Marks on a P-26 stock. Comments?

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Hello!
I finally got a very nice P-26 on CGN's EE forums, thanks to Tom Hunt :).

Stock is black walnut; looks like one from an "English Contract" N.E.W. Mosin.
Underside of action's rear tang shows it is an 1917 Sestroyetsk. Stock shows the usual brass shimming by the Finn armorers.
While cleaning and inspecting, I spotted some faint marks near the comb of the stock.
Whaddaya think?

OK, here's the rest of the pics.
I searched for that P-26 for about 8 years. It'll fit well with my two other P-27 (pics pending), one blued, the other one in the white.
Comments following. For the moment, enjoy!


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BARREL ROOT

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BOLT

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REAR SIGHT

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ACTION'S UNDERSIDE

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SHIMMING

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UNKNOWN STOCK MARK

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AND THE SURPRISE (CALENDAR, MAYBE?)

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PP.:dancingbanana:
 
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Finnish Armorers playing cards at the Depot and using rifle stock to keep score ?
 
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The unknown stock mark is a Russian inspection/acceptance cartouche from the rifle's imperial days.

The receiver tang does not look Sestroryetsk to me, and if it were, it would be uncommon since the factory closed in 1917. Looks more like a Tula to me. Might be a partially struck early Tula hammer next to the 9.
 
Claven2 said:
The unknown stock mark is a Russian inspection/acceptance cartouche from the rifle's imperial days.

The receiver tang does not look Sestroryetsk to me, and if it were, it would be uncommon since the factory closed in 1917. Looks more like a Tula to me. Might be a partially struck early Tula hammer next to the 9.
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Funny. I thought it to be Sestroyetsk's long penned arrow.
The factory was closed somewhere AFTER 1917 by inspectors of the new red administration but it took some time to do it and transfer the production numbers to the other arsenals.
The fact that Sestroyestk was at first under the prince Volkonsky family's ferrule is perhaps one of the reasons they closed it, as a measure of retaliation against all the Czar's suite. It almost closed the town, too.
PP.
 
The receiver does look like a Sestroryetsk marked piece to me, very similar to my 1917 dated Sestroryetsk M1891.
 
Wow, very nice piece of history you have there (and quite clean too!!).

That is one nice stock, made me think it was a Russian made one until I looked at your description. Receiver was made in 1917 but not sure who made it.

I have a 1917 Sestroryetsk but I will have to disassemble her to get a shot of the receiver tang for comparison.
 
ok, I think I can see it now, but it's certainly not a very distinct arrow - I had to stare at it a while!

I was thinking it was a partially stamped hammer similar to this:

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The sestroryetsk arrow is usually pretty distinct, like this:
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Or this:
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And for reference, since they always look a little odd, here is a Chatellerault receiver tang (it was on a Tikka M91 I used to have):
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You also see these sometimes with a 4 digit date or a circle with a letter inside :)
 
On second glance, and comparison to mine, it does indeed look like a 1917 Sestroryetsk receiver on your P26. The faint arrow is visible just beside the "9".

Here is a shot from mine for comparison:

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ArtyMan said:
Well gents it seems our 1917 Sestryoryetsk marked receivers all have pretty poor stamps! mine are quite crooked!
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You need to show some compassion: they had been making Mosins for the Czar all the time and the Reds are coming with their smug-faced inpectors, telling them they will soon be closed :kickInTheNuts:... I guess the stamping got a bit less careful...
PP.
 
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