Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine for review

[Alex W]

Hello everyone,

Here are some photos of my recently acquired Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine. Its my first Russian item and I'm happy to admit I know nothing when it comes to these. It was what I consider to be dirt cheap with an immaculate bore and came with cleaning kit, oil bottle, ammo pouch and sling so I gave it a new home. Its rained every day I've had off since I got it so I haven't had a chance to fire it yet. I think its a 1944 Izhevsk and post war refurbished. Its matching, post refurb with the magazine base renumbered. What I find interesting is the Cyrillic letter on the barrel serial but roman letter A on the other serials. Is the star marking on the bolt from the Tula arsenal? Does the stock finish look right or has someone messed with it?

Any comments welcome.
Alex

[MAP]

Looks like a nice one!

Hopefully member UK Cousin see this. I think he owns like 1,000,000 of them! He hopefully can give you some more info

[UK Cousin]

Looks like a nice one!

Hopefully member UK Cousin see this. I think he owns like 1,000,000 of them! He hopefully can give you some more info

I only have 10 or 50, map.. Standard m44 soviet mosin. Yes the star is tula but the receiver is Izhevsk manufacture. The stock has been refinished as are 90% of every mosin in preparation for export. From every picture I see it is a very nice example of a Standard export M44 mosin. Congrats on the condition!

[UK Cousin]

And with a pristine barrel it begs to be fired.

[Jb4046]

Sorry if i sound nosey but i thought Australia had a ban on the import of firearms of all types . Did you get that from within Australia? Or is there a license system

[UK Cousin]

These have been imported for decades. Probably before the ban.

[lithgow]

Firearms are importable into Australia-the limitations are on semi automatic or automatic long arms for private users.

PS See this site for more info on the MN. Mosin Nagant Rifle Accessories

[Alex W]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

UK Cousin-thanks for clearing up the stock issue for me. I'm dying to try it out. I think I'll be taking it out in the rain if it's still like that on my next days off.

Jb4046-I purchased it within Australia. It has US import marks. From the little bit of reasearch I did this particular US importer brought in 15000 rifles in the 2000s and then the dealer I bought it off imported several into Australia from them.

Lithgow-thanks for the site. I've never imported a firearm, I'm assuming you have. Is there much hassle dealing with customs for the import paperwork?

[AZPhil]

The Cous is totally correct on the info.
Alex when you do decide to take it to the range, make sure you wear a nice thick jacket as these bad boys kick like a mule!!!
Great pick up

Semper Fi
Phil

[Alex W]

Thanks Phil
Ive heard these kick a little so I've preempted it and bought a slip on limbsaver pad-just incase.