Was lucky to stock up on Romanian surplus ammo before all the crazy price hikes and shortages.Excellent rifle for the money.
Once I messed with the front sight post the rifle is very accurate using the iron sights at 100 yds. I was unable to extract one of the pins from the rear sight base and used this as a great alternative to the Brass Stacker that wound up. Features accepts all weaver standard rings Mosin Nagant M44 M91/30 M39 M38 gun Scope Mount Short. this is fairly conclusive proof that the M91/38's were converted post. 23 Note that the M44 sight sleeve is of the post-war wide-base type indicating manufacture in 1946 or later.
All known M91/38 carbines hve these machined M44 sight assemblies. The M44 sight retaining pin can be made out as a contrasting purple line to the rear of the sleeve. Quite a mess and doesn't look professional. Smith-Sights Solution: Mosin Bolt Camming Surfaces By Smith-Sights PLEASE FORGIVE THE MESS! This was my first long instructional video, done on a whim, and I'd been looking for things prior to filming. You have to remove the feed system to remove the barrel from the receiver and the feed system is a mishmash of a tensioned spring and a bunch of tiny phillips screws. It requires two barrel bands, 9 screws (three flat head large, 5 medium phillips, 1 spanner) and a non captive spring to be removed in order to remove the bolt from the receiver.
