Free To Owners of Russian Rifles & Handguns
My wife is from St Petersburg, Russia and if you have a Russian made rifle with cyrilic (sp?) writing and if you can e-mail me a clear & close up photo of the Russian writing and/or symbols - she'll be happy to try to translate it for you.
There's no charge for this - its a free offer to all forum members owning Russian rifles or hand guns.
I just want to emphasize the point that she can only do her best to interpret the writing depending on the condition of the writing and the clarity of the photos.
We will not be held responsible for any errors in the translation there are too many factors that can lead to an error but she will try her best to be a accurate as possible.
John
Member NRA,GOA,DVA,LEAA & American Legion
For All The Fallen Heroes And All The Forgotten Victims
(Christopher Hyde)
There's no charge for this - its a free offer to all forum members owning Russian rifles or hand guns.
I just want to emphasize the point that she can only do her best to interpret the writing depending on the condition of the writing and the clarity of the photos.
We will not be held responsible for any errors in the translation there are too many factors that can lead to an error but she will try her best to be a accurate as possible.
John
Member NRA,GOA,DVA,LEAA & American Legion
For All The Fallen Heroes And All The Forgotten Victims
(Christopher Hyde)
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I do not own any of the said weapons. I would just like to say what a nice offer you and your wife have made.
Thanks
Dave
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Thanks for the offer! It's folks with your kind of attitude that make this such a great site. Random acts of kindness! 0 -
Thank you - I appreciate your kind comments. I have just purchased a 35 Whelen sporterized Mauser but I couldn't find any of the usual Mauser Markings on the rifle's action - I knew the barrel and stock were add-on's but I couldn't make heads or tails of the symbol and writng on the rifle's action.
My wife took one look at it and said the symbol was a seal honoring a participant in the Seige of Stalingrad - presented to him or her for their bravery in 1943.Apparently all German markings had been carefully removed and the Russian incriptions added.A beautiful bluing job was done on it and the presentation took place in 1944.Whatever was inscribed on the barrel - perhaps the recipient's name and more historical data is gone forever - same with the stock.
Now the sad part - because some idiot "want-to-be" gunsmith decided to customize the rifle himself and it ended up looking terrible. They replaced the barrel with a 35 Whelen and applied a cheap, rough baked-on satin chrome finish - then they replaced the original stock with one that obviously does not fit the rifle. The barrel's bore looks as though it has never been fired - its immaculate. That makes me wonder why he never fired it???
I plan to take it to my gun smith and have him check first on the how safe the rifle is to shoot - if that's ok - then I'll have the barrel bead blasted and blued and finally I'll put a quality stock on it.
Anyway, that's why we made the free offer - because without her help I wouldn't know a single thing about the history of the rifle and we felt there could be other prople out there in the same predictament who might inadvertenly ruin a valuable collector's piece by customizing it or may simply want to know what is written in cryllic (sp?) on the rifle.
Thanks again for your comments.
John
Member NRA,GOA,DVA,LEAA & American Legion
For All The Fallen Heroes And All The Forgotten Victims
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What a bummer! Apiece of history lost forever. Atleast you know something from it. I suppose we have all done something like that at one time or another. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but later regreted it . I sporterized an M38 Swede a few years back. I love the sporter, but I now get tinges of guilt. 0
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