customaquatics
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i have 1 mosin thats dated "1942" an i see that that date is real common but my other nagant is dated "1939". is there something special bout the 30's rifles?
1942 is a very common date because that's when the Soviets really got Mosin-Nagant production into full swing. When the Nazis invaded in June of 1941, the Red Army had been in the midst of an ill-fated switchover to the semi-auto rifles, which had caused curtailed Mosin-Nagant production and a general battle rifle shortage. They had first tried to convert to the SVT-38, but that rifle had serious design flaws that were discovered during trials, and it was subsequently redesigned to create the SVT-40. This caused serious delays because the production lines had to be shut down for retooling.i have 1 mosin thats dated "1942" an i see that that date is real common...
I'll assume you have a M91/30.is there something special bout the 30's rifles?
That's because many of them hit the surplus market without having to be arsenal-refurbished first.The only thing ive heard is that the Post War Mosins were a little better quality.
Nothing. The point is that the rifles have been fixed up with non-original parts. They're not the way they came from the factory originally. I didn't mean to imply that they're bad rifles.whats wrong with arsenal refurbished?
Go to this site and look at marking on the barrels.Tula (Soviet Union) Izhevsk (Soviet Union). i guess the Tula is my 1939 an the 1942 i have is the Izhevsk. im stoked i got both variants.