Need Mosin Nagant Information

[Gaucho Gringo]

Hi, as stated I need some MN info. I have a 1943 dated Izhevsk rifle. The serial number starts with CH and has 4 numbers after that. The bolt, buttplate and the trigger group all have the 4 digits of the serial number but not the CH prefix. I am trying to figure out what I have here. On another site I read the CH prefix is for sniper rifles but it is not drilled or have any other evidence of being a sniper. It has the Century Arms import billboard on the side of the receiver. I bought it about 9 years ago and it is still in cosmoline. I am going to sell it but i first want to find out exactly what I have. It also has a non number matching bayonet. I will post some pictures later.

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[Open_Wire]

Sniper rifles were pulled as they rolled off the line from rifles that demonstrated superior accuracy over what was required to be accepted. There was no designated serial prefix. You've got a nice, basic 91/30, and if I had money I'd probably want to buy it from you, but I'm saving my pennies for an upcoming insulator show in Seatttle.

Notice how the P/U sniper in this article lacks the CH prefix. Sniper Rifles - Mosin Nagant

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Sniper rifles were pulled as they rolled off the line from rifles that demonstrated superior accuracy over what was required to be accepted. There was no designated serial prefix. You've got a nice, basic 91/30, and if I had money I'd probably want to buy it from you, but I'm saving my pennies for an upcoming insulator show in Seatttle.

Notice how the P/U sniper in this article lacks the CH prefix. Sniper Rifles - Mosin Nagant

Thanks for the reply. I stated taking pictures but my old camera bit the dust. These are the ones I salvaged off the memory card. Not the pictures I wanted to post but I will have to buy a new camera before I can do anything else.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Long ago in a land far away...I got a chance to examine two Mosin Nagant Sniper rifles...
And while I do not remember the serial numbers of either ...both rifles were well maintained and very accurate.
Both also had "bedded" actions and barrels....one with layer of cork...one with a layer of well greased newspaper.
Andy

 

[KKG]

Andy;

Again your truly Vast Knowledge and willingness you share that information with others is BEYOND the Imagination at least I'm Astounded!

Many Thanks from all of US here on the Forum. And, you are willing to do it before going off to work educating the under educated Kiddies.

Thanks again,

Mike

 

[EPS]

Might want to contact @Ura-Ki .
I'm not sure but I think he can help you.
Maybe

 

[Mooseman]

I collect Mosins and you have a regular 91/30 . Letters and numbers can be anything they decided to put on em, its the actual configuration that counts.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Im a bit dusty on my Mosin history! Lol
Will have to dig in amd see what i can come up with! The Peoples Frontal Army VVS small arms books are calling me!

 

[po18guy]

Here is a website with lots of info and "The Mosin-Nagant Rifle" by Terence Lapin is generally held to be the most informative book on the subject.

 

[ditchtiger]

All you need to know about Mosin's
Mosin Nagant Humor  AK vs. AR vs. Mosin Nagant

 

[ma96782]

Spend some time reading and looking at the pictures.

7.62x54r.net

Aloha, Mark

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I have been going to those sites for years. It was what I read on one of them that prompted my original post. It wasn't much so I was trying to find more info on the subject. Thanks for all the replies.

 

[titsonritz]

I are really loud, have a massive blast and shoot some of the filthiest ammo I've ever seen.

 

[Siglvr]

^^^and shockingly accurate^^^

 

[CLT65]

I are really loud, have a massive blast and shoot some of the filthiest ammo I've ever seen.

I don't know if I'd brag about those things, myself. By the way, your grammar is wrong; it's "I am", not "I are".

 

[titsonritz]

I don't know if I'd brag about those things, myself. By the way, your grammar is wrong; it's "I am", not "I are".

That was meant to be "They"... oh well I can be pretty loud too.