The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mosin Nagant Model 1891 bolt action rifle. The octagonal breech is stamped with an Imperial Russian eagle over a Cyrillic inscription and the rear sight is calibrated in Turkish Arabic numerals on the left side. It has a one piece wooden stock with a single finger grove on each side and a forward top hand guard. The fore end and butt have slots for sling swivel straps. Fitted with a muzzle sleeve incorporating a bayonet bar on the right side. The magazine is fixed and has a hinged base plate. Missing the cleaning rod and front sling swivel.
Provenance unknown but a considerable number of these rifles were captured during the First World War and reissued to Turkish troops. This example has the later 1908 type rear sight.
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle. Bolt action receiver marked with a State Arsenal mark, 1944 and the serial number on the barrel. The bolt has been welded to the action. There is a bracket on the l
Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon bolt action rifle. The hexagonal action is stamped on the top with a double headed eagle, Cyrillic letters 1899 and the serial number. It has a full wood stock with a finger
Mosin Nagant M1891 bolt action rifle. The action is stamped on the knox form with a double headed eagle, Cyrillic letters, proofs marks and the serial number on the left side. It has a full wood stock
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle. Bolt action receiver marked with a State Arsenal mark, 1944 and the serial number on the barrel. This rifle is fitted with a detachable side mount 3.5 power PU tele
Mosin Nagant M1944 bolt action carbine. Breech ring stamped with a hammer/sickle over an arrow within a triangle, 1948 and the serial number. It has a one piece wooden stock and there are slots in the
Mosin Nagant M1944 bolt action carbine. The receiver top is marked II within a circle and 1952 and the barrel has British nitro proof stamps. It has a full length wood stock and top hand guard. Fitted