jeremywills
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The title says all.
I think I may have found a special Mosin M44.
The year is dated 1943, to be honest I really should have paid more attention to the arsenal mark but Im like 99 percent sure it was a Star with the arrow indicating the Tula arsenal. Im also pretty sure this has been rearsenaled, honestly I didn't ask. The gun is in fantastic shape, what would I need to be looking for to see if it is a rearsenal? Any specific marks that would indicate this? Everything matches on the gun, the serial # was 1192, this much I do remember. The color of the varnish was a reddish hue, much like some of the true Russian Sks's, most Mosins to me have a more Walnut or not so Reddish tint to them. This Mosin Im looking at seemed just over all better built.
From what Im reading on several of the Mosin sites Im aware of the m44 should have been a 1944 production gun and so would 1943 with such a low serial # be something special like a pre production test run or something? The asking price is 99 bucks and honestly I should have just assumed it was something unique and jumped on it. I have to wait until Tues because the gentlemans shop is closed sun and mon and wont open till tues at noon. I just need to know if it it is worth being on his doorstep at noon tues. Im just hoping no one else picked that sucker up after I left there on Fri. All day Sat it could have been sold too. He had another M44 dated 1945 but over all it just seemed sloppier.
Please someone confirm my suspicion on the 1943, even if I am wrong and it wasn't a Tula, it should still be worth the investment right? But a Tula made m44 is much harder to come by right? Especially if it was a pre production run gun?
im hoping i didnt screw up by passing on this one already, so hoping its still there tues when he opens up again
I think I may have found a special Mosin M44.
The year is dated 1943, to be honest I really should have paid more attention to the arsenal mark but Im like 99 percent sure it was a Star with the arrow indicating the Tula arsenal. Im also pretty sure this has been rearsenaled, honestly I didn't ask. The gun is in fantastic shape, what would I need to be looking for to see if it is a rearsenal? Any specific marks that would indicate this? Everything matches on the gun, the serial # was 1192, this much I do remember. The color of the varnish was a reddish hue, much like some of the true Russian Sks's, most Mosins to me have a more Walnut or not so Reddish tint to them. This Mosin Im looking at seemed just over all better built.
From what Im reading on several of the Mosin sites Im aware of the m44 should have been a 1944 production gun and so would 1943 with such a low serial # be something special like a pre production test run or something? The asking price is 99 bucks and honestly I should have just assumed it was something unique and jumped on it. I have to wait until Tues because the gentlemans shop is closed sun and mon and wont open till tues at noon. I just need to know if it it is worth being on his doorstep at noon tues. Im just hoping no one else picked that sucker up after I left there on Fri. All day Sat it could have been sold too. He had another M44 dated 1945 but over all it just seemed sloppier.
Please someone confirm my suspicion on the 1943, even if I am wrong and it wasn't a Tula, it should still be worth the investment right? But a Tula made m44 is much harder to come by right? Especially if it was a pre production run gun?
im hoping i didnt screw up by passing on this one already, so hoping its still there tues when he opens up again
