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What the heck is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:18 pm
by OldGun
I'm new to Russian Rifles. I tried to use the Mosin ID guide. It told me this 1955 40" rifle, no bayonet, 3/4" front sight should be a Soviet M91/38 carbine. The stamps however are hard to read and appear to me to be Chinese. The marks are very faint. So faint that even when I tried to fill them in with white chalk it didn't help much. No import marks.
Re: What the heck is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:58 pm
by vitaminboy
Is it a sporterized T53? Or Romanian?
Re: What the heck is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:13 pm
by millman
Sportered T53.
Re: What the heck is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:39 pm
by bunkysdad
I agree with millman. Looks like a sporterized Chinese T53. Stocks cut down, bayonet lug is gone. It's a shooting range or hunting rifle, assuming it shoots ok. I'd check the headspace or have it checked, once again assuming, that it has a bolt
Re: What the heck is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:11 pm
by Junk Yard Dog
That positively is a sporterized Chinese type 53, the Soviet version is called the M44. These have a swing out attached bayonet that has been removed from your rifle when the stock was cut back.
Re: What the heck is it?
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:26 pm
by millman
The import mark was most likely on the now missing bayonet lug.