Finger splice stock on 1932 Ishevsk

[rjmt]

Finally removed the cosmoline on my 2nd Mosin from Big 5
found the last 6" of the stock up front is a replacement section with a finger splice
I have read this was common on Finn Mosins, but has anyone seen this on a Russian 91/30?

will take a 12 ga brush and Hoope's #9 to the receiver today - lots of shellac in there and has a very hard recocking action

rjmt

[Junk Yard Dog]

[Lee-online]

Cool feature you don't see too often on Russian stocked rifles. I saw one last year and passed on it and haven't seen one since. It too was spliced with a pointed finger splice at the last 6 inches.

[redspoon]

Sweet, is it a zigzag/pool cue splice? If so that's way further toward the muzzle than I've ever seen one. Usually their back at the rear sight like the one I have here.

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[rjmt]

just like that, but 6" back from muzzle
as soon as I learn how to post photos, I'll upload one

rjmt

[djbuck1]

[neal45]

That is usually considered a Russian splice. The Finn fore end splice is much different.

[rjmt]

looking at he precision of the woodwork, it amazes me that the Russian's would spend this much time and talent in war time to splice a stock
would have been easier to restock the rifle - and the Russians were never short on Birch

[bunkysdad]

I love these zig zag splices. I should have bought the only one I have ever found. It was sitting on the shelf at Cabelas but I wasn't spending 169.95 for it.

[Lee-online]

I saw one at a local gun shop, he has one mosin on the rack I was looking at, and a few more in the boxes. He pulled them all out and the last one has that zig zag splice about 6 inches from the muzzle. At the time I thought, cool. I like buying repaired stocks but passed at the time. I went back a few weeks later and it was gone.

I keep looking but haven't seen any.

[Miller Tyme]

I know someone on here that will have a nice one in the not to distant future ( )

[fintowin]

I saw one at a local gun shop, he has one mosin on the rack I was looking at, and a few more in the boxes. He pulled them all out and the last one has that zig zag splice about 6 inches from the muzzle. At the time I thought, cool. I like buying repaired stocks but passed at the time. I went back a few weeks later and it was gone.

I keep looking but haven't seen any.

I had a similar experience. I haven't seen another one yet, either.

[racerguy00]

I like the escutcheon combos you can find on the ones spliced behind the rear band. I had one with screwed in ones on the butt and pressed in ones on the forearm.

[cctc2006]

I just picked this 1925 Izhevsk up last week with Prewar rear and wartime front escutcheons.... Pretty cool merger of two stocks from different eras...

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice find, the cool item here is the splice, that combination of escutcheons can be found on regular no splice stocks also. They phased out the old escutcheons as supply's of the old parts ran out, so you will find that mix on some stocks.

[Pahtu]

I had one, several years ago & then sold it off to a member here ;), they are pretty uncommon and always a treat to see when they do show up.

Pahtu.

[qz2026]

My 91/30 splice is at the muzzle end and my M-44 is up by the receiver. The 91/30 retained it's pre war escutcheons front and back. The Russians did a very good job with these splices.

[SA1911a1]

looking at he precision of the woodwork, it amazes me that the Russian's would spend this much time and talent in war time to splice a stock
would have been easier to restock the rifle - and the Russians were never short on Birch

If set up with the right jig and tool it would only take seconds to cut the pieces. It is not like it was done with a coping saw.

[Pahtu]

My 91/30 splice is at the muzzle end and my M-44 is up by the receiver. The 91/30 retained it's pre war escutcheons front and back. The Russians did a very good job with these splices.

I agree, the work is top notch!

I have seen quite a few of these spliced Soviet stocks over the years....till today, all were 91-30s....don't remember ever seeing a spliced M44 stock! Very cool!

Pahtu.

[B24]

Reminds me of what the body shops do with cars, find one read ended and another of the same model
with front end damage and marry the two. If I remember correctly they refer to it as a clip. A guy I once
worked with had a brother to wreck a car that this had been done to. He hit a concrete bridge railing, the
car was really messed up but the welds held where the two halves were put together.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, no parts were wasted. Take two,three or more guns
and make one.