a carbine with that short of overall length. The Russians and various other Communists countries had the Model 44 carbine which was about 40" long. The Finn's never used it?
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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For all the "symbols":
    http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMarks.htm

    There are Finn capture M44 and M38 carbines, but they are very rare to find. Does your rifle have a side folding bayonet? If it does, it's a M44, a M38 if it doesn't, or a M44 that's had the barrel cut off behing the bayo mount. Post some pics.
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