Dragoons

[Phosphorus32]

A rare find in my area, a couple of desirable Mosins at a pawn shop. It’s become rare to find any desirable reasonably priced milsurps in our small local gun market.

They had three Mosins, all mislabeled as M91/38s on the rack: a typical mid-WWII Izhevsk M91/30 post-war refurb, and these two M91 Dragoons for less than the 91/30. I looked at them briefly and made an offer for the pair. Picked them up this week.

1925 Tula (bottom), 1928 Izhevsk (top)





1925 Tula

No import marking, scrubbed bolt. Interesting that it has the early pre-war refurbishment marking, Р for Ремонт: repair, on both the receiver and barrel. Also has a pre-WWII refurbishment marking for Bryansk, the boxed 40.




















1928 Izhevsk

No import marking, with the Finnish Army property marking (boxed SA: Suomi Armeija). Finn-matched bolt. Buttplate number, but not the font, matches the barrel serial number, suggesting it experienced a Soviet refurbishment before being captured by the Finns in the Winter War or Continuation War. Must have been one of the early 1960s imports from Finland.

The Finns typically lined out the arshin (28”) markings on the left side of the rsb, often cut an additional notch for 200 meters, and added 2 3 4 5-1/2 7 8-1/2 for 100s of meters on the right side of the rsb, but not on this one.

[Greasemonkey]

 

And this folks....  is a man who just fell off the wagon I get it... it was too much temptation at once... that burning addiction. Day 0 restarts tomorrow. 

I like Dragoons.. I have a SCW and a Finn......   And they were sold for less than a normal M91/30.. yeah... Dragoons just arent as cool as the M91/30s for anyone reading this, sell'em cheap.

[Phosphorus32]

And this folks....  is a man who just fell off the wagon I get it... it was too much temptation at once... that burning addiction. Day 0 restarts tomorrow. 

I like Dragoons.. I have a SCW and a Finn......   And they were sold for less than a normal M91/30.. yeah... Dragoons just arent as cool as the M91/30s for anyone reading this, sell'em cheap.

True story! I couldn’t pass these up. I mean it was an altruistic act; I was just saving them from Bubba.

I’d buy every one I could at this price. I would have loved one to have a КАЗ marking, but you can’t have it all 

[Phosphorus32]

It’s also the first time I’ve seen the black leather Mosin slings. Produced in the USSR in the 1950s. Both Dragoons came with these slings but I’ll probably put a Finnish sling on the Suomi Armeija marked Ижeвск.