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TexasVet · February 8, 2002, 12:50 AM

I have seen M-N 91's with the Czarist eagle, then a German WW1 era capture proof (crown over V), then a Finnish SA mark (The Germans gave them to their ally Finland in WW2) and then the hammer & sickle from when they were re-captured, one war later, from the Finns and reissued by the Soviets in WW2. Nobody back then seemed to worry about existing marks at all. Ain't European history grand? Those guns have shot at almost EVERYBODY!
In fact, one of them was a scoped sniper rifle that was a Viet Nam bring-back! Now there is a gun with history. The ball on the bolt handle was splashed open into a crater where it had been hit with a 5.56 round. That must have been exciting for the sniper when that happened.

February 8, 2002, 12:50 AM	#8
TexasVet Senior Member Join Date: July 22, 2000 Location: DeepEastTexas Posts: 1,096	Not uncommon at all I have seen M-N 91's with the Czarist eagle, then a German WW1 era capture proof (crown over V), then a Finnish SA mark (The Germans gave them to their ally Finland in WW2) and then the hammer & sickle from when they were re-captured, one war later, from the Finns and reissued by the Soviets in WW2. Nobody back then seemed to worry about existing marks at all. Ain't European history grand? Those guns have shot at almost EVERYBODY! In fact, one of them was a scoped sniper rifle that was a Viet Nam bring-back! Now there is a gun with history. The ball on the bolt handle was splashed open into a crater where it had been hit with a 5.56 round. That must have been exciting for the sniper when that happened. __________________ Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 68-70 You are What you do When it counts.