Hey folks, my first gun of the year is Remington 1917 mosin Sporter. In case some of y'all didn't know, before the US entered the Great War, the Russian empire couldn't make many rifles for their troops. So the Tsar had Rem and Westinghouse to make rifles on Russian machine and under Russian overseers here in the USA.
However, only few went over there before a little revolution happened and the Empire was over for good. Most of these American made rifles ended up in Finland, briefly issued as trainers and issued rifles for the few troops sent to Russia, or sold as surplus.
With that history lesson out of the way. Let's get to my rifle. It's a Sporter rifle, nothing matches on it. I believe it's either a catalog sold rifle, known as " Finn Cubs " or was snagged by a factory worker. Which did happened from I read. The Sporter job is well done. Whoever did it was a professional at it. The bolt has been turned down and the sight replaced with an aluminum or lead sight.
I picked it up under 400 bucks. Which is an alright deal I guess, true I could of found another one in better shape but I've been looking for a sportized mosin to go hunting with for a while.
I might get a bettter stock for it, re blue it and tap it for a vintage wever scope for an old school surplus hunting rifle. Or I might leave as is. I don't know yet. But I'm happy I got a rem mosin!
Also, there's an odd marking on the rifle, which looks like yll that's been underlined, let me know what that means if anyone knows.
However, only few went over there before a little revolution happened and the Empire was over for good. Most of these American made rifles ended up in Finland, briefly issued as trainers and issued rifles for the few troops sent to Russia, or sold as surplus.
With that history lesson out of the way. Let's get to my rifle. It's a Sporter rifle, nothing matches on it. I believe it's either a catalog sold rifle, known as " Finn Cubs " or was snagged by a factory worker. Which did happened from I read. The Sporter job is well done. Whoever did it was a professional at it. The bolt has been turned down and the sight replaced with an aluminum or lead sight.
I picked it up under 400 bucks. Which is an alright deal I guess, true I could of found another one in better shape but I've been looking for a sportized mosin to go hunting with for a while.
I might get a bettter stock for it, re blue it and tap it for a vintage wever scope for an old school surplus hunting rifle. Or I might leave as is. I don't know yet. But I'm happy I got a rem mosin!
Also, there's an odd marking on the rifle, which looks like yll that's been underlined, let me know what that means if anyone knows.