mosin nagant rear sight #'s highlighted?
I bought a few MN's 91/30's from Classic Arms & 1 came with the rear sight #'s highlighted in red. Did classic arms do it or is it more likely done when the rifle was rearsenaled? Any reason why they would do
it other than for better picture's?
it other than for better picture's?
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quote:Originally posted by D@D
I bought a few MN's 91/30's from Classic Arms & 1 came with the rear sight #'s highlighted in red. Did classic arms do it or is it more likely done when the rifle was rearsenaled? Any reason why they would do
it other than for better picture's?
Doubt Classic Arms did that. They literally sell these rifles by the crate-load, and most are not highlighted in the way you describe.
Apart from making a nicer photograph, one other potential reason to highlight the ladder markings this way is just to make them easier to see in use (ie in low light conditions).
Some of the re-arsenalled guns do come in this way, so that's probably your explanation. No. . .this probably doesn't increase the rifle's value, except maybe as a conversation piece! [:p]
Edit: I've never heard the "poison paint" rumor, but I wouldn't entirely discount the (admittedly remote and fairly implausible) possibility that an otherwise unidentified orange/red paint from a Commie Bloc country is Cadmium-based and therefore toxic.
So don't lick the paint. [:p]0 -
Oh Nooo! Not the dreaded poisonous red paint![:D]
Like beantown said, there are some that were imported like this, and so far no one has a credible source or the reason why it was done.
Of course that spawned an internet rumor that it was poison paint, (who knows?) that persisted for a couple of years.0 -
quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
Oh Nooo! Not the dreaded poisonous red paint![:D]
Like beantown said, there are some that were imported like this, and so far no one has a credible source or the reason why it was done.
Of course that spawned an internet rumor that it was poison paint, (who knows?) that persisted for a couple of years.
HAHAHA Thats the first I've heard of it being potentially poisonous. I know a few guys who would actually believe that. I'll have to have some fun with them.[:p][;)]0 -
mine is the same way, including the SN on the receiver. Also purchased from Classic (Fire)Arms. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by reload999
mine is the same way, including the SN on the receiver. Also purchased from Classic (Fire)Arms.
I've got a '39 Tula that came the same way, purchased from Dunham's Sports.0 -
Most milsurps I've bought have nothing on them; some are filled in in red as you see here, some in white; usually from Com bloc countries. I suspect also that there was no particular reason for it, other than it was part of the re-arsenal process; though the importer may have done it. I believe Classic is a distributor, the importer may have colored in one in 20 or one in 100 or something for photographic purposes. 0 -
White, red, and orange paint have been seen. Guys that work at the importers say they find them like that when they open the crates. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
White, red, and orange paint have been seen. Guys that work at the importers say they find them like that when they open the crates.
I've seen white as well.0
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