The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Recently acquired a Tula arsenal 91/30, very clean "R Guns" Carpentersville with serial number XE and three digits - have never seen XE before. Anyone know if that is significant? Bolt matches, butt matches and trigger group matches, stock has "2" just above the top screw in the butt plate

I have some with Cyrillic X, with an extra line down the middle, almost an astrix.....SBP

ХЕ are Russian letters. Just another block of serial numbers.

Congrats. The older R Guns imports are some of the cleanest refurbs.

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I recently posted some pics of my early import Tula 1936. It is an odd mix of Izhevsk and Tula parts. I thought for years, it was mostly original, but I've learned through this Board that it's just a mishmash of parts, no doubt thrown together by Century, the original importer...

redeuce wrote:Congrats. The older R Guns imports are some of the cleanest refurbs.

With a import mark big enough for a billboard

JER wrote:I recently posted some pics of my early import Tula 1936. It is an odd mix of Izhevsk and Tula parts. I thought for years, it was mostly original, but I've learned through this Board that it's just a mishmash of parts, no doubt thrown together by Century, the original importer...

More than likely put together by Ivan in a post war refurb.

joe7170 wrote:

redeuce wrote:Congrats. The older R Guns imports are some of the cleanest refurbs.

With a import mark big enough for a billboard

The older R Guns imports had a small Mark at the wood line. R Guns C'Ville, Il

steelbuttplate wrote:I have some with Cyrillic X, with an extra line down the middle, almost an astrix.....SBP

That letter is pronounced "ZSCH", a soft Z.

I'll get some pics posted as soon as I remove the scope mount some dumbass put on the receiver.

JIMPARKS wrote:I'll get some pics posted as soon as I remove the scope mount some dumbass put on the receiver.

Hope they didn't drill and tap it.