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Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 3:04 pm
by Murmeli
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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Greetings Murmeli
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 3:07 pm
by capt14k
It is
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 8:22 pm
by Murmeli
Thank you for the confirmation..
Greetings Murmeli
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 9:01 pm
by millman
It has an 02, it is Hungarian.
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 11:57 am
by Ironnewt
The crest between the serial # and the 1952 is also an indicator
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:25 pm
by Murmeli
Is marked with 0.2 in several places...
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 7:48 pm
by Longcolt44
Yup it is, and a good one too.
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 7:28 am
by qz2026
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?
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 8:30 am
by Murmeli
Barrel, Bolt, Bottom plate and piston plate match the serial number ....
The bolt lacks the AI prefix
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 9:03 am
by qz2026
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...
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 9:59 am
by Murmeli
The bolt is stamped several times with 0.2
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 10:18 am
by capt14k
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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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 8:44 am
by Murmeli
Thank you dismantle it in Ruge and will check it ...
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 2:44 pm
by Murmeli
Was not that difficult a Mosin apart ....
Have checked all 0.2 markings. One is missing on the 0.2 on the rear sight.
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Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 5:32 pm
by qz2026
What a shame! Good enough... You can always send it to me if displeased...
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...
Re: Is this a Hungarian M-44?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 6:39 pm
by Murmeli
May still stay with me
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...