Willard
has originally bought a Mosin for Ian. It appears that Ian actually gets a pound of cosmoline with a creamy Yugo SKS center. This post was written months before the decision was made, and edited on Christmas Day.
It's a 1943 Tula arsenal M-1891/30 that's been arsenal refurbished and counter bored.
Seen one, you've seen them all... Numbers matching bayonet though!
The parts are the usual mix of arsenals from the refurbishment process.
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| Receiver tang. |
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| Magazine floorplate, forced matched. |
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| Tula magazine well / trigger guard. |
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| Izhevsk cocking piece. |
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| Izhevsk bolt. |
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| Tula bolt guide. |
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| Izhevsk? bolt body. |
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| Tula firing pin. |
There's much evidence of hand filing done on the barrel. This is a war-time gun, and expediency was the order of the day for many things. The Motherland was being invaded! No time for pretty guns!
