1937 Mosin Nagant

[marshall3]

I picked up my first milsurp today, a 1937 Mosin Nagant. Matching numbers on all parts (99215). None of those ugly importer markings made with a buzz pen! Nice wood, nice bluing, nice rifling. Here's the markings:

http://www.mouseguns.com/mymosin/marks2.jpg

http://www.mouseguns.com/mymosin/marks4.jpg

http://www.mouseguns.com/mymosin/marks6.jpg

After I clean it up good, I'll post some nice pictures.

I don't know much about Mosins. What can you tell me from the markings in those photos?

 

[Cosmoline]

Looks like a nice one. Is it a 91/30?

I think I see the little "diver's sign" square with a slash through it on the upper right hand corner of the receiver which would mean it's been rearsenaled at some point.

It's an Izhevsk arsenal 1937 production, at any rate

 

[marshall3]

I don't know how to tell if it is a 91/30

There is no 91/30 on it anywhere. How do you identify a 91/30?
I'm just getting started with milsurps, and I am ignorant!

 

[Cosmoline]

www.7.62x54R.net

 

[marshall3]

OK, it is a Russian 91/30

I did the suggested research, and I'm sure it is a Russian 91/30. Thanks for the links.

 

[George S.]

Made in the Izhevsk Arsenal. The arrow in the triangle is the symbol for Izhevsk. There are some good pics of markings here: http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinM9130S.htm

 

[mp510]

That is an Izhevsk M91/30 rifle. The r looking letter represents goda, the Russian word for year. The condition on that rifle looks excellent, like most of the refurbs that are currently on the market. After WWII, the Russians reworked many of them and buried them in salt mines all over the USSR. From what I understand, there is a number of them in the Ukraine, and Russia.

If you look closely (including BBL) you should find some sort of import stamp or mark.

Also, part of the rework often involved force fitting parts to the rifles, sine they were preparing them to be able to issue out if necesary, not concerning themselves with "What will John Smith, American gun collector, think in 60 years?"