Mosin Nagant Mosin Nagant 91/30 Bolt Action 7.62x54mmR (Mosin-Nagant) Rifle

A Mosin-Nagant M91/30 bolt-action rifle, manufactured at the Izhevsk Arsenal in 1942 and deactivated to current UK specification, offered here complete with a period-correct sling.

The M91/30 was the standard-issue rifle of the Soviet Red Army throughout the Second World War, and a rifle dated 1942 was produced at the very crucible of the conflict on the Eastern Front. The Izhevsk Arsenal — identified by its distinctive arrow-within-a-triangle stamp — was one of the Soviet Union's primary small arms facilities, continuing to turn out rifles in enormous numbers under extreme wartime pressure. The 1942 production period is particularly notable: documentation shows that Izhevsk simplified certain receiver markings during this year in order to accelerate output as German forces pressed deep into Soviet territory.

The rifle is chambered in 7.62x54R and features the standard 29-inch barrel and five-round internal magazine of the pattern. Overall condition is reported as good, consistent with a genuine wartime service arm that has survived more than eighty years. The period-correct sling adds to the completeness and display appeal of the piece.

Deactivated to current UK specification, this is a legal, displayable example of one of the most historically significant military rifles of the twentieth century — a weapon that, in its millions, helped turn the tide of the Second World War on the Eastern Front.

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