I have bought/traded for a few mosins lately and I have never really messed with them so I wanted someone to take a look at them before I took them out. With some looking, USDS suggested that I get ahold of Mosinguy. I did and I was impressed. He took the rifles, broke them down, inspected them, cleaned them and reassembled them. While he was at it, he is kinda of history buff with these and started to look over all the markings and stamps on them. On the last one I had him do, he discovered that it was an original 1943 that wasn't rearsenaled. He figured out that it was made at a factory that was on the move do to the Germans approaching from the West. He also figured out that the sling on it is from 1962 but made according to original Russian specs.
All in all, its pretty cool that I got a history lesson on a rifle that is 70 years old. I would suggest looking him up if you get a Mosin and either want it cleaned up and decosmolined or just want to know its history.
All in all, its pretty cool that I got a history lesson on a rifle that is 70 years old. I would suggest looking him up if you get a Mosin and either want it cleaned up and decosmolined or just want to know its history.