someone please explain the 9mm ammo shortage

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

According to this post, I have a Izhmash Dragoon rifle in my basement. It has the Tula Marking and was made in 1934.

It either has a Tula marking or an Izhmash marking it wont have both.an easy way to find out is by looking at the receiver a pre 1942 rifle will have a hexagonal shape in front of the bolt.


I really should not have called the dragoon a carbine because the barrel on those is the same length as a standard 91/30.The original M91 had a 51 inch barrel.If yours has a date of 1934 it has to be a 91/30 because the M38 which is truly a carbine was not in production in 1934.You have an early production 91/30.

You do have a generally higher quality 91/30 though during WWII they started rounding off the receivers to shorten production time.Your dads being pre WWII should have a hexagonal shaped receiver.


http://62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinID.htm

You should buy at least two Mosin-Nagants a full size 91/30 and a carbine.Then you should also buy an SVT-40 just to have something that most people do not own.