Yes it used to have a bayonet, the bracket is still attached to side of barrel.
What caliber would it be, 7.62 x 54R maybe?
Yeap, bayonet bracket looks like far right of three shown.Its one of my three Chinese long arms, along with my Chinese 177. pellet rifle and my T56 SKS.
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I have the bayonet for the T53, just lighter without it.Yeap, bayonet bracket looks like far right of three shown.
Removing the bayonet throws off the Pount of Impact.
Regulation marks are scribed on the front edge of the globe sight base.
Throws off the elevation and the windage zero.
I beleve the sights are regulated with the bayonet extended.
Does not throw the elevation off, and the windage is easily corrected. There isn't a huge difference, it's usually less that the CEP of the milsurp ammo.Removing the bayonet throws off the Pount of Impact.
Regulation marks are scribed on the front edge of the globe sight base.
Throws off the elevation and the windage zero.
I beleve the sights are regulated with the bayonet extended.
Not entirely true; as with Enfields, changing the bolt head can change the headspace. Be sure to check headspace if you change the bolt heads.
Would have been easier to just say that it a Chinese Type 53, a version of the Russian M44, made on old Russian machinery.Apparently, IIRC, China bought a whole section of one of the the factories which manufactured the Mosin M44 series rifle, when Russia progressed to the SKS and AK, shortly after WWII. They shipped the machinery to China, and proceeded to make the "T-53", the Chinese version of the Mosin Nagant carbine, which was about 8" shorter than the standard 91-30 model, and had a built-in cruciform bayonet. IF the barrel is original, it should be chambered in 7.62X54R.
Buymilsurp-dot-com in Largo, Florida, may be able to help you with an extractor, but my guess is you may have to just buy an entire bolt assembly. Not to worry, bolts are interchangeable, on most Mosins.
Yes, but without papers. Papers would add to the value.Looks like a typical bringback, Gunny.
I traded four guns for five plus $100. I came out pretty good.Hope you got it for a deal because of this.