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Model |
Manufactured |
Used
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M1938 Carbine |
1938 to
1945
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Soviet
Union
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Differences between the
Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 and the Model 1938 Carbine (m/38
Carbine) are the barrel length, overall length, and
length of the stock components. Also the m/38 was not
issued with a bayonet nor did it have an integral
bayonet that is seen on the m/44. The production run of
the m/38 ran from 1938 to 1945. |
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Manufactured
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M1944 Carbine |
1943 to
1955
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Warsaw Pact and
third
world countries
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The Soviet’s had a strange fascination or
dependency on bayonet capable rifles and the m/44 filled
this bill by having a bayonet permanently affixed to the
right side of the rifle. The m/44 carbine is pretty much
a clone of the m/38 Carbine except for the bayonet. The
production run of the m/44 ran from 1943 to the late
1950s. |
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1950s |
Warsaw Pact |
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The Soviet Block
Countries took existing 1891/30 Long Rifles and cut them down
to carbine size. In most cases the rifles were left using the
same sights and stocks (reduced in length) that were
manufactured for the 1891/30. Also the 1891/59 did
not have a bayonet either issued or integral. This carbine was
more a modification than a new production rifle. All the samples I have
seen have the original manufacture date left on the receiver
(the date the 1891/30 rifle was made) and also the assembled
date of 1959.
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The most commonly found m44 rifles
were manufactured in either the Izhevsk and Tula Arsenals, although
records show the rifle was made at many arsenals in Russia and other
Warsaw Pact countries. The
table below will help you identify which rifle you own. |
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Arsenal |
Symbol |
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Izhevsk (arsenal mark: triangle
w/upright arrow inside) |
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Tula (arsenal mark: star w/upright
arrow inside) |
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