Romanian Mosin Nagant

dbupton · October 28, 2017, 04:12 PM

I just traded a guy for his mosin nagant. He claims it is a romanian, which i do not know if it has any significance.

It says M1944 Cai or cal Georgia, VT Romania

It also says under its serial number 1954

I was wondering if anyone could give me some information on this gun.

Tidewater_Kid · October 28, 2017, 10:39 PM

This site says there are Romanian M44 rifles.
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinVariations.htm#Other

CAI Georgia, VT is the import stamp for Century Arms International. Romania is their identification for country of origin.

emcon5 · October 29, 2017, 11:07 AM

Yes, Romania made M44s.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinM44R.htm

The 1955 is the date, not the serial number, and as he said, CAI Georgia, VT is the importers mark.

T. O'Heir · October 29, 2017, 11:52 AM

"...CAI or cal Georgia, VT..." That's Century Arms International's importer's marks. Started in St. Albans, Vermont. Georgia, Vt. is their current cobbling/bubbafying/warehousing location. Century is known for assembling firearms out of parts bins with zero QC. Not even ensuring the headspace is good.
However, they just imported Mosin's. They didn't assemble any. So it should be safe.
Read this.
http://www.mosinnagant.net/global%20...in-Nagants.asp

Model12Win · October 30, 2017, 01:28 AM

My Romanian M44 exhibited excellent fits and fininish. The action was smooth and never had a sticky bolt problem. Took a hog with it once. Sold it because the finish was non original and it had no collectors value.

Please for the love of god do not refinish the gun. Romanian Mosins aren't common.

troopcom · November 6, 2017, 11:27 PM

Shot a deer with my Romanian M44 years ago. Bolt wasn't sticky, but it didn't match the receiver either. Thankfully the headspace was good, but years ago I didn't have enough sense to check the headspace on non-matching bolts. That was long ago and its currently living in my safe due to other projects. One day I'll bring her out again and show her off.

October 28, 2017, 04:12 PM	#1
dbupton Junior Member Join Date: March 18, 2017 Posts: 1	Romanian Mosin Nagant I just traded a guy for his mosin nagant. He claims it is a romanian, which i do not know if it has any significance. It says M1944 Cai or cal Georgia, VT Romania It also says under its serial number 1954 I was wondering if anyone could give me some information on this gun.

October 28, 2017, 10:39 PM	#2
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 925	This site says there are Romanian M44 rifles. http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinVariations.htm#Other CAI Georgia, VT is the import stamp for Century Arms International. Romania is their identification for country of origin. Last edited by Tidewater_Kid; October 30, 2017 at 08:14 PM.

October 29, 2017, 11:52 AM	#4
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	"...CAI or cal Georgia, VT..." That's Century Arms International's importer's marks. Started in St. Albans, Vermont. Georgia, Vt. is their current cobbling/bubbafying/warehousing location. Century is known for assembling firearms out of parts bins with zero QC. Not even ensuring the headspace is good. However, they just imported Mosin's. They didn't assemble any. So it should be safe. Read this. http://www.mosinnagant.net/global%20...in-Nagants.asp __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

October 29, 2017, 11:07 AM	#3
emcon5 Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 1999 Location: High Desert NV Posts: 2,850	Yes, Romania made M44s. http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinM44R.htm The 1955 is the date, not the serial number, and as he said, CAI Georgia, VT is the importers mark.

October 30, 2017, 01:28 AM	#5
Model12Win Junior member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Posts: 5,854	My Romanian M44 exhibited excellent fits and fininish. The action was smooth and never had a sticky bolt problem. Took a hog with it once. Sold it because the finish was non original and it had no collectors value. Please for the love of god do not refinish the gun. Romanian Mosins aren't common.

November 6, 2017, 11:27 PM	#6
troopcom Senior Member Join Date: June 24, 2011 Posts: 230	Shot a deer with my Romanian M44 years ago. Bolt wasn't sticky, but it didn't match the receiver either. Thankfully the headspace was good, but years ago I didn't have enough sense to check the headspace on non-matching bolts. That was long ago and its currently living in my safe due to other projects. One day I'll bring her out again and show her off.