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I was trying to find the thread of folks with USSR-mfr. 91/30s with post-1936 hex receiver rifles but could not find it 
Anyhow, I just got an unusual 91/30, at least to my experience.
The barrel has no markings except a provisional black powder proof, the date "1941" in about the spot where it would go on a typical Tula, and a three digit serial number. It has a hex receiver with the Tula hammer at the top, a diamond-shaped mark (refurb?) and a three digit date and Tula hammer on the tang: 919 or 1919!
All the serial numbered parts match the three digit number, and it has a pre-war style stock with the screwed-in escutcheons. The metal finish is really good, except on disassembly I found some mud or sacred soil of Mother Russia or something under the barrel in one spot that has caused pitting of the metal. The nose-cap area of the stock has been repaired, and there are metal shims installed under the stock in the channel for the magazine/trigger-guard assembly. The second half of 1941 would have been a busy time, so I could see why there is no arsenal mark on the barrel shank, but has anyone seen a Soviet-made 91/30 like that?
Does anyone else here have a post-1935 or 1936 hex receiver Mosin Nagant?
Anyhow, I just got an unusual 91/30, at least to my experience.
The barrel has no markings except a provisional black powder proof, the date "1941" in about the spot where it would go on a typical Tula, and a three digit serial number. It has a hex receiver with the Tula hammer at the top, a diamond-shaped mark (refurb?) and a three digit date and Tula hammer on the tang: 919 or 1919!
All the serial numbered parts match the three digit number, and it has a pre-war style stock with the screwed-in escutcheons. The metal finish is really good, except on disassembly I found some mud or sacred soil of Mother Russia or something under the barrel in one spot that has caused pitting of the metal. The nose-cap area of the stock has been repaired, and there are metal shims installed under the stock in the channel for the magazine/trigger-guard assembly. The second half of 1941 would have been a busy time, so I could see why there is no arsenal mark on the barrel shank, but has anyone seen a Soviet-made 91/30 like that?
Does anyone else here have a post-1935 or 1936 hex receiver Mosin Nagant?