I'm always on the lookout for interesting stuff at auction houses. Today I was at the Amoskeag auction web site and found they have a very rare Chinese Type 53/56 Mosin Nagant Cartridge Test Carbine listed for auction. Never heard of one so did some researched web. Seems there's only a few examples of them ever imported into USA, What makes it rare/interesting is that its single shot and chambered in the 7.62 x 39. Auctions on Nov 18 & 19. The carbine is lot number 1236, Quite an interesting piece for Mosin collectors I guess!!