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Didnt they have a finger rest behind the trigger also? Also on wikipedia I dont see the barrel exposed. BUT HEY ITS WIKIPEDIADragoon had the old sights in Cyrilic I believe and had no top handguard over the barrel.
Barrel was exposed on top.
Been awhile and I'm thinking there was more but it escapes me right now.
Aging stinks.
One date and a whole lotta markings cant get a good picture cause of lighting but It has loads of markingsI had to go look.
The finger rest was dropped in 1894, supposedly.
The story of the mosin is drawn out, confusing, and there are many variables when it comes to years of manufacture and dating parts used as the russians had mass old stock parts they used at will to get servicable weapons.
IE a double stamped hex reciever with two dates.
Iveshaka or however you say it or spell it
Iveshaka or however you say it or spell it
Also an original dragoon handguard had "ears" that partially surrounded the rear sight. Those ears had a tendency to break so most dragoons in original configuration have a 91/30 type handguard.Anything that stands out of the dragoon besides the rear and front sight?
Dragoon had the old sights in Cyrilic I believe
Gotcha.
We usally say Ishmash, though not correct.
Actually they're in Arshins, an old Russian measurement that is app. 28". Cyrilic is the type of alphabet used in Russia and many other Slavic countries.
My oldest Mosin is a 1916 New England Westinghouse. It appears to be in "as new" condition any rifle that age could be. It was made in the US, sold to the Ruskies then it has a Finnish capture mark on it, the "SA" in a little square box. It is longer than the 91/30 and I think uses a differerent "bayonet mount" baoynet than the later models. I think is called the M1891 model.