I swear I only had two of these Mosin carbines two years ago...left them alone in a closet and...
I recently (well, late November) completed the every maker (country) quintet of M44s, the Polish was the last to be added.
Okay, no Tula, no super rare M1907 or St. Petersburg Cavalry School carbine, no M91/59, no M91/38...no Finnish marked. Like I said, I've got the manufacturing countries covered and that's enough for me...now
Top to Bottom, or Right to Left
1. 1954 Romanian M44, matching, very good condition
2. 1953 Hungarian M44
3. 1952 Polish M44
4. 1955 Chinese Type 53, Albanian import, unusual matching non-refurbished (but typical beat up stock)
5. 1960 Chinese Type 53, Vietnam bringback (no papers, no import marks)
6. 1945 Izhevsk M44, the relatively rare feature is that it is built on a 1930 Tula hex receiver
7. 1945 Izhevsk M44 in a post-war laminate stock
8. 1948 Izhevsk M44, non-refurbished, last year of Russian production, relatively scarce
9. 1942 Izhevsk M38
10. 1943 Izhevsk M38
1. 1954 Romanian M44, matching, very good condition
2. 1953 Hungarian M44
3. 1952 Polish M44
4. 1955 Chinese Type 53, Albanian import, unusual matching non-refurbished (but typical beat up stock)
5. 1960 Chinese Type 53, Vietnam bringback (no papers, no import marks)
http://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=2370.06. 1945 Izhevsk M44, unusual feature is that it is built on a 1930 Tula hex receiver
http://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=538.07. 1945 Izhevsk M44 in a post-war laminate stock
8. 1948 Izhevsk M44, non-refurbished, last year of Russian production, relatively scarce
9. 1942 Izhevsk M38
10. 1943 Izhevsk M38