I did have a very small part in the importation of these rifles, I was asked if it was a good idea to bring these rifles in and I stongly advised Tradex to do so. I knew that their were enough hard core Mosin collectors in Canada that would buy them.
milsurp alert!! - check this out!
- Thread starter Claven2
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By the way, I took a pic of my tang date before I re-assembled the rifle after cleaning and inspection. Not sure if others' rifles will follow a similar pattern, but mine's marked Izhevsk triangle over "19". The last 2 digits were omitted. This is not uncommon on 1942-43 guns where the date is sometimes absent or only the first 2 digits. I think the theory is the last 2 digits were stamped as needed near the end of a production year, but sometimes due to urgency they jus didn't bother adding the extra stamps.
Also, there is a lot of bluing wear on my tang bottom. So there must have been gunk or oil contamination or something there that prevented the bluing from taking.
I'm also running out of storage space in the mosin rack. In fact, this doesn't include the carbines or this new 91/30 with bayonet (91/30/43?). Time to examine more storage options
Also, there is a lot of bluing wear on my tang bottom. So there must have been gunk or oil contamination or something there that prevented the bluing from taking.
I'm also running out of storage space in the mosin rack. In fact, this doesn't include the carbines or this new 91/30 with bayonet (91/30/43?). Time to examine more storage options
DJdeadlyDALEK
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91/30/43 is a good name for these
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Interesting guns, and certainly rare, but they don't have much else going for them. If you were going to design a completely impractical gun, this would be it.
Which is the reason not many were produced and why the price is what it is, and where it will go.
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Was thinking 91/43.
Same format as the 91/59. Which was likely a m91/30 modified.
The m44L is a different gun. The 44L is mid-length between these and an M44.
DJdeadlyDALEK
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I dunno, Claven, what are the Americans calling these on their forum? 91/43 is shorter, I'm voting for that one lol
As near as I can tell they aren't applying a name. And why should we wait for them to name them first? Seems kinda typical for us to defer to us collectors. Balls to that.
DJdeadlyDALEK
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Good good good. They haven't beaten us to it yet, then. I thought they might've when I saw they were talking about these near the beginning of this year
DJdeadlyDALEK
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Lol Love it! Lemme know what the 'mericans say to that
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I said it here first haha.
When I was dealing with the French dealers about 3 months ago, we were calling them 91/30/43's. So it's nothing new LOL... but I think there must be an actual factory designation. Probably not 91/30/43.
Edit: There we go, thanks Ratnik
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Edit: There we go, thanks Ratnik
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- East of Home, West of the Rest
Then that is what we should stick to. 91/30 Semin
Wait. What the hell is Semin in Russian?
Edit. Found it. Semin is the name of the guy who designed the bayonet.
