Because I walked out with a rifle I didn't plan to buy. It's a real beauty anyways!
These words translate to:
Foremost
Ordnance
Factory
(of the) USSR
at Tula
A little bit of info now. A few days ago a friend and I decided to go into a LGS to kill some time and just look around. Upon entering we discovered a crate of mosin nagants they had on the floor for $200 each. Both of us thought no big deal probably just regular ol' M91/30's or something. After looking closer we discovered they were all 1920's dated hex receivers! Long story short... we both walked out with one. I specifically looked for both the oldest one I could find, and a Tula since I didn't have any mosins made at Tula. This is my third mosin nagant now (already have an M44 and M91/30 that is a project rifle).
Now a little about the rifle. I am not as knowledgeable about these as some of you on here are, but I believe this is an ex-dragoon? If I understand correctly from 7.62x54r.net, the sights are changed, and the stock is a 91/30 stock, but otherwise everything else is the same as a dragoon? All the serial numbers match on it too with the exception of the magazine.
The stock I did end up refinishing partly because it was pretty badly chipped, and partly because it was absolutely caked in cosmoline which I couldn't get off without chipping it further. I don't think it will hurt the value too much as I don't think it's the original stock, and I don't ever plan on selling this rifle anyways. Everything else on the rifle is in pristine shape though; It doesn't even have a speck of rust which is owed to being properly stored with cosmoline. Even the bore and rifling are still in pretty decent shape for a rifle this old.
Anyways, just wanted to share this pretty amazing find for a pretty amazing price. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet; I can't imagine it's any different than my other two anyways.
These words translate to:
Foremost
Ordnance
Factory
(of the) USSR
at Tula
A little bit of info now. A few days ago a friend and I decided to go into a LGS to kill some time and just look around. Upon entering we discovered a crate of mosin nagants they had on the floor for $200 each. Both of us thought no big deal probably just regular ol' M91/30's or something. After looking closer we discovered they were all 1920's dated hex receivers! Long story short... we both walked out with one. I specifically looked for both the oldest one I could find, and a Tula since I didn't have any mosins made at Tula. This is my third mosin nagant now (already have an M44 and M91/30 that is a project rifle).
Now a little about the rifle. I am not as knowledgeable about these as some of you on here are, but I believe this is an ex-dragoon? If I understand correctly from 7.62x54r.net, the sights are changed, and the stock is a 91/30 stock, but otherwise everything else is the same as a dragoon? All the serial numbers match on it too with the exception of the magazine.
The stock I did end up refinishing partly because it was pretty badly chipped, and partly because it was absolutely caked in cosmoline which I couldn't get off without chipping it further. I don't think it will hurt the value too much as I don't think it's the original stock, and I don't ever plan on selling this rifle anyways. Everything else on the rifle is in pristine shape though; It doesn't even have a speck of rust which is owed to being properly stored with cosmoline. Even the bore and rifling are still in pretty decent shape for a rifle this old.
Anyways, just wanted to share this pretty amazing find for a pretty amazing price. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet; I can't imagine it's any different than my other two anyways.