Nagant guys....this one is driving me nuts. 1895 Carbine ???
This rifle is driving me crazy. It looks like an M44...but it has 1895 on the receiver, so just what is this thing?
I cannot find a carbine that was made in 1895
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Model 1891/59 Carbine: Commonly called "91/59s," the M1891/59s were created by shortening M1891/30 rifles to carbine length, with rear sight numbers partially ground off to reflect reduced range. These rifles are almost clones of the M38 except for the ground off M91/30 rear sight. You have no photos of the rear sight; check it to see if it's been modified. If so, well, there's your answer.
Correction - I looked at your photos once again - the rear sight has indeed been altered in typical 91/59 fashion. The photos are your usual high quality, of course.
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I was thinking a 1907 Carbine, but I think the forearm was longer than yours. Long enough that a bayonet wouldn't fit.
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Model 1891/59 Carbine: Commonly called "91/59s," the M1891/59s were created by shortening M1891/30 rifles to carbine length, with rear sight numbers partially ground off to reflect reduced range. These rifles are almost clones of the M38 except for the ground off M91/30 rear sight. You have no photos of the rear sight; check it to see if it's been modified. If so, well, there's your answer.
Correction - I looked at your photos once again - the rear sight has indeed been altered in typical 91/59 fashion. The photos are your usual high quality, of course.
Thank you!!!
I swear, the more information I look at when trying to sort things out the harder it is for me to keep my head straight. If I have a little bit of sorting out to do its not too hard to figure things out, after looking at a couple websites with several variants being explained I was plum swimmy headed before I gave up.
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