007 Moisin; From Bubba With Love

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Lookie at what I found at a local pawnshop. The first nice Moisin sporter I've ever seen. Complete with Redfield sights , Fajen stock and a spoon shaped bolt handle. What is really suprising is that even though the bore is rotten looking she still shoots great, 3" at 100 using S&B 180gr sp ammo. She's a keeper

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I've seen *MUCH* worse. That one actually looks halfway good--like some of the Finnish custom jobs I've seen pics of. It was probably done by a gunsmith many decades ago. What's the date on that? Looks like a Tula.
 
if memory serves me, Bubba didn't hack up a run of the mill one (though he did a really good job)

if it has 'made in the USSR" on the side of the receiver, it was 'lended' to one side or the other (i forget which) during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s. Untouched pristine ones of that era, and so marked, really bring a good premium on the MilSurp sites like Gunboards.com

at least he didn't hack it up ugly...nice looking actually...

Ken B
 
ken B said:
if it has 'made in the USSR" on the side of the receiver, it was 'lended' to one side or the other (i forget which) during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s. Untouched pristine ones of that era, and so marked, really bring a good premium on the MilSurp sites like Gunboards.com
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The two sides in the Spanish Civil War were:

1) The Republicans (a coalition of socialists and anarchists who'd come to power)
2) The Nationalists (a group of fascists and Catholic traditionalists who were rebelling against the Republican government)

The Soviets, naturally, sided with the Republicans.

Not to be a jerk, but if it were given to the Spaniards by the Soviets, wouldn't it say "Hecho en USRS" or "Sdelano v SSSR" (in Cyrillic for the latter)? Would the English language stamp probably be an importer's mark?

-MV
 
MatthewVanitas said:
were given to the Spaniards by the Soviets, wouldn't it say "Hecho en USRS" or "Sdelano v SSSR" (in Cyrillic for the latter)? Would the English language stamp probably be an importer's mark?
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Yes and no. It's the importer's mark that indicates the rifle came in the surplus lot from the Spanish Civil War. This was one of the rare batches of Mosins that got imported to the US from USSR stocks during the Cold War, and the only reason it happened is because they came via Spain. Prior to the 1990's most of the Mosins stateside were US-made M-91's that had been laying around after the Czar failed to pay for them.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMarks03.htm

Made in USSR
sometimes "URRS"
US importers mark used on rifles from Spain
Indicates the rifle was used in
the Spanish Civil War
Barrel shank or receiver
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krochus, of the bubba jobs I've seen on MN's, that's definitely one of the better ones.

jmm
 
Cosmoline said:
Yes and no. It's the importer's mark that indicates the rifle came in the surplus lot from the Spanish Civil War. This was one of the rare batches of Mosins that got imported to the US from USSR stocks during the Cold War, and the only reason it happened is because they came via Spain. Prior to the 1990's most of the Mosins stateside were US-made M-91's that had been laying around after the Czar failed to pay for them.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMarks03.htm
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hey thanks for the clarification..I knew I had seen that mark defined somewhere....and seen them go for a bit higher than run of the mill 91/
30s in other areas...

still a decent rifle
 
Dang. Bubba messed up a real nice Spanish Mosin. A friend of mine bought one a month ago for $400.
 
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