Mosin Nagant History By Serial Number
OKay after going through all my cleaning, I must say I have a very beautiful Mosin Nagant. Clanbook Tzimisce Pdf Italiano. Though I am perplexed by the serial numbers, I do know it is a Tula made in 1942. Stock Marking I discovered is a Arms depot/refurbishment mark from a Soviet facility located in Ukraine Shoulder butt plate Serial.
'Collectors Forum' - All Mosin Nagant are discussed here. Also the Russian and 'Finnish capture' SVT38 and SVT40. This is an excellent place for new Mosin owners to ask questions. We have some of the best experts here looking forward to your questions.
If you post a Mosin sniper rifle here, we may or may not move it to the sniper forum. Preservation forum, please no altered military surplus rifles or discussions on altering in this forum. No sportsters. Please read the rules at the top of each forum. The Russians and the Soviets were always chronically short of firearms.
You can almost be assured that your weapon served in 'The Great Patriotic War' as the Soviets referred to it, or WWII to us in the US. The shortage was so severe in WWI and WWII that many Russian soldiers and their allies went to war without any firearm at all.
It would be safe to say that no substantial number of wartime guns sat in warehouses unused. Your rifle was probably refurbed after WWII to correct wear and damage that occured in training and battle. Welcome Aboard! Treasure those pieces of history, and they may just speak to you! I find they talk best at the range.
As the others mention, no real database, and still alot of things to learn in reguards to marks and such, which is why many of us hang out here trading info, pics, etc. Sort of uncharted territory in milsurps, and I doubt that much info will be coming from the former Soviet Union. Show us some pics and please share in any observations you may come up with when studying your rifles and the ones we have posted up here! Semper Fi, Rob.
The Russian - Soviet Mosin Nagant Rifles/Carbines General Production Information And Numbers Brent Snodgrass These numbers come from a number of sources but by far the best is the fine Drei Linien Die Gewehre Mosin-Nagant by Karl-Heinz Wrobel. His work in uncovering the Russian-Soviet production numbers has been invaluable to collectors and I highly recommend that all collectors purchase his fine work.
There is no way this section could have been done without his assistance. Not all the production numbers are known so the table below should be looked at with a bit of leeway in regards to exact totals. Also make sure to read the articles on Mosin Nagant Dot Net that cover these rifles-carbines in some detail, as production totals and charts only tell a section of the story.- Brent Rifle Or Carbine Manufactures Production Years Production Totals Notes.