1914 finn capture dragoon rifle

mitch5690 · Post by **mitch5690** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:12 pm

Been selling a few things to get this one. its a 1914 dragoon rifle. stock car-touche is marked 1916, bolt is original matching. Solid bands. appears to be a dragoon hand guard that was cut down. KAB marked sight. also came with a interesting cloth sling I haven't seen before and a m91 bayonet.
ill take better pics when its not raining

heres it next to my m91 tula

Lotema · Post by **Lotema** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:02 pm

Nice looking dragoon! Are the butt plate and magazine floor plate scrubbed?

mitch5690 · Post by **mitch5690** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:04 pm

floorplate is scrubbed, butt plate is a mismatch

Luthierseye · Post by **Luthierseye** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:30 pm

Very Nice find!!

Post by **bunkysdad** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:40 pm

Holy cow Mitch. You found a original non-Finn Dragoon it looks like. Is there a SA stamp on the barrel? I am thinking not. It is a Russian stock. I have a 1916, but mine is a Finn in a 2 piece Finn stock. I take what I can find ya know. I would have jumped on this one in a heartbeat. I would love to see you take a whole new set of pictures in better lighting. These pics are ok, but some super clear pics of this beauty is just likely to get a bunch of showcase votes!

congrats on a super find.

Post by **bunkysdad** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:44 pm

Oh also, where is the bayonet pic? Did you get a M91 bayonet or a actual Panchin bayonet?

redspoon · Post by **redspoon** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:51 pm

Very, very nice

mitch5690 · Post by **mitch5690** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:50 pm

the rifle does have a SA stamp but other than that everything has izhevsk stamps. the bayonets a m91 bayonet ill take more pics tommarrow, it was raining today

Miller Tyme · Post by **Miller Tyme** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:34 pm

Congrats on a WW1 Dragoon, heres a pic of it's younger brother

Post by **Longcolt44** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:38 pm

I hope the members here realize the rarity of these 2 Mosins. You may go through life and not see them again. Outstanding.

mitch5690 · Post by **mitch5690** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:16 pm

thats actually really neat to see another 1914 is it a Finn also?

Post by **Rongo** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:13 pm

clayshooter2 · Post by **clayshooter2** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:31 am

bunkysdad wrote:Oh also, where is the bayonet pic? Did you get a M91 bayonet or a actual Panchin bayonet?

I guess being a Finn capture all bets are off, but it is my understanding (according to Joe Leiper) that Panshin bayonets were never made for Dragoons. They were only made for transitional 91/30's. Vic has some conflicting wording on Mosinnagant.net about this; but every time Imhave ever brought it up in conversation on Gunboards or Ted's site, I get an emfatic "no" they were never made for Dragoons.

As to the OP's original post? Outstanding Dragoon!!!

Miller Tyme · Post by **Miller Tyme** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:17 am

mitch5690 wrote:thats actually really neat to see another 1914 is it a Finn also?

Mitch, yours looks like it has the rare earlier type 1 hand gaurd ( it wrapped around the rear sight) that was modified to be like a type 2 , this is quite common since they where very fragile around the sight.

One identical to mine with the DR stamp recently sold on GB and went for close to $1,200.00. I wanted it bad, but once it topped a grand I had to bow out in favor of a all matching Finn Captured Dragoon.

gopedxr7 · Post by **gopedxr7** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:41 am

wow! nice find. do not see many of those hand guards

davesstuff1 · Post by **davesstuff1** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 6:06 am

finloq · Post by **finloq** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:49 pm

Your pictures are clear and detailed, hell! The 2nd picture is downright artistic and would make a good screen saver. Nice job and nice rifle.

mitch5690 · Post by **mitch5690** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:04 pm

Believe it or not, I took these with an iphone 5c. Sadly I was robbed at the mall.... no more iphone :(

desdem12 · Post by **desdem12** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:56 pm

Sweet. Nice handguard too

qz2026 · Post by **qz2026** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 6:04 pm

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