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Have a 1899 Tula Instructie M91. Interesting rifle in that the bbl shank original serial is lined out and a new serial number has been added. The bolt and buttplate both match the new serial number, too.
What's neat is that there is a и mark (about 1/4" tall) on the top of the receiver by the pinged eagle. Could this be a surrogate letter for "I", short for Instructie? (But why use a cyrillic letter for this?)
Anyone ever see the letter и marked on the receiver like this?
What's neat is that there is a и mark (about 1/4" tall) on the top of the receiver by the pinged eagle. Could this be a surrogate letter for "I", short for Instructie? (But why use a cyrillic letter for this?)
Anyone ever see the letter и marked on the receiver like this?
