1944 Izhevsk sniper with a 8 mark?????
1944 Izhevsk sniper with a 8 mark?????
Have any of you seen or know the meaning of an 8 stamped dead center on the top of a 1944 Izhevsk sniper
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Jumperwire
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Re: 1944 Izhevsk sniper with a 8 mark?????
Pictures would help, but I don't recall ever seeing a stamp like that
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Re: 1944 Izhevsk sniper with a 8 mark?????
Nothing that sounds familiar to me.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Re: 1944 Izhevsk sniper with a 8 mark?????
Could be some kind of refurb marking (most likely), or some kind of unit, agency, or political jurisdiction marking (less likely) like the MO marking and double date that a lot of folks mistakenly believe means the rifle was issued to the Soviet Ministry of Defense. There are a lot of markings, letters, numbers, etc. that are found on Mosins that we don't have a clue as to what they stand for.
No real way to attempt to determine anything further without a photo.
No real way to attempt to determine anything further without a photo.