Hey guys,
Picked up a well-worn M39 (Finnish Mosin Nagant) tonight. My only other MN is a garden variety hex 91-30.
It's far from perfect...missing cleaning rod, a couple cracks in the stock, not much metal finish left, and a mismatched bolt (and maybe other problems I'm not yet aware of).
From doing some reading at http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMarks01.htm it looks like I might have a russian bolt. It looks like I have a arrow in a triangle on the bolt which seems to be a Russian proof but I don't know what's customary on these. It's stamped with a number on the ball of the bolt handle (does not match reciever number).
Some photos:
91-30 bolt on top, the bolt that came with the M39 on the bottom:
Same:
The buttplate was all jacked up...took it off and one screw was being held in with a paper towel haha:
Crack in stock:
A less significant crack in wrist:
The floorplate is a forced match (original number struck through with matching number stamped above it).
Any thoughts?
Going to clean the bore and do a little shooting and then start cleaning it up if it shoots decent.
Picked up a well-worn M39 (Finnish Mosin Nagant) tonight. My only other MN is a garden variety hex 91-30.
It's far from perfect...missing cleaning rod, a couple cracks in the stock, not much metal finish left, and a mismatched bolt (and maybe other problems I'm not yet aware of).
From doing some reading at http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMarks01.htm it looks like I might have a russian bolt. It looks like I have a arrow in a triangle on the bolt which seems to be a Russian proof but I don't know what's customary on these. It's stamped with a number on the ball of the bolt handle (does not match reciever number).
Some photos:
91-30 bolt on top, the bolt that came with the M39 on the bottom:
Same:
The buttplate was all jacked up...took it off and one screw was being held in with a paper towel haha:
Crack in stock:
A less significant crack in wrist:
The floorplate is a forced match (original number struck through with matching number stamped above it).
Any thoughts?
Going to clean the bore and do a little shooting and then start cleaning it up if it shoots decent.