Do I have 44 or a 38?
Hey folks,I have a 1945r mosin carbine I'm having trouble Identifing. It has the russian sycle and hammer enclose in a wreath? the odd thing is it has a 38 stock, but it also has a intergral bayonet....
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If it has a bayonett, then it's probably a M44. The M38 does not have any of the hardware to have the bayonett. Usually you will see a M44 stock on a M38, not the other way around. The bayo will not...
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could you post pics? while the chances are that its an m44, there are no set rules for mosins, it seems. i've seen reports that a guy found a m91/59 with a permanently mounted bayonet, and it's...
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The best I can do. The mounting system is definetly different. A channel has be put into the suspect 38 to fit the bayo. And the locking mech is different between...
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welcome to the forum Seldom Seen 168, and thank you for the complimentbob
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i think seldom seen is right about one of them being hungarian. you might try 7.62x54r.net for bayonet locking mechanism variations and identify which types they are. iirc, the russians used at least...
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Yep It's a 44 thanks all for the info. I assume I didn't waste $60.bob
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I read somewhere that the single lock on the bayo mount is a wartime manufacture and the double lock is post war.
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It's a M44 just about all 43, 44, and 45 dated m44's will have the single lock bayonet. Just about all post war russian and east block countries will have the double lock. I'm not sure about chinese...
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