Question about my new Mosin Nagant

[emst52]

I just got another 91/30 but i believe it may be a ex dragoon but wanted to ask for your opinions. I dont have any pictures yet but it looks exactly like the picture but the build date is 1928 Thanks ill try to get pictures up when i get the chance

Foremost Ordnance Factory (of the) USSR at Tula 1923-1928
(this mark is sometimes found on 1929 dated barrels)

(picute is from 7.62x54r.net heres the like)Russian/Soviet Dragoon and Cossack

 

[dkc485]

this could be one of the transition rifles. When the communists took over, it took them a bit to get all the factorys to change over to the new roll marks. So its possibly a 91/30 with Tsarist marking

 

[thoffman]

it means that rifle is no good.

ill take it off your hands

 

[emst52]

From what ive read it should be a updated Dragoon since the 91/30s werent introduced untill 1930 it has to be. I was excited with the find and were i got it has another which looks to be a 1927 Izzy so now im in a delima not sure what to do.

 

[Miller Tyme]

Its an Ex-Dragoon, even though 91/30 production begain in 1930, the Russians continued to produce Dragoons also until 1932.

 

[boozoo]

Most dragoons you will find (unless Finn'd) were updated to 91/30 specs at some point in their life (hence the "ex-dragoon").

Congrats on the find! Sometimes when you scour through all the hex receiver Mosins on a store rack, you'll get lucky and find one.

 

[emst52]

I was wanting one for my collection and the gun shop had two and from what i understand the ex dragoons make up only 1% of 91/30s impoted into the uUS. Now do i go back and get the other. I know its a matter of do you need it or do you want it.

 

[Miller Tyme]

I was wanting one for my collection and the gun shop had two and from what i understand the ex dragoons make up only 1% of 91/30s impoted into the uUS. Now do i go back and get the other. I know its a matter of do you need it or do you want it.

I don't know about the 1% part (I would think that sounds low), but around here Ex-Dragoons aren't rare, now Dragoons, well thats a different story, took me 2 years to get one, but with the economy in the dumpers I have seen about 8-10 of them go on GB in the last 6 months.

 

[emst52]

Yeah i read 1% but that may be a website trying to boost sales but i will definatly keep my eyes open for them in the coming months mines got some pitting on the bottom of the reciever id love to find a nicer one but I wanna thank everyone for all of the insight.

 

[emst52]

so now i wont jump on the first one i see