My local Dunhams gets guns in every Thursday. So since I was off yesterday I decided to swing by and see what had come in. Nothing much exciting, but they did have a 1928 hex receivered Izzy ex-dragoon with matching numbers, a good clear Soviet stamp, and it was only $79!
So last night when I had it stripped apart for cleaning I looked on the bottom of the receiver and saw that the date stamped on the barrel didn't match the receiver. The receiver was actually a 1918 with the full bow Izzy stamp!
Sure it's a frankengun, but there's a chance that it saw action in both WW1 and WW2! It's not quite as accurate as my '37 Tula, but it hit a torso target at 220yds every time we pulled the trigger using 40 year old spam can ammo. Not bad for a gun with a 93 year old receiver.
So last night when I had it stripped apart for cleaning I looked on the bottom of the receiver and saw that the date stamped on the barrel didn't match the receiver. The receiver was actually a 1918 with the full bow Izzy stamp!
Sure it's a frankengun, but there's a chance that it saw action in both WW1 and WW2! It's not quite as accurate as my '37 Tula, but it hit a torso target at 220yds every time we pulled the trigger using 40 year old spam can ammo. Not bad for a gun with a 93 year old receiver.