Mosin Nagant M44

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I saw this rifle at a gun show over the weekend, and it just "spoke" to me...so I brought it home to keep my 1933 91/30 company.

It's a 1946 M44. Some of the metal suffered from corrosion (handguard retaining rings, sling escutcheons) but the bore is absolutely shiny, has strong lands/grooves, and a good crown. The bore is easily better on this rifle than the one on my 91/30.

Picked it up for $150 - hopefully this wasn't too much. What do you all think?

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Handsome wood.

That's a great price. Century's last batch of M44's went for what, $250 or so?
 
I have the same rifle, same year. Paid $129(?) 5 yrs ago.
Nice enough condition to make me wonder if it had even been fired.
But nowhere near as pretty a stock on it.
That's just gorgeous.
 
Century's last batch of M44's went for what, $250 or so?
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Holycrap, seriously? Here and I got an all-matching, untarnished Izhevsk with only a few specks of rust at the (un-counterbored) muzzle marring the otherwise perfect rifling, for $69.95 only a few years back.

For this one? Great price. I'd pay half that again, for one with wood like that.
 
You got a great deal, very nice wood on that one. M44's are going for $250 around here. Very handy, very loud, very fun rifle to shoot.
 
That looks like a Finn stock. Did the seller say anything about it being refinished?
 
That's a nice rifle. I traded a weight bench and weight set for my M44 with a Hogue stock. Then I got fat and flabby all over again, but that's a story for a different day.
 
My M44 is one of my favorite weapons in my collection, hands down. I like it better than most of my far more expensive and modern weaponry. You got a great deal and I hope you are happy with it.

Though the biggest expense will come from chiropractors after you shoot it. :)
 
Nice, the M 44 carbine is my favorite too. It s loud and makes for a loud concussion. AR guys next to me at the range are reminded it doesnt need to be expensive to make a statement.
 
Oh, I love when the AR guys set up next to me without seeing the M44.

Apparently rifles with power at range are tactical, and Tom Clancy games all feature flashbangs, so Ivan is twice as 'tactical' as any of the AR's. :D
 
I remember this guy stood next to me and started shooting nonstop with his trickout AR. I stood next and simltaneously shot my M 44 with only five rounds. But the concussion kind of offset his stance. Priceless. NO pun intended.
 
At first glance, I thought it was a Finn stock as well. The guy I bought it from said he purchased it in the 90's. The dealer he bought it from claimed that it was an unissued rifle. Judging from the bore, crown, and load bearing surfaces on the bolt lug and receiver...and with the rifle being a 1946...I'd say its probably not too far-fetched to say it was unissued. The rifle came with the box the previous owner bought it in, and if memory serves me right - it was imported by Century Arms. (My 91/30 was imported by Liberty Arms International)

The stock has Izhevsk cartouches on it, and none of the markings I've seen on other Finnish Mosin Nagants. I am not sure if the stock is original to the rifle, though. The butt plate and magazine floor plate serial numbers have been stamped out and my rifle's serial number electro penciled in place of those numbers.

I can't wait to get the M44 out to the range and see how it does. The looks I get from people when they see these old rifles is just priceless. :)
 
AKJeeper, that is one AMAZING looking M44. The wood in the stock looks like something you'd get in a high end custom rifle.

OTH, your M44 looks superb as well. But sorry, it's standing second fiddle to the OP's eyeball popper.

I've got a rather boring beech M44. But mine was made the same year as I was so it's a keeper.

But if there's any milsurp which needs a GOOD recoil pad the M44 is the one. With the steel buttplate and a fleece jacket 8 or 9 rounds was all my poor shoulder could tolerate. My arm was so shakey I could not carry on shooting it standing any more. I'm going to get or make up a slip on with nice soft pad so as not to modify the rifle.
 
Sweet. That buttpad looks like it would give me additional LOP and make the rifle 'fit' me just a little bit better. These old Russian rifles always seemed more 'youth-sized' to me. I'm thinking that people must have been quite a bit smaller back then...
 
AKJeeper: That's because of the stock length standardization differences between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Generally, NATO's stock lengths are around 10.5 inches where Warsaw Pact weapons are generally around 9.25 inches. Thus, those individuals who are accustomed to NATO lenghts will feel Warsaw Pact stocks are shorter than they should be and vice versa.
 
A small size Limbsaver slip-on recoil pad is also a good way to lengthen the pull on a MN rifle. It can be easily removed to preserve the classic look of the rifle AND it dampens the felt recoil to boot.
 
Roan - thanks for that tidbit of info. Never thought of it that way - NATO vs. Warsaw Pact. I guess that's why Russian guns always felt short to me!

I'm kinda curious what that buttpad from AIM Sports would look like mounted to my M44...
 
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