Romanian M44 Pictures Thread

[BlackPowderBurner]

From the bowels of my safe I bring to you my example of a Romanian M44. For those not aware, these were made at the Cugir factory (an arms manufacturer worthy of their own book) in limited numbers during the mid 50's. I happened upon this one and couldn't pass it up given the condition. Handling it beside my Polish M44 shows little difference in quality, these are very well fitted rifles and apparently rather scarce. Many were built new and repaired using imported parts from other Com Bloc countries like Poland, Hungary and the Russian SFSR so it is not uncommon to find hand guards not matching the wood of the stock and bolt parts having other countries markings on them. This example however is made of domestic parts from what I can tell. For your viewing pleasure:

 

[Element82]

Very nice!

 

[cornelunc]

Me too I have one. Is a little heavier than Russian. Is the stock the cause.

 

[Pickupyourbrass]

Beautiful!

 

[cz52]

That is a nice rifle you got there. I bought mine here on CGN about 15 years ago for $75 shipped; fun to shoot.

 

[cornelunc]

Right today a dealer listed a Polish M44 for 999$+tax. Iwill love to see the faces of peoples who complain about inflated prices on EE...

 

[collector67]

Right today a dealer listed a Polish M44 for 999$+tax. Iwill love to see the faces of peoples who complain about inflated prices on EE...

Yeah, $1000+ for a Polish M44? It’s a very nice example, but still....

 

[Rifleman1984]

Nice example you have. My first time seeing a Romanian m44.

 

[StansfieldMcElroy]

Wow, first Romanian Mosin I've seen
Great looking carbine!

 

[cz52]

There are actually quite a few Romanian M-44s in Canada, it's just that most misidentify them as Russian, as markings on top of the receiver look similar to the untrained eye.