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Show us your Russian battle rifles!

I don't have one anymore :(
 
So, nobody has a Mosin, SVT, SKS or AK to share?
 
Here is a couple of mine. A 1954 Izzy SKS and a 2013 Saiga 7.62x39
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I have a few items from the mother country, PAX
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'41 SVT
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'51 Tula as issued
The top 3 are '51 Tula refurb, '54 Tula as issued but painted, '54 Izzy refurb, then Yugo, Romy, Albys
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Not Russian.. but.. Cugir Romania WASR 10/63 - Stamped 1973. Acquired it roughly a year ago, when 7.62 prices were skyrocketing.

Started out with the classic wood furniture, dropped in all Magpul FDE stuff, along with the side-mounted Pict. rail and Sig Sauer ROMEO4S Red Dot.

Internally, the only thing I swapped out was the recoil spring for a ALG one and a Romanian AKM gas tube.
 

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Thought I would revive an older thread with my humble contribution - these are my four favorite battle rifles from the Russian region of my safe.

From top to bottom:

1) 1938 Tula PEM - the rifle is original stamped metal matching except for a scrubbed bolt; the mount does not match the base;

2) 1944 Tula PU - the rifle is original stamped metal matching;

3) 1938 Tula - non-refurb, all original stamped metal matching, "SA" and "41" marked;

4) 1941 Izhevsk SVT-40 - all original stamped metal matching except for the magazine, "SA" marked.

Enjoy!

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My SKS.. black stock is how I got it, and the Hush SKS folder stock is how it sits today with a red dot
1954 Tula
 

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Pretty sure this thing is cursed af and there's a very non-zero chance it's got some bodies on it (It's a beat-up Type 56 SKS with a 1969 dated serial number and a bunch of trench art and very obvious field use wear)

The parts that matter for real military use are obviously extremely well-maintained for its age and it's an excellent shooter that pretty much came perfectly zeroed to me OOB.

Honestly has more than a little bit of a "Rifle is yours, I̷t̷ ̶a̸l̷w̸a̶y̵s̴ ̵w̸a̴s̸" vibe to it with my winning a random GunJoker auction for it from an iffy seller at a can't-miss so-cheap-it's-sus price, the big disconnect between how nasty it looks externally, how well-maintained the internals obviously are and how well it shoots after only some Cosmoline/rust-busting and a standard field strip and cleaning with no sight adjustments needed.
 
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