mosin nagant

[LVSteve]

I believe Westinghouse also made Mosins for the Russians

New England Westinghouse and Remington made them in the US. The French made some of the early ones at Chatellerault. The Russians/Soviets made them at Tula, Izhevsk and Sestroryetsk.

Mosins were also built in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Albania and China.

The Finnish rifles were former Russian/Soviet guns extensively rebuilt.

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

Are the 91/30 with the welded scope mount holes worth anything more than the standard Russian 91/30?

James

 

[CW Spook]

Are the 91/30 with the welded scope mount holes worth anything more than the standard Russian 91/30?

James

The ex-snipers are more of a novelty than anything else. If you find one that still has the original bent bolt they'll bring a decent premium, and once in a while you'll see an ex-PE or PEM that's priced higher, but ex-PU's don't usually seem to command that much more. That said, I'd probably still take one over the run-of-the-mill variety if I spotted one in with a batch of refurbs.

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

The ex-snipers are more of a novelty than anything else. If you find one that still has the original bent bolt they'll bring a decent premium, and once in a while you'll see an ex-PE or PEM that's priced higher, but ex-PU's don't usually seem to command that much more. That said, I'd probably still take one over the run-of-the-mill variety if I spotted one in with a batch of refurbs.

It did not have the bent bolt I was just curious. My local dealer had one with the rest of the 91/30's. I do not know if he noticed it or not. I already have three of them. I would like to pick up a M44 but not worth paying that much on a military surplus rifle.

James

 

[LVSteve]

It did not have the bent bolt I was just curious. My local dealer had one with the rest of the 91/30's. I do not know if he noticed it or not. I already have three of them. I would like to pick up a M44 but not worth paying that much on a military surplus rifle.

James

Most ex-snipers do not have bent bolts. Indeed, it has even been suggested that rather more rifles were drilled for scope mounts than ever got them. No proof, but "ex-snipers" with welded up holes are not that uncommon. The holes were filled during one of the late or post war refurb cycles.

As for the prices of M44s, they have shot up in the last couple of years. I snagged one of the mint Polish pieces about three years ago and it has probably doubled in value since.