Interesting Mosin Carbine

doubletap9

doubletap9

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Picked this up from an old gentlemen who is getting out of firearms, unfortunately due to ill health. Never had one before, but the excellent condition of all aspects of it ( carbine length, decent stock and a very sweet bore and rifling ) was a deal maker. The guy bought the piece in the early 70's in grease, first time it has seen light of day. Cleaned the bore out, scraped off most of the external cosmo, and now trying to decipher the markings to see what I have. It looks like a M-38, but the markings and dates are unusual ( to what I have found online searching ) and the receiver is hexagonal. All the metal parts have matching serials, another bonus ...


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Couldn't get a clean pic of the bore, but considering the barrel is stamped 1901, it's fantastic. Have to scare up some ammo at the next show and take it out for a spin.

If anyone can shed some light on the markings, it would be appreciated. I think it will be a great shooter. :D
 
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Stock does look awfully similar to my polish m44 I had. Most Russian stuff seems to have more of a shiny varnish to it than the flat look this has. But I'm no expert
 
I was reading about cut down 91/30 to make them carbine length. That's probably what you have. It's very interesting, wanna sell it?
 
Pulling out my copy of the Mosin-Nagant Rifle by Terence Lapin indicates this is a 91/38 reworked by Czechoslovakia. They cut down old M1891's into roughly M38 length and placed them in a M44 stock. The 'T' in a circle on the receiver is also one of the refurbishment marks used by Czechoslovakia.
 
Eaglelord17 said:
Pulling out my copy of the Mosin-Nagant Rifle by Terence Lapin indicates this is a 91/38 reworked by Czechoslovakia. They cut down old M1891's into roughly M38 length and placed them in a M44 stock. The 'T' in a circle on the receiver is also one of the refurbishment marks used by Czechoslovakia.
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Thanks for the info. I have an older book, but it wasn't matching exactly up to what I am looking at. :)
 
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