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Ok, so I'm a dork and have already named my rifle. Sashenka. Means "Defender of Man" in Russian. Seemed apropos. Anyway, I took a white crayon to the barrel to make the markings stand out for a photo session. Here's what I've got.

I determined the meanings of most of the markings from here. She was made in Izhevsk in 1946. The only symbol I'm not clear on is the Ya in a circle on the side (looks like a backwards R).

She's going in for her first range time tonight! Report (and hopefully video) later.

rolled out on Monday, May 28, 2007 7:35 PM
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# re: Identifying Sashenka's roots - DavidB

Rolled Out On: 5/28/2007 8:42 PM

Hmmm. I saw this one on a site going over markings:

<img src="http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/tangRem_small.jpg">

Remington Circle R ... but your R isn't really an R, or is it? Maybe it is in a mirror. :-)

Here's the page in case you haven't seen it.

Good luck sleuthing this one ... damn fine firearm you got there. If it's as loud and scary as you profess, I'll be considering one myself.

# re: Identifying Sashenka's roots - DavidB

Rolled Out On: 5/28/2007 8:49 PM

Well durnit, serves me right for trying HTML.

# re: Identifying Sashenka's roots - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 5/28/2007 9:18 PM

Ahem...

I determined the meanings of most of the markings from here.


;)

And it's definitely a Я (Ya) and not an R.

# re: Identifying Sashenka's roots - DavidB

Rolled Out On: 5/28/2007 10:56 PM

So I guess you saw the page.

Ya indeed. Even the best of us have bad days in a comments section!

# re: Identifying Sashenka's roots - Rustmeister

Rolled Out On: 5/30/2007 3:05 PM

Thanks for the link to the markings. I have two Mosins and have no clue as to their pedigree, outside of Tula and Izzy.

# re: Identifying Sashenka's roots - GrumpyUnk

Rolled Out On: 5/30/2007 4:46 PM

Sashenka - What a great name for a Mosin!!!

# Oh I wish I could - Sharp as a Marble

Rolled Out On: 6/25/2007 10:15 AM

Oh I wish I could

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