The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

A big number of SVT 40s were captured and used by the Nazis. Have any shown up here other than bring backs? As far as Im aware the SMALL handful of legitimate Nazi captures have all been found in the US, none of them as far as Im aware up here. Plus they are easily faked now with just about every o...

Thanks guys she definitely is the nicest SVT Ive seen. Most of what Ive seen have been post war refurbs (95% of them actually) and the very VERY occasional Finn capture. These are what are referred to as "old" imports up here, from my knowledge theyve been here longer than most SVTs in the...

Might not be a Mosin but is fighting comrade, the now crown jewel of my meager collection: a VERY lightly refurb'ed 1943 Tula SVT40 "refurbished" in Bulgaria. This one stands out from the rest up here in the frozen north in that the only parts that appear to not be original to the rifle ar...

P.S. post: I just took a look at the front sight and its NOT shimmed in place, that looks like metal thats been struck with something steel or other metal and taken off the finish.

Was also given this link by the previous owner, the photos are down but it is the rifle in question. It was made clear pretty early in to it that it was NOT a Finn capture as the URL title suggests. Korean war trophy (Canada w/ no import or refurb marks), Balkan, and quick WW2 refinish are all sugge...

So far I don't see any reason for that to be untrue, which is actually fairly interesting because it wasn't done on this side of the pond then. The guy I got it from buys everything from an importer here in Canada, he gets special first dibs pick of everything that comes in from Europe Im guessing. ...

There are some pics of the top of the barrel shank in the first post and I didnt notice any unusual or different markings compared to my other '43 on the bottom of the shank, I could still get some pictures though if it would help anything? This thing is put together with more of a mix of old and ne...

Hey guys, sorry for the late reesponse but I got back in to town yesterday and only just had a chance to tear it down now. Here are some additional pics of some markings Ive never seen before,on my Mosins at least. Probably just inspection markings that the meaning has been lost. And as for the comm...

I'm actually out of town right now, I got it probably 6 hours before I left and didn't get a chance to tear it down. When I get home I definitely will post more pics. The barrel and bore were probably 5/10 overall if that helps anything, far from the mirror shine my other refurbs are.

Thats a bummer, I paid significantly less than a regular refurb 91/30 so all in all Im not upset. Any idea on the front sight post? It looks Finnish or SCW -esque but could it just be something some bubba added after the fact? This is part of why I love Mosins, even between refurb 91/30's theres sti...

Hey everybody.

Canadian collector here. Various Soviet weaponry but Mosins: 1942 PU, 1945 M44, 2 1942/1943 91/30's and just acquired a Balkan refurb 91/30. Cheers everyone and hope to learn everything I can.

Hey guys, New user here, long time lurker. I just bought another 91/30 and have a few questions about it I wanted to see if anyone here could answer. Its a Balkan 91/30 and I was wondering if anyone here could shed some more light on it. Is there anyway to tell which Balkan country it was used by or...