The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

When I see grind marks on the bolt handle I always assume force matched refurb. That was questioned on Gunboards and much of the consensus was that it was a factory mistake that was corrected on the spot, without taking the time to machine nicely over the grind marks, then restamp. Which is totally...

Looks like factory matching to me. Fonts seem to match. Bolt was ground then restamped in the original font. Factory oops and corrected? Nice one. Don't look matching to me :wink: Look at the second digit. What looks like a Y. Notice the barrel serial number (Y) is nice and square, but the bottom t...

Its cool that it's all matching numbers, it looks a bit rough... The machining looks pretty course, and the finish on the gun stock looks a bit beat up- The symbol on the buttstock is very cool though, and I bet if you clean it up a bit, it will be a great shooter, and a cool one for your collectio...

Hi all, I'd like to share my new purchase. It's a 1943 Izhevsk 91/30, original full factory matching, including bayonet. I'd appreciate all your thoughts on it!