Is this a Hungarian M-44?

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Murmeli
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Is this a Hungarian M-44?

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Hello
I am not sure if I have correctly identified my new Mosin nagant as a freshman.
Think this is a Hungarian M-44 from 1952 but from too little experience to say that for sure
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It is

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Thank you for the confirmation..
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It has an 02, it is Hungarian.
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The crest between the serial # and the 1952 is also an indicator
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?

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Is marked with 0.2 in several places...
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Yup it is, and a good one too.
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That's what you look for in a Hungarian. The internals and magazine internals should also be stamped. I think that somewhere I made a picture of all the Hungarian matching points. Is the gun matching?
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Barrel, Bolt, Bottom plate and piston plate match the serial number ....
The bolt lacks the AI ​​prefix
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Likely a refurbishment out of Cugir, Romania... That would explain the restamped bolt. There are probably other markings that I haven't found yet, but this pretty much covers what I look for...
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The bolt is stamped several times with 0.2
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There are 02 marks everywhere. Username 7x57 has a post with what all the 02 marked parts should be and which parts should be numbered

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Thank you dismantle it in Ruge and will check it ...
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Was not that difficult a Mosin apart .... :chuckles:
Have checked all 0.2 markings. One is missing on the 0.2 on the rear sight.
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What a shame! Good enough... You can always send it to me if displeased... :lol: BTW, it's "02" not 0.2. I believe 02 was the Warsaw Pack country code assigned to Hungary. 11 for Poland. Romania just copied (almost) the Izhevsk stamp and called it a day...
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?

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May still stay with me :pointdown:
02 is the Eastern bloc country code for Hungary and "Circle B" stands for Budapest Arsenal.
But it's true 02 and not 0.2 sorry...
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