Mosin m44.... Dewat?

[Mightymoose410]

About a month ago I picked a Chinese mosin m44, At the time I did not look rifle very closely as it was a package deal with 2 others I really wanted so it came home with me any way.
Fast forward to today and I finely pull it out for a closer inspection and I notice a hole drilled in the chamber... Can any one help shed some light as to why?
Checked head space and all is on order. At first I thought I may have been decommissioned due to head space issues, but that does not seem to be the case. Closes 50% on no-go gauge View attachment 215229

 

[Juster]

Why could be a drill rifle.

 

[Mightymoose410]

My thoughts as well, but firing pin has not been clipped as done on most drill rifles. But then again not the matching bolt either

 

[buffdog]

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Another fine example of Chinese quality control?

Seriously, I would venture that this is a drill rifle, possibly for younger people at schools. Usually the firing pin has been ground off, but in this case, with a non-matching bolt, it seems that a different bolt has been substituted.

At this point, you probably have four choices:

1- Keep it as a Dewat example
2-Sell it as a Dewat
3-Change the barrel ( a WTB on the EE )
4-Donate it or sell it to someone who teaches the Hunter-Safety Course

If it is sold as a Dewat, I think I would grind off the firing pin to be certain that someone could not put a live cartridge in it and pull the trigger.

 

[calvin in keoma]

If you want I could sell you that old finn cub mosin that I have, it has the same barrel length as an M44.

You could combine the two and have a working gun.

Of course, it would be a mixmaster. And it would lose some collector value if you did that.

 

[sidvicious]

I know of a bolt-less polish m44 if you’re looking

 

[Surplus1]

I think I have a polish barrel at home