Ivana & her little sister.

Twigg

Twigg

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Ok, I've caught the Milsurp bug (2 in 2 weeks). I went looking for more 7.62X54 and I found a common but nice Mosin-Nagant M44. Now I thought my first Mosin was nice but after spending some time on 7.62X54.net I have discovered she has been cobbled together from a mish-mash of parts from Izhevsk & Tula, but she shoots well and that's what really counts right ?

Meet Katya, She's a very nice 1948 M44 with the Izhevsk arsenal proofmark. This one does indeed have all matching numbers, no line outs. Receiver, bolt, buttplate, & stock all match. Can't find any trace of grind marks so it seems she's all original. Best of all the bore is bright & shiny.

I took some quick pics and am going to clean her up today.

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There. That's better. Sorry about the goofy links !
 
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tele_mark said:
Oh my! I'm so there tomorrow!

Side note -- do you make custom stuff like that chair? I've been in the market for an outdoor cat tree for my enclosure for some time now.
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Yes, and yes. That's why I'm "MrTwigg". [smile]
 
Here's their little cousins. No fancy backgrounds (I gotta fix that), no big stickers on the ends, but they sure can bark!

My 38 and 39

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Where can I get some stickers ?
 
Heres where their Russian, Chinese, Finnish, and Polish relatives sleep at my place.[smile] Their semi auto Russian big brother is the oddball of the bunch.

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Once Mosins invade your collection, you may find you need a safe just for them alone.
And Pigrim... you can get 91/30 spike bayonets from almost any online source for Mosins, plus repro M39 bayonets here and there. But I don't think the M38s ever had one.
 
MrTwigg said:
Milsurps 4 Me, I am soooo jealous ! [hmmm]
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You'll have that many before ya know it. Especially when you find some as cheap as $75. Hell I used to spend that much on a night out years ago, but I'm older now and married so instead of bringing girls home, I'm bringing rifles home.[laugh]
 
Zero Hour just got a load of Mosins in M44 M38 91/30's and Turk Mauser and a Steyr M95.
Some look brand new, others look pretty old, the Mauser has a bayonet attached.
All of the guns are under 200. most under 150.
 
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