The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Thanks Allen, there goes any possibility of sleep tonight The TV is singing the songs of doom pretty much non stop these last couple of hours, and the rain is getting heavier. Irene is coming.

I shot some new pics of this one, possibly one of the grimmest rifles in my collection. North Vietnamese sniper rifle provided to them by their socialist brothers in Hungary and captured someplace in Cambodia in 1971 by US Forces. This rifle was captured in combat by the veteran I bought it from, it...

I have been digging around in the vaults again and pulled this one out. It's been a few years since I shot any new pics of this one, 1941 Izhevsk M38 captured by the Finns during the Continuation War. SA marked M38's are not common, we have at least two more here on the forum. The Finns refinished t...

Brand new as in it's in arsenal unissued condition, still with some arsenal cosmoline on it and it has not been fired since it was factory proofed in 1953. It's been sitting packed away for 17 years with it's original Polish sling and cleaning kit with oil bottle. Back then I got this for what a Sov...

Another one from about three years back, 1944 SAKO Sky with Civil Guard number. Note that the wartime stock is 1944 dated and there are some small dimples were someone pressed the tip of the firing pin into the wood to strip the bolt. The bore is spotless and while I don't recall how well it shot I ...

I promised to shoot some new pics of the Imperial German GEW when I got around to it. The rain is falling outside so now seems like a good time. Here is the info from the original post The Model 1898 infanterie Gewehr This rifle is the crown jewel of my Mauser collection, a rifle it took me over 25 ...

I always liked the Mosin M38 carbine, probably why I seem to have so many of them. This one has been around before, but here it is again with new pics. 1945 Izhevsk M38, not an easy date to find. Typical red stock Ukrainian refurb with laminated stock and nicely stamped force matched numbers. The sh...

Here is a battle rifle, it was used in who knows how many fights, it's old enough to have seen use in the Russo-Jap war, the almost revolution of 1905, and the Great War were it was captured and used by the enemy before being sold to the Finn's who used it yet again in two more wars. How much blood ...

This M91 never got a full set of pics taken of it before, I think I shot a few and showed it with the 1942 Tikka back in 2006. It's a special rifle even for a Finn, it's a brand new unissued Finn built Tikkakoski M91. Made in 1943 and never issued, it's not even SA stamped, brand new barrel and stoc...

1945 SAKO, took me a couple of years to find this year, but the wait was worth it. Wartime stock with SAKO markings, SAKO marked cocking piece, near 100% bluing remaining on the metal, and a nice dark stain on the wood. The bore is 100%, I am sure the rifle was issued but not for long by the looks o...

I dug out another issued rifle, this one has been around before, but I shot a few new pics. It's got a two piece stock, with Finn sling rings, it's "41" marked and SA stamped, has a small counterbore. The stock shows a few dings and is of course finished dark with who knows how many coats ...

Vintovka 1891/30's 1927 ex Kazachya I dragunskaya vintovka, and 1935 Izhevsk. Both of these rifles were refurbished after WW2 and sent back into service. The stocks look to have a bit of a shine, but that's just the lemon oil I treated them with, they have been stored away for some time. No shellac ...

Forgot I had this, forgot who sold it to me, but I might have found this one here on the board, lost the dam bound book in the move, missplaced it anyway. 1944 Tula M44 refurb, nice bore, the shellac is coming apart, pretty much like any other refurb M44 except for the Tula star on it. No idea how t...

Let's just say I have a lot of refurb Soviet M91/30's, but this 1938 Tula was the first one, because of it's near amazing ability to print small groups I call it Magic Tula, it first appeared on the forum sometime in 2006. It's in an early stock, has all the typical things you would expect in a post...

Sometimes they leave it off, or forget to put it on, in the case of this rifle it would be a shame to hide such a stock under layers of shellac. This one is a brand new stock that never had any shellac, not even in the little hidden places. There is no wrist bolt, no signs of any use at all. The met...

This one has a nice transitional front sight blade, it's just a taller version of the one found on the M1891's, otherwise the rest of the rifle is as any M91/30. It doesn't end there of course, the reason the rifle is still in it's mostly original configuration is due to the SA stamp on the receiver...

1901, 110 years old, and still a fairly decent shooter. This one is loaded with history, four Civil Guard numbers lined out, and the SA stamp, this rifle was in Finn service for a long time, definitely a Winter War and Continuation war rifle. 1" counterbore with a slightly dark bore behind it, ...

Another blast from the past, a few quick pics of my Finn 1916 Tula with stock disc. The markings are not scrubbed, just the SA is added and the sling rings. The rifle stinks of history...and cosmoline :) It has a nice stock repair, and the look of a rifle that fought from 1939-1944. http://i964.phot...

I am cleaning guns today, too much dam snow and ice outside for me to be fooling around out there so I am inside surrounded by all sorts of treasures. Among them is this oddball , somewhat typical refurb 91/30, has an early stock, and it's got an overstamped date, the 2 in 1922 was overstamped with ...

A few 91/30's hanging around waiting to be stashed away, typical refurbs, but one of them is East German marked. 1938 Izhevsk 1926 Tula 1926 Izhevsk 1924 Izhevsk http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/Rockisland1913/Some9130s001.jpg http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/Rockisland1913/Some9130s...