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Posts: 36 (06/20/09 01:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Why some 91/30's do not have 91/30 stamped on them?shotout
Pahtu		#1	[-]
Posts: 2267 (06/20/09 02:52 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	As I recall(which is shaky these days...), the only MN with the model # stamped on it is the 91/59..... None of the other MN's have the model # stamped on it. pahtu. Read up here... http://www.mosinnagant.net/USSR/Soviet-M9130.asp
krippp		#2	[-]
Posts: 58 (06/20/09 03:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You are correct, the M91/59's are the only ones I have ever seen or heard of having the model number stamped on them by the Russians, now the importers usually include it in their banners http://www.youtube.com/krippp1969
m1 talker		#3	[-]
Posts: 6827 (06/20/09 04:28 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Was the 91/59 actually a Russian development, or was it Bulgarian? The story I have heard several times is that the Russians practically forced the 91/30 rifles down the throats of the Bulgarians and they did not like it, as it was too long. So they cut them down and made the 91/59 out of it. Or is this just another urban legend? Curt
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Posts: 5514 (06/22/09 01:14 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	More "urban legend" methinks. Apparently the M1891/59's came in with groups of weapons imported from Bulgaria, giving rise to the rumor that they were manufactured by Bulgaria. The tops of most of the buttstocks have boxed numbers typical of Bulgarian inspection or inventory confirmation markings. The latest prevaling information and consensus is that they were Soviet made and stored in Bulgaria. Like the Ukraine, Bulgaria was a major storage depot for Soviet weapons. Also, a M91/59 appears in a 1959 Russian film, "Ballad of a Soldier", which would put more credence in them being a Soviet development rather than a Bulgarian one. Regards.

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