After an uneventfull gunshow saturday, my friend and I drive over to a gun shop he knows about. Sitting in the rack is a kind of dark and uesd looking M 38. I pick it up and give it a quick look and just pass. Over the next hour My friend and I keep looking this over when all of a sudden out pops an SA stamp. (The shop has pore lighting) Trying to keep my best poker face I decide to take it and when I'm doing the paper the dealer is looking it over for the serial number. I point out that the SN is on the barrel because the Russians didn't stamp it on the reciever. He looks it over ans psots the SA and says "It's a Finnish one"
I take a deep berath and say" Oh Ya?"
I finnish the paper work, pass the back ground check (Of Course) pay the $100.00 price tag
and say "I'll be back, see ya later" and we split.
M 38, 1941 Izhevsk, Not matching, No import marks, Very good bore, 50% blue, all early features, early stock? (no thumb nail cuts by the rear band) no cracks, but handguard
looks like a replacement.
With that date it should not have the early stock -- if you mean the stock used in 1939 -..... What a nice find as that is indeed a rare one. What a steal in regards to price. A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I lost some of my first post. The stock looks like it may have got the pine tar treatment.
There is some still on the bottom of the butt. I haven't pulled the action yet, but I took the handguard off to look for an import stamp. Didn't find one. Does anybody know why it does not have the thumb nail cuts by the rear band?
Some times I think my camera makes things look a little better than they realy are.
It's real fussy about the lighting and angles. I can do a much better pic in real sun light.
Does your receiver have tang steps? This would be made right at the transition.
Does anybody know why it does not have the thumb nail cuts by the rear band? This seems to be a feature that came and went during wartime production. Nothing surprises me about Mosins.
Wow...nice find....where you wearing a ski mask when you handed over the money?? Quite a steal....I had to pay wee bit more than that for mine....but still feel it worth every penny. Congrats.
Very nice find. I paid about $50 for mine in 1989-90. I lost mine, in storage, in the aftermath of hurricane Andrew (1992) and just tracked it down two summers back. These are getting a little pricey these days.
Great find! I gave an arm and a leg for mine. Keep finding rifles like that and you can retire early.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Gunboards Forums
5.7M posts
131.6K members
Since 2007
A forum community dedicated to all firearm owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about optics, makes, models, gunsmithing, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!