What is this pistol?

[wizardman]

What i did just notice is that it has been modified for a sling..so at some stage been an over the shoulder ..really strange great piece of history

[StefanM]

Interesting observation Maybe the sling was used to carry it under a coat whilst keeping arms and hands free?

[wizardman]

could very well be for that..this is why i love history

[StefanM]

could very well be for that..this is why i love history

...me too!

[lithgow]

The strange thing is that the barrel hasn't been sawn off-that would have made it much more easily concealed-it's not like any one was going to be aiming it with any precision for long range.

[wizardman]

This is a converted Mosin Nagant , apparently used by modern gangsters in the Ukraine...modified for the same reason,concealment

[harryamb2]

looks a bit of a wrist breaker.

[Nathan362]

This is a converted Mosin Nagant , apparently used by modern gangsters in the Ukraine...modified for the same reason,concealment

I'm sure that isn't a Mosin Nagant! A Mauser perhaps? Strange though.

[paragon man]

Here is another interesting partisan weapon identified by Adrian Stephenson as homemade...took this photo in the National Ukrainian military museum

[lithgow]

Seems to resemble the Yugoslav M56 SMG, a variant of the MP40 in 7.62mm Tokarev-for the same sort of reasons I suppose.