johntheplinker
Master
Polish (11)) - what a beaut, besides that wart at the end. The metal looks downright fantastic. Speaking of, how is the muzzle device attached? No detent pin, I pray. Crush washer or something similar, or literally just wrenched on? For as interested as you seem to be at taking care of this gun, I would take the brake off and just be mindful not to drop the carbine or otherwise gum up the threads.
Also, do you know what the thread pitch happens to be? If it is a common commie pitch you might be able to get away with an AK-style muzzle nut. It still won't be original but IMHO will look better than that 74-style brake hanging off the end.
And if you decide to rock it with nothing but bubba'd threads, the bayonet still folds/attaches, yes? Because when you get to shoot it, there's nothing quite like stabbing a paper target with a Mosin bayonet and then obliterating the entire thing with a hip-fired x54r round.
Yep, Polish. Poles weren't fans of the Mosin and preferred their Mausers. Weren't allowed to build new Mausers after WWII so had to make Mosins instead. Most were never issued as they went to the SKS and AK almost simultaneously as the Mosins were built. Put away in a warehouse in case of WWIII then sold as surplus in the early 1990's. As evidenced by your pictures they did an exceptional job on these. Shame about the barrel.I don't think I knew that they made M/Ns at the Radom factory!
Neat.