The Battle Rifle Pictures Thread
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Had them out of the safe for a look over tonight before heading to do some plinking this weekend, thought I'd take a pick of the Red Family as it stands...
Top to bottom:
1938 Tula Arsenal 91/30:
Non-refurb, all original, all matching numbers. Even the bayo is matching #. No grind marks to hide renumbering. Beautiful condition, mint bore. I suspect it spent the war propped up against a filing cabinet with Comrade "In the rear with the gear". Thanks Martin at Corwin-Arms for this one. Accurate, a joy to shoot, and in SUCH good shape. Tracked down a post war Soviet manufacture sling to go with it, because the cheap repro ones just looked wrong on it. It's too nice a rifle for a repro sling.
1940 Tula Arsenal SVT-40:
Post war refurb, but mostly matching parts other than force matched (electro pencilled) bolt/carrier. Bayo bought seperately, also a post war refurb but in quite nice shape. The sling is a PPSH-40 marked sling, but is the same style as was issued originally. As far as I can tell, the only difference between the PPSH slings and the SVT slings is the ink that got stamped on them as they left the factory. Surprisingly accurate even at 200yards, and I suspect it will surprise me at 300 and 400 as well.
1944 Tula Arsenal M44:
Possibly post war refurb, but I'm not sure. All numbers match, but I have my doubts here. Something about it says to me it got worked on after the war and then put into storage. Sling is a post war Soviet made proper M44 sling (you can tell if you look closely by the v-cut leather on the ends of the sling itself), took a while to find one for it, Really accurate, easy pointing rifle. I'm really digging the M44, and am contemplating making it my deer rifle this fall.
1952 Tula Arsenal SKS:
Not a "battle rifle" and nothing special. Just your run of the mill arsenal refurb SKS. Reliable. Accurate. Fun. Cheap to shoot. What's not to love?
Had them out of the safe for a look over tonight before heading to do some plinking this weekend, thought I'd take a pick of the Red Family as it stands...
Top to bottom:
1938 Tula Arsenal 91/30:
Non-refurb, all original, all matching numbers. Even the bayo is matching #. No grind marks to hide renumbering. Beautiful condition, mint bore. I suspect it spent the war propped up against a filing cabinet with Comrade "In the rear with the gear". Thanks Martin at Corwin-Arms for this one. Accurate, a joy to shoot, and in SUCH good shape. Tracked down a post war Soviet manufacture sling to go with it, because the cheap repro ones just looked wrong on it. It's too nice a rifle for a repro sling.
1940 Tula Arsenal SVT-40:
Post war refurb, but mostly matching parts other than force matched (electro pencilled) bolt/carrier. Bayo bought seperately, also a post war refurb but in quite nice shape. The sling is a PPSH-40 marked sling, but is the same style as was issued originally. As far as I can tell, the only difference between the PPSH slings and the SVT slings is the ink that got stamped on them as they left the factory. Surprisingly accurate even at 200yards, and I suspect it will surprise me at 300 and 400 as well.
1944 Tula Arsenal M44:
Possibly post war refurb, but I'm not sure. All numbers match, but I have my doubts here. Something about it says to me it got worked on after the war and then put into storage. Sling is a post war Soviet made proper M44 sling (you can tell if you look closely by the v-cut leather on the ends of the sling itself), took a while to find one for it, Really accurate, easy pointing rifle. I'm really digging the M44, and am contemplating making it my deer rifle this fall.
1952 Tula Arsenal SKS:
Not a "battle rifle" and nothing special. Just your run of the mill arsenal refurb SKS. Reliable. Accurate. Fun. Cheap to shoot. What's not to love?
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The second one from the top is new to the collection.
Both are a year old, but the other day was the first time I got around to sitting down and taking pictures.
Yes, I did a partial bedding job. It's a little sloppy considering it was my first time. Didn't bed the trigger group though. I'm going to see how some match ammo shots out of my rifle. I figure if it falls under 2 moa I might not bother bedding the trigger.
