The design of the 1891/30 was revisited, resulting in cost saving manufacturing changes that altered the look, but not the design characteristics of the rifle. In 1936, it was decided that further economy of production was warranted. found on the Dragoon rifles which had then been in service for nearly 40 years.

The hexagonal receiver was retained, as were the milled band springs, etc. Other changes included simplification of the machining employed in the manufacture of the bolt body, a globe-type front sight that better framed the target for snap-shooting, and a handguard of simplified manufacture. A flat tangent sight in the Mauser style was chosen as a replacement. Additionally, the older Konovalov sight system had proved prone to breakage and was resource intensive to manufacture. Primary among these changes was the switch from the old imperial unit of measurement, the Arshin, to the newly adopted metric system. It was decided that the new rifle should be based on the existing Dragoon/Cossack rifle platform with some changes to the design to make it more durable and easier to manufacture. Though the Communist Soviet forces would eventually revisit the carbine concept in 1938, in the 1920's they sought to adopt one rifle to serve all units of their armed forces. The older rifle had proved overly long an unweildy for use by cavalry and special troops, and the M1907 carbine had proved too short and fragile for infantry use. The rifle model 1891/30 (vintovka obrazets 1891/30 goda in phonetic Russian) grew out of a desire by the Russian military's desire to update the older Three Line Rifle model 1891 which had been in front line service since its year of adoption. Note: Pics of rifle provided courtesy of moderator Claven2. (31 picture virtual tour) Observations: (by 'Claven2') Source: The Mosin-Nagant Rifle by Terrence Lapin, ISBN: 1882391217 Approximately 12.5 million (conflicting number is according to )Ĭanadian Collector Market Value Estimate: $ Approximately 17.475 million (In production from 1930 - 1945)

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