US Made 91 Russian Rifle

[johnrtse]

Terrific M91 Bill!

I have a Soviet-refurbished M91/30 that was made by the Izhevsk factory in 1942; They used a WWI-era Remington hexagon reciever when they made it. If you look closely at the serial number, You'll see that it doesn't have the customary cyrillic letters preceeding it. When I showed this to others much more knowledgable on Mosin's than I am, They said that they believe that the Russians may have used the original Remington rifles's serial number when they made this in 1942.

Those Russians were very resourceful!

John

[Josh Beckett]

I may have to get a m91 or a m91/30 sometime soon. Ill bet you 30 years down the road, Ill be telling the young collectors about the good ole days when you could get a mosin for 75 bucks(they will probably be a little more expensive then, probably in the 300 range).