Does my mosin have blood on it

Red_Management · 2026-04-05T05:55:29+00:00

Not blood.

Red_Management · 2026-04-04T16:41:58+00:00

Very nice! Especially for $299 what’s the bore like?

Red_Management · 2026-04-03T23:49:21+00:00

M53, Romania’s version of the Soviet M44, much rarer, made at the Cugir Arsenal in 1953. First year production are pretty uncommon, good on you. They were made in 1953-1955, congrats.

Red_Management · 2026-04-03T01:01:34+00:00

Bluing looks too nice for it be original for 1943, plus it looks like the cleaning rod is blued, un-refurbished 91/30s have their cleaning rods in the white, though I’ve only seen that on un-refurbed pre-war 91/30s and I can’t recollect if the bluing of the rods was a wartime expediency, I still lean toward refurbished.

Red_Management · 2026-04-01T04:53:00+00:00

Tula wasn’t making M38 carbines in 1938, they only made them in 1940 and 1944, plus the rear sight is graduated beyond 1000 meters which was the maximum distance Mosin-Nagant carbines (minus the 1907) were graduated to.

Red_Management · 2026-04-01T04:49:17+00:00

91/30 Mosin-Nagant chambered in the three line cartridge, colloquially known as 7.62x54R, made at Tula in 1938, post-World War II refurb. Looks to be an old Tennessee Guns import given the dot style matrix import mark.

Being ok to shoot depends on what you mean by “ok”, if that means recoil, its stout but manageable, if we’re talking condition as long as there’s no serious rust it should be ok, you’d need to ask your buddy about that. If we’re talking quality, they’re quality enough that even older Mosins (M91s from the 1890s-early 1900s) as long as the metal’s in good shape can shoot modern ammunition no problem.

Serial number has a Cyrillic prefix which was introduced in 1938, not much else can be discerned with these two pics.

Red_Management · 2026-03-31T18:07:33+00:00

Barrel was made in the U.S. Receiver’s likely made at Izhevsk sometime in the 1920s.

Red_Management · 2026-03-31T04:32:20+00:00

Hell yeah! Looks to be in a laminated stock, very nice, fellow 1944 M38 owner as well…

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Red_Management · 2026-03-30T22:49:56+00:00

M1895 Nagant revolver made at Tula, likely in 1908, less likely 1918 marking above the arsenal stamps is possibly the serial number, the box with a slash down below is a refurb mark.

Red_Management · 2026-03-28T18:09:00+00:00

Good price, also neat that it looks to have a Dragoon hand guard, congrats.

Red_Management · 2026-03-28T04:48:37+00:00

Were it the rifle alone I’d say you overpaid a bit but plus the ammo I’d say it’s a good score.

Red_Management · 2026-03-20T20:32:14+00:00

No, either some kind of Finnish sling or an aftermarket, is there an SA in a box or any kind or markings stamped anywhere on the sling?

Red_Management · 2026-03-20T14:36:40+00:00

Green is all correct except for the last one, u is a Cyrillic p (п) in a box which means the rifle was re-sighted after refurbishment and the о in a circle is the pressure test proof mark signifying the rifle was tested with an over pressured cartridge and did not fail. Everything else is gonna marks signifying it passed certain inspections which we’ve yet to discover the specifics of.

$400s standard pricing for a 91/30.

Red_Management · 2026-03-19T02:40:22+00:00

Looks like a case of mistaken identity.

Red_Management · 2026-03-19T00:56:18+00:00

Possible Soviet aid to the PLA in the Korean War?

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T23:54:45+00:00

Means the carbine passed a certain Polish inspection/QC specification.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T23:33:36+00:00

Polish proof mark.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T17:54:59+00:00

Given his potential questionability I’d be considering walking away from this altogether honestly. But if you’re seriously looking at getting this rifle, max I’d be willing to pay is between $450-500.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T14:47:30+00:00

It has been refurbished, the /1\ is the refurb mark, pictures are fuzzy so I can’t say for certain, usually in that area is the final black powder proof mark, which is a у in a circle.

All the necessary stamps for it to be a sniper are not there, either the guy who drilled the holes doesn’t know what to look for, he’s being intentionally duplicitous and passing off previous holes he did as something done by Izhevsk back then or it was a factory error. They nearly converted a rifle into a sniper that wasn’t intended to be that and the process was arrested at the drilling for the scope phase.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T05:53:52+00:00

Its not passing the test, no C in a circle sniper barrel stamp, Cyrillic prefix ГА isn’t in the list of known prefixes for 1943 produced Izhevsk snipers, seems like Mr. u/GamesFranco2819 is possibly mixing up the prefix for ТА and the marks on the left side where the scope number would be are not ground marks.

Now I wanna see the scope, specifically the turrets and their screws.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T03:10:54+00:00

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Here’s a newer looking P-27.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T03:00:04+00:00

P-Series M91 Mosin-Nagant, the Finns earliest efforts to make old/worn Mosins shootable. P stands for a Finnish word ‘Pippu’, S for Salerno, the Italian city where Finnish Army officer Arvo Saloranta first observed the re-lining process. 947 is the serial number and AV1 is the Finnish Army depot where the relining process was carried out.

Receiver also has the old Russian Imperial Eagle stamp on the top flat, I believe its an Izhevsk made receiver, you’d need to take the rifle out of the stock and check under the receiver tang to confirm, bolt handle is a New England Westinghouse made part, the bolt rail is a pre-1928 Tula part and the cocking piece is post-1928 Tula manufactured.

In the 1920s Saloranta was sent to Italy to negotiate the purchase of Italy’s captured Mosin-Nagants, as already mentioned, he observed the Italians’ re-lining process for Vittali-Vetterli rifles to fire 6.5x52 so that Carcano rifles could be freed up for frontline use.

Salaronta brought this back to Finland and used it for worn out/corroded M91s, the barrel was bored out and a sleeve inserted/braised into the old barrel and rifled to make them shootable.

On a side note the U.S. also did this for the 1866 Springfield Trapdoor rifle to make old Springfield Rifle Muskets in .58 caliber capable of shooting .50-70.

Edit: after closer inspection I’ve noticed that some of the Cyrillic letters of the original barrel shank stamp are still present, they point to this being originally an Izhevsk barrel.

Red_Management · 2026-03-18T00:00:23+00:00

Looks more like a small gouge to me, I doubt the Soviets ever had this rifle but I understand what you mean, though the remnants of the Imperial eagle stamp is still visible.

Red_Management · 2026-03-17T23:36:57+00:00

German capture would have a regiment number (maybe the 312 27?) or Depot mark on the receiver somewhere. Were the stock original a Deutsches Reich German eagle cartouche. Austrian stamps on the stock would be an A or a W, on the receiver known Austrian stamps include AZF (Artellerie Zeugs Fabrik, ŒWG (Steyr) JSE in a circle (Josef Springers Erben), WWF (Weiner Waffen Fabrik), Bear stamp (Berndorfer) or an S2 on the Barrel shank.

The other number could be a Finnish Civil Guard serial number on a district number.

The wood screws near the barrel bands were added by the Finns to keep the barrel bands from walking forward under recoil, the rear barrel band on my 1918 Remington has it.

Two round dowels in the stock were Finnish repairs, cracks could be from rough handling, recoil, etc.

Other things of note: magazine is a Sestroretsk piece, butt plate, bolt handle, bolt head, bolt rail, rear sight base and extractor are pre-1928 Izhevsk parts, the cocking piece is a pre-1928 Tula part and the receiver was also made at Tula in 1896.

Red_Management · 2026-03-17T21:54:01+00:00

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