[BoredinBaghdad]

I was at the range today and I whooped out my recently acquired 91/30. There was a man at the range shooting next to me that had a variety of Mosins, so I invited him over to check mine out. He mentioned to me that the dual year stamp on the top was very unusual. It reads 1942/48. There is no text difference in the stamp, they appear to have been made by the same set of stamps. He told me to ask someone who might know a little bit more about it because he thinks this might be somewhat significant. Any ideas?

 

[Acutus]

Does it have an MO stamp too?

 

[rocker98]

Sounds like an MO marking. http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMO.htm

 

[ij70]

He was right, it is unusual, we know Soviets did it, we have a very good guess that those numbers are last two digits of a year. That is about it.

 

[BoredinBaghdad]

Thanks Rocker, that article helped out a lot. So, does this increase the collectors value?

 

[USMCsean]

Yes it does, by about 25 bucks.

 

[BoredinBaghdad]

damn, I was hoping to hear "at least by a couple hundred". Thanks.

 

[trainsktg]

Considering the low purchase price these days of refurbed Mosins, a $25 price increase is something like a 35% ROI . Not bad in these uncertain economic times.

Keith

 

[BoredinBaghdad]

I wasn't considering selling it anyhow. If it was a real collectors piece I would think about shelfing it and picking up another one for the range. Good to know that I can keep blasting away.