Special thanks to Empire These rifles were mainly produced from defective parts, they were not functional - it was not possible to fire them. According to the existinginstructions, it was prohibited to disassemble the barrel and receiver, all rifles that required barrel replacement were sent to the factories. It is not interchangeable with other Mosins. Struck and re-numbered front sight bladeheight. The owner, and the site contributors and site host are The Izhevsk factory used another marking - capital C in a circle, which was stamped on the front part of the barrel shank. There are rifles andcarbines marked with another marking (they were for sure) but they still needto be discovered. The owner, Onthe left - pre 1934 single letter/number marking, the rest are 1934 and later proofmarks. TheTula factory did not use that marking and did not have its own. Production began in 1892 at the ordnance factories of Tula Arsenal, Izhevsk Arsenal and at Sestroryetsk Arsenal. arsenal marks, you will find other marks or Mar 31, 2010. sections, articles, photos, or information from this site may be used The Type 53 is a Chinese bolt-action rifle. and SKY (Sako), M28/30 1933 - The more commonly encountered, Including marks from Chatellerault, Remington, and New England Westinghouse, Including a few with uncertain meanings but obvious Finnish origin. In 1928 thestamping onthe receiver was eliminated, the stamp onthe stock was modified, circular . letters were added (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic). Izhevsk - 1907/1917 - First Pattern - 4,400 - Second Pattern - 300,000. site contributor shall not be held responsible for any Factories always produced large numbers of replacement parts (and stocks also), which were used by repair depots and field armourers during a rifles maintenance, repair and refurbishment. View PDF. It means that a rifle with such a marking was initially a bullet velocity test rifle, and was produced with higher tolerance (with half decreased allowed deviations in parts sizes during production). 1918, M91 1918 - Some models were refitted with heavier forestocks while retaining the Soviet rear, some received all new stocks. : Nauka, 1988. (Photo: Evan Duffy) The Mosin-Nagant M44 carbine is a derivative of Russia's battle . Those markings are O and letters in a circle (but not those that are stamped on the barrel shank), these markingsmean "" (tested) and "" (pressure). The old range Russian range markings had been marked in left side of the rear sight and have markings 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 (indicating hundreds of arschen / arsin) - often these markings were tooled over to cancel them. The MosinNagant Model 1891/30 was modified and adapted as a sniper rifle from 1932 onwards, first with mounts and scopes from Germany then with domestic designs (PE, PEM); from 1942 it was issued with 3.5-power PU fixed focus scopes. The "hex" receiver was changed to a round receiver. 1938, M91/30 1938 - * Accuracy test shooting done at factories was different from the way it was done during field tests. It is interesting to note that before 1943, these markings were stamped this way only on Izhevsk rifles/carbines, Tula rifles had stamps only on stocks. The hammer and sickle indicates this example was made at Izhvesk armory. [12] The new Mosin rifles would replace the Berdan rifles then in use by the Russian army. Finland produced several variants of the MosinNagant, all of them manufactured using the receivers of Russian-made, American-made, French-made or (later) Soviet-made rifles. The telescopes were somewhat similar to those used on US hunting rifles at that time. Small factory emblems were star without an arrow for Tula, and triangle with arrow for Izhevsk. Thesame hammer was used onthe stock. Receiver markings.JPG. During fieldtests, shooting was done at a 100 meter distance, with the rear sightset to 300 meters. This clearly indicates that rifle was not tested at the factory, and that the barrel and receiver, when they left the factory, were not a partof the complete rifle. This was done so that quality control department workers and military representatives were able to find out who was responsible for a defective part or incorrect assembly. Onbarrels, initially it was stamped in the rear sight base area or further to the front sight area (onthe bottom). WTB - 23" Vepr in 7.62x54r. Untilthe end of the 1930's the serial number was stamped after rifles wereaccepted by a military representative. However, the Mosin's lugs lock in the horizontal position, whereas the Mauser locks vertically. It shows the ID of each marking (how it was marked in the parts drawings) and a sample of how the marking should look. Parts that required serial numbers at assembly, were issued unnumbered. Like most earlier milsurp rifles produced before WW1, they are long. . They are: 1) Main markings that were present in production drawings. ) However, in spite of the payment, Nagant attempted to use the situation for publicity, resulting in the name "MosinNagant" appearing in the Western press. The American made Mosin Nagant rifles are a unique piece of firearms history. Military representatives controlled quality of the produced firearms/parts. Onthe left - pressure test marking on the receiver, on the right - test marking on a bayonet (previously a in circle marking was used). Red army World War II rifles.JPG. 8/13/2019 Mosin Nagant Rifle Guide to Proofs and Markings. Those problems were solved by Russian scientists and engineers (the smokeless powder, for instance, was produced by Dmitri Mendeleev himself). Sample of factory matching serial numbers. The difference from the black powder/VD cartridge test (which was only related to barrel strength), was that the"O in circle test" was supposed to check how well the bolt group interacts with the receiver. In 1889, three rifles were submitted for evaluation: Captain Sergei Ivanovich Mosin of the imperial army submitted his "3-line" caliber (.30 cal, 7.62 mm) rifle; Belgian designer Lon Nagant submitted a "3.5-line" (.35 caliber, 9mm) design; and a Captain Zinoviev submitted another "3-line" design (1 "line" = .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}110in or 2.54mm, thus 3 lines = 7.62mm). One of the most famous markings of this kind is the so called "sniper" marking. This site is protected under US and These rifles are less common and regarded as generally more desirable by collectors. Izhevsk markings in Cyrillic . The miscellaneous markings on mosins are usually location of manufacture of the individual part, proof markings, inspection markings and acceptance markings for various reasons. The M27 is an uncommon Finnish rifle these days due to the attrition resulting from its use through three wars. The arsenal marks of Mosin Nagants are found on the barrel just forward of the top of the receiver and right behind the rear sight. Unlike the 07, 38, 91/38 and 91/59 this carbine is fitted with a side folding bayonet. Its purpose is to aid shooting the Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifles and carbines (M38, M44). If the bolt is shiny silver chrome its been rearsenaled. Circle U -- unknown Russian mark. information on import marks by various companies over the years, Finnish Marked Russian and Soviet At the moment documents that verify this for sure havenot been discovered. " in oval" black powder test marking is used instead of VD cartridge test typical for that period. 1920, M91 1920 - 1918, M91 1892 - In addition, in 1938 a carbine version of the MosinNagant, the M38, was issued. Like the Mauser, the Mosin uses a blade ejector mounted in the receiver. Later this was done by repair depots of the Main Artillery Directorate. 483 KB. I have not been However, many are known and they often reveal a lot about the individual rifle. For other uses, see, MosinNagant M1891 Dragoon from the collections at the, Weapons and military equipment designed or licence-manufactured in Hungary, , there are parts in this newly created design, invented by Colonel Rogovtzev, by Lt.-General Chagin's Commission, Captain Mosin and small-arms manufacturer Nagant, therefore it is only fair to call it the, Civil War, modernization, and wars with Finland, 1891/30- , , " " 1430 25.11.2003 [Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "On the organization of civil service activities of the State Protection Service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine" No. Henceforth, the new Bolshevik government of Vladimir Lenin cancelled payments to the American companies manufacturing the MosinNagant (Russia had not paid for the order at any time throughout the Great War). With the fall of the Iron Curtain, a large quantity of MosinNagants have found their way onto markets outside of Russia as collectibles and hunting rifles. These rifles were used at ammunition factories. 2015. In case of an urgent need they could be quickly assembled to a complete rifle configuration. without the written permission of the owner and the various site One of them was a test with two strengthened cartridges (324 MPa pressure). All photos that are not credited are property of this MosinNagants have been exported from Finland since the 1960s as its military modernized and decommissioned the rifles. As mentioned in the general information, there are several groups of factory markings. ], Tsypkin G. V. Ethiopia in the anti-colonial wars. All in the span of a few, perplexingly short years. Up to the mid 1930's, rifles that were in service and required overhaul were repaired by the factories. The MosinNagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazinefed military rifle. Only since 1924 the rifle was officially named "Mosin's rifle" in the USSR, although some variants were still known only by their year of origin.[10]. uncertain meanings but obvious Finnish origin, Other Country's Mosin Nagant MarksPoland, Hungary, Not all barrels with such markings were used on sniper rifles,it is possible to see regular rifles with sniper grade barrels without mounts and scopes in standard 91/30 configuration, The Tula factory started to use specific marking for sniper grade barrels in 1934. Mosin-Nagant m/91 infantry rifle proved to be quite decent rifle in Finnish use, although also somewhat long, heavy and . 22/216. Photo courtesy of Ryan Ellott. Production yearstamp can alsohave some differences - sometimes a shortened abbreviation for year "" ("") was stamped, sometimes not, sometimes it had the dot after, sometimes not. Afactory matching rifle font should look the same on all parts (however because of the different angles of the application of the stamp, small visual differences are possible). SKY -- Finland Civil Guard mark. 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The OO marking was replaced with an "O in circle marking"in very early 1930's. One of the first markingswas stamped onthe barrel after it passed through a black powder pressure test. This link has already been discovered for the majority of production periods. Add to Cart. Onthe right - Imperial pattern "bow and arrow" marking (used before 1928 and early 1928), the rest are "arrow in triangle" 1928 and later markings from different years. I can try to email it to any interested parties, if interested. Turkey, United States, Yugoslavia, Unknown Mosin Nagant MarksMarks of varying rarity, The others will be unknown maker and inspector markings. OKay after going through all my cleaning, I must say I have a very beautiful Mosin Nagant. 1941 -- This is placed here as an example of the date 1941 as stamped by Finland. At the beginning of the war, the MosinNagant 91/30 was the standard issue weapon of Soviet troops. Onthe bolt cocking piece , they were onthe rear side of the cocking knob, and so on. Onthe left - 1918-1928 type, in the middle - 1928-1937 type, on the right - 1937 and later. 5. [citation needed] Mosin could not apply for a patent since he was an officer of the Russian army, and the design of the rifle was owned by the Government and had the status of a military secret.