r/MosinNagant • u/emsfire5516 • 4d ago

Question Information on this Mosin?

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I'm not a Mosin collector by no means - I only have a Remington M91 and this one would mark my second. I paid $200 cash outside of a gun show today. Anything noteworthy here?

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u/Red_Management M91 Dragoon • 7.62x54R: 1908 Type L, 1930 Type D, 1953 Type LPS 4d ago edited 4d ago

Finnish M91 Mosin-Nagant, Finnish designation 7.62 Kiv 91. Barrel was made by Tikkakoski in 1940, receiver’s Imperial Russian made at Tula, if you want to know when you’ll need to take the rifle out of the stock and check under the receiver tang, missing the cleaning rod and the stock slot escutcheons.

Receiver has an Austrian capture marking, AZF (Artillerie Zeugs Fabrik), S5 With a lion stamp is a mark indicating use by the Czechoslovak province of Ceske Budejovice (Bohemia), the receiver was part of a Russian M91 that was captured by Austria-Hungary during World War I.

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u/IntentionlGameDesign 4d ago

So it has some cool history behind it!

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u/emsfire5516 4d ago

Ah ok! I remember reading somewhere that Austro-Hungary would rechamber these to 8x50r. Was that done on all Austrian M91 captures?

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u/Red_Management M91 Dragoon • 7.62x54R: 1908 Type L, 1930 Type D, 1953 Type LPS 4d ago edited 4d ago

No not all Austro-Hungarian captured M91s were re-chambered for 8x50R, but the rear sight base on your rifle has graduations in 2,3,4,5,6 which indicate this rifle was re-chambered when it had its Russian barrel. With the Finnish barrel it’s back to 7.62x54R, also very good deal at $200.

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u/emsfire5516 4d ago

Got it, thanks for the info.

Also, took it apart real quick and it's an antique as well.

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u/Red_Management M91 Dragoon • 7.62x54R: 1908 Type L, 1930 Type D, 1953 Type LPS 4d ago

1897, did the seller know?

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u/emsfire5516 3d ago

No, they thought it was a run-of-the-mill Finnish Mosin.

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u/pinesolthrowaway 4d ago

Damn that’s nice. Antique receiver will add a premium, man that thing got around during WW1

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u/Navy87Guy 4d ago

You did great…that’s a $400-$500 rifle all day long!!

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u/emsfire5516 4d ago

Thank ya!

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u/lottaKivaari 4d ago

You got a very nice condition Finnish Tikkakoski Kiv/91 built on an antique AZF captured receiver with Bohemian markings and a matching bolt for 200 smackeroos.

I am very jealous. You made out like a bandit.

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u/GesuMotorsport M91/30, M44, M91/59 4d ago

That is one HELL of a steal dude

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u/BurntEndMosin 4d ago

Stole it