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Full length view with socket bayonet attached
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2
Rifle Butt. Notice the rebuild mark (square with slash through it) and late style pressed escutcheons.
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View of receiver area
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notice the finger reliefs cut for removal or rear band. a late feature probably added at refurb
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front end of stock.
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muzzle area and bayonet attachment
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notice the stock maker's proofs in the finger grooves.
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Notice the late production loose inletting around the matching buttplate tang. The meaning of the "2" is unknown
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receiver markings indicating communist era (1940) Izhevsk manufacture. The izhevsk marking is the triangle with a vertical arrow in it. Below the communist crest also notice the rebuild mark of a box with a line through it.
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bayonet attachment point
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rear sight graduations out to 2000m.
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maker's proof marks on barrel shank.
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note the izhevsk manufacturing mark on the bayonet.
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bayonet socket (dismounted)
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bayonet point - the chiselled shape is typical and correct.
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full view of bayonet.
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22
rifle muzzle
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front barrel band, Izhevsk marked
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Note that the rear barrel band is a Tula made part. No telling if it's original to the rifle or a refurb replacement part.
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