two issued Vintovka 1891/30

[Junk Yard Dog]

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 on either one, bluing is worn, there are stock repairs, and soldiers carvings. There are cleaning rods in both, but I added them from the spare parts bin, none of my issued rifles had cleaning rods, nor had they had them for many years judging by the dirt packed into the retaining nuts and channels. The numbers match, force matched at the last refurb, the bores on these two are excellent, barrel crowns do not show excessive wear, and both are excellent shooters. All of my issued rifles seem to be sighted in at 100 yards as they hit dead on at that range, and are not sighted in to be shot with the bayonet mounted.

[desdem12]

[Junk Yard Dog]

Here they are again

[Rongo]

Time for a cold shower...

[Junk Yard Dog]

These are two of my regular 91/30 shooters, the '27 went along on the last range trip.

[SDH1903]

Love em both especially the repair on the one!-Steve

[Celt]

Love beat up rifles!

[Kyle]

Another nice set JYD!

[Junk Yard Dog]

That's the largest repair I have on any of the rifles

[Longview]

I have a soft spot for grunt rifles like these. It's that history channel thing. There's that connection between the soldier and the rifle that my typical Mosin refurbs lack. I had a Mauser that had a whole bunch of stories to tell, from the looks of it. I like the 3 line repair Vintage, no nonsense work.

[bb91]

Sweet rifles JYD.

Interesting patina on the 1927 it seems a bit odd to see with the refurbishment stamp and so many fresh refurbs on the market.

I have a "27" "Finned" dragoon that looks newer.

Curious, does yours have the 00 stamp on the side of the barrel, I cant see it in the pic.s and don't know it's meaning?

[Junk Yard Dog]

The Soviets didn't have near enough M44's to arm all their troops and they ware still fighting partisans on Russian soil for years after WW2 as well as occupying other countries. Some refurbs went back into service rather than storage. This is one of a series of issued Mosins I picked up five years ago. It has the OO stamp, most do, current knowledge assumes this to be an accuracy proof, could be, but like anything to do with these rifles it is subject to change should new research uncover some other meaning.

[bb91]

Ahhhh! that explains alot, thank you sir!