Another Mosin

[psoyring]

Had no intention of buying anything but went into the gun store on Rosemont Ave. in Frederick and he had an almost empty crate with only three Tulas left. Had to bring this one home, should be quite accurate, not sure why everyone else who went through the crate passed on it.

 

[Wheelbrain]

Nice piece. Were the remaining Mosins there at all promising in terms of bore condition? Any hex receivers? I might drop by there tomorrow afternoon.

 

[psoyring]

Yes, the bores are all good but no hex receivers, they did have a Chinese T-53 and Russian M44 carbines as well.

 

[BrewDoc_MD]

About how much were they asking for the T-53 and M44s?

 

[h2u]

Nice ex! Glad to see the Mosinitus is still running in your veins

 

[psoyring]

M44 was $245 or something like that, think the T-53 was around $160 but not sure. As far as this rifle, very odd sniper marked but never drilled and no letter prefix.

 

[mvee]

Nice! It looks like an ex sniper!!

 

[mawkie]

Don't ever remember seeing on sniper marked but not drilled and tapped. Interesting!

 

[Lou45]

Don't ever remember seeing on sniper marked but not drilled and tapped. Interesting!

I'm wondering if the barrel didn't meet QC for a sniper, so not D&T'd for scope.

OR

Perhaps scopes and/or mounts weren't available for a very brief period when that gun was built, so issued as standard infantry fare.

These are just speculations.

 

[jodavk]

Very Interesting! The "1840"...I'm seeing wrong or that's crazy! And the "F" on the rcvr? Could be re-chambered for "newer" bullet? I'm not up on all the re-chambering except for the Finn "D".

 

[=GoMango=]

Very Interesting! The "1840"...I'm seeing wrong or that's crazy! And the "F" on the rcvr? Could be re-chambered for "newer" bullet? I'm not up on all the re-chambering except for the Finn "D".

That's "1940" the year it was made.

 

[psoyring]

Had the rifle not met accuracy specs it would never have been marked with the "CP" sniper proof, but there could have been an optics shortage.

 

[yellowsled]

original 1940 dated receiver too? I suspect the receiver was swapped at some point during the refurb.

 

[psoyring]

Nope, has the original 1940 Tula high wall receiver which is unique to sniper rifles in 1940, all others were low wall.

 

[yellowsled]

well... Ive got nothing now...

 

[=GoMango=]

original 1940 dated receiver too? I suspect the receiver was swapped at some point during the refurb.

Did the Russians re-barrel their WWII rifles when refurbed ?

I just have never seen one.
They couterbored some and cut them down to make the 91/59 rifles but never saw a WWII era 91/30 dated rifle with an older receiver.

 

[Balzer94]

They have like three more crates in the back. Every time I go I. There they tell us how many more crates they just got

 

[psoyring]

The only Mosins that were rebarreled typically were the wartime ones to save production time and the early 1920s when there was a metal quality issue.

 

[Sirex]

The only Mosins that were rebarreled typically were the wartime ones to save production time and the early 1920s when there was a metal quality issue.

What problems did they have with metallurgy then? I had read something about early 1900's, bu tdidn't know about the 20's. Up to what years in the 20's? I don't want to blow one up one day (not that it can be done).

 

[=GoMango=]

The only Mosins that were rebarreled typically were the wartime ones to save production time and the early 1920s when there was a metal quality issue.

I have still never seen a WWII era Russian Mosin rifle with a receiver tang date older than the WWII barrel date.
Not to say they don't exist .
Now if your talking Finn Mosin rifles that would be the norm.