Well finally my first (and probably last) gun from the USA arrived. Now the import fees are just prohibitive so I am lucky to have gotten in before the changes. It is a Soviet Mosin trainer in .22LR produced in the Polish Soviet Republic in the early 50s and used until the 1980s. It is a purpose-built rifle and not a modification of a full size Mosin Nagant. It is just as heavy and bulky as the full size rifle however. It has a matching bolt, receiver (barrel), buttplate, and extractor tray. No other parts were serialed. The bolt cocks on CLOSING instead of opening and there is a Mauser style wing safety. This harkens back to the Polish Mauser Mosin hybrids used before the Second World War!
The barrel is nice and shiny with one spot of pitting and nice rifling. The stock is oil-finished beech.
This is perhaps the only WZ-48 registered in Canada. They were brought into the USA in large numbers and have all been purchased. Prices in the US are rising rapidly. For approximately $700.00, I have become a proud new owner. This is much much more than one would pay in the US, but since I am a collector of the .22 trainers, I justified the expense!
Without further adieu, these are some pics I snapped myself:
The barrel is nice and shiny with one spot of pitting and nice rifling. The stock is oil-finished beech.
This is perhaps the only WZ-48 registered in Canada. They were brought into the USA in large numbers and have all been purchased. Prices in the US are rising rapidly. For approximately $700.00, I have become a proud new owner. This is much much more than one would pay in the US, but since I am a collector of the .22 trainers, I justified the expense!
Without further adieu, these are some pics I snapped myself:
