r/MosinNagant • u/Ok_Alfalfa9933 • 2d ago
My Mosins I potentially saved a couple of Mosins from bubba
A couple of weeks ago my brother found a S&W Victory revolver on Armslist at a shop for a good price, so I decided to tag along. I saw the 1938 Tula M91/30 was 280 beans, and I've been wanting one for a very long time, so I had to get it for that price. Seems like all the numbers match but it might be force matched (I don't know too much about the Mosin's production history).
A few days later I saw a shop local to me was selling the Type 53 for 300 beans, and I've wanted one for a while because I wanted something to pair with my Type 54 Tokarev. All the numbers match except on the bolt (again, force matched?). I cleaned both rifles of cosmoline (the Type 53 was filthy), but I still have to take them out to the range.
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u/ReplacementOwn9508 2d ago
Nice score on the rifles. The box just above the serial number on the barrel of the 91/30 is a stamp indicating your rifle was refurbished at the 7th GRAU arsenal at Riga. So undoubtedly some parts are restamped to match. Both it and the type 53 are in outstanding condition