Dating a 91/30?

**dc dalton** · July 12th, 2008, 09:42 PM

Went to the Allentown show today (crappy show BTW, couldn't find 1/2 of what I needed) ... anyways, one guy had a table full of 91/30 and my M44 did seem a little lonely the past few days so what the heck.

Brought her home and stripped her down (oh baby oh baby) and all seems in really nice shape. This one is one of the ones with the hex receiver, I looked all over google and can't find anything to date the gun. Anyone have any good links or resources?

I was able to determine it is from the Izhevsk arsenal from the arsenal symbol on the receiver, it has the hammer and sickle on it and 1930I stamped into it .. does this mean its a 1930 issue?

Not that it means much, I'm more looking forward to taking her and and firing her but I like to know what I own (anal retentive like that)

thanks for any info folks!

**Swamp Yankee** · July 13th, 2008, 09:19 AM

YES it is a 1930. You pretty much answered your own question.

Mike Mc

**dc dalton** · July 13th, 2008, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Swamp Yankee

YES it is a 1930. You pretty much answered your own question.

Mike Mc

thanks, wasn't sure

**piste** · July 16th, 2008, 11:14 PM

A fairly uncommon year at that! Being the first year they were made...converted ex-dragoons aside...

**dc dalton** · July 16th, 2008, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by piste

A fairly uncommon year at that! Being the first year they were made...converted ex-dragoons aside...

Wow, that's cool! Thanks for the info!

**PapaJazz26** · July 24th, 2008, 09:54 PM

I love those guns!! Very nice pickup.

**fingers80002** · July 24th, 2008, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by dc dalton

Went to the Allentown show today (crappy show BTW, couldn't find 1/2 of what I needed) ... anyways, one guy had a table full of 91/30 and my M44 did seem a little lonely the past few days so what the heck.

Brought her home and stripped her down (oh baby oh baby) and all seems in really nice shape. This one is one of the ones with the hex receiver, I looked all over google and can't find anything to date the gun. Anyone have any good links or resources?

I was able to determine it is from the Izhevsk arsenal from the arsenal symbol on the receiver, it has the hammer and sickle on it and 1930I stamped into it .. does this mean its a 1930 issue?

Not that it means much, I'm more looking forward to taking her and and firing her but I like to know what I own (anal retentive like that)

thanks for any info folks!

Try here:http://www.mosinnagant.net/default.asp

or here:http://7.62x54r.net/

**wizzegun** · July 24th, 2008, 10:42 PM

When and if you completely take it down, on the receiver tang there will be a 2 or 4 digit date. It's possible the receiver is from an older M91 and was converted into a 91/30 with a 1930 barrel. Does the front edge of the receiver(where the barrel and receiver meet) have any markings?

**weaselchew** · July 25th, 2008, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by dc dalton

I was able to determine it is from the Izhevsk arsenal from the arsenal symbol on the receiver, it has the hammer and sickle on it and 1930I stamped into it .. does this mean its a 1930 issue?
thanks for any info folks!

The "I" is actually a "Г" (Cyrillic for "G"), which is an abbreviation for "год" ("god") which basically means "year".

And as already mentioned, it is a 1930 (or at least the barrel is, as wizzegun stated). All the different stamps & markings you can find can possibly tell you all kinds of info about what it is and what it has been through. Although, sometimes it seems someone got stamp happy along the way and randomly stamped the entire Cyrillic alphabet on the rifle.

The link posted to 7.62x54r.net is a great resource for decoding everything.