The Romanians also produced the Mosin-Nagant m1944 carbine, the Romanian version is basically the same as a late Soviet m1944 regarding fittings etc. There were apparently not many mfg, Romanian production appears to have begun very late, possibly 1954, although 53 dated examples have been reported I've never personally seen one, the beginning of Romanian production closely corresponds to the end of production of Polish examples. Romanian SKS production began approximately 1956 so the time frame for Romanian M44's is very short.
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Romanian M44 w/bayonet extended At a quick glance the Romanian version appears to be Soviet or Polish, they have the later style bayonet hinge/lock & the late Soviet style Mosin sling slot escutcheons (pressed in full oblong plates w/o screws). The Romanian versions are fairly scarce due to production numbers & most will be found rearsenaled & various components, ie: Soviet, Polish, Hungarian.
M44 with Romanian M44 sling Romanian M44 with Romanian M44 leather sling. This sling is a medium brown leather w/matching leather straps, color matches the Romanian SKS sling & the Romanian AK/PSL slings. This particular example is unmarked, another leather variant leather sling is the East German sling, all the leather East German slings I've seen are a lighter color & are usually well marked, all marked Romanian leather slings I've seen are the medium brown as pictured here.
Romanian M44 bayonet folded Romanian M44's in original condition w/all original matching Romanian mfg parts are rare. The example shown here is (I believe) an original all matching Romanian M44, the sling fitted to the rifle has been identified as a Romanian sling for the SKS but was used also on the M44 & even the AK.
Romanian M44 buttstock Very plain wood (appearance wise), note the pressed in excutcheons, the markings on the stock & the edges of the wood are untouched & sharp.
Romanian M44 marking in stock A closeup of the marking stamped into the wood on the right side of the stock.
Romanian M44 action Bolt number marking is in same location as the Soviet models but does not have Cyrlic characters for the prefix.
Romanian marking on cocking knob This marking is an arrowhead in a triangle as opposed to a full arrow in a triangle which is the Soviet Ishevsk Arsenal symbol. The parts markings on these carbines also corresponds to the Soviet versions, cocking piece, bolt, buttplate, trigger guard, bands & sometimes band springs.
Bolt marking A view of the Romanian arrow in triangle marking on the bolt.
Romanian M44 bolt number As on most Mosin M44 variants the numbered parts are the chamber/barrel, bolt body, mag base & buttplate. The full serial number, ie: letter prefix(s) & serial number as stamped on the chamber is repeated on the numbered parts in full complete w/the prefix, parts that are numbered to the rifle w/o the prefix are replacement/rematched parts.
Romanian M44 chamber/barrel markings The Romanian arrowhead in triangle is seen at left, serial # w/prefix next, 1954 date of mfg, then the wreath at right, the wreath on the Romanain examples is again very similiar to the wreath found on Soviet Ishevsk examples but close examination shows the Soviet wreath has a hammer/cycle in it, the Romanian wreath has RPR (Romanian Peoples Republic).
Romanian M44 rear sight Same rear sight as Soviet, Hungarian, Polish production.
Romanian M44 rear band Note the Romanian type arrow marking, the bands springs are standard late Soviet style stamped springs, there are no markings on the springs on this rifle.
Romanian M44 forend Forend showing late type pressed escutcheons.
Romanian M44 front band Again w/Romanian arrowhead in triangle stamping.
Romanian M44 R muzzle Showing bayonet folded & bayonet hinge.
Muzzle w/ bayonet open Very littel wear is shown on this example, finish etc is pristine.
Bayonet right side Quadrangular style standard M44 type bayonet.
Angled view of muzzle View of the muzzle are w/front sight w/bayonet locked in extended (firing) position. This particular carbine is not counterbored & the bore is in exc shape.
Left view, muzzle w/bayonet extended
Left side of muzzle w/bayonet closed Note the early small Century import marking on the barrel as opposed to the current large font markings on the recievers of newer imports.
Early import markings Closeup of the early type import markings.
Romanian M44 L forend
Chamber markings Another view of the chamber markings.
Left side action view Note the small number stamped just above the woodline on the side of chamber above the stock recoil bolt, this number is the serial number, this number was stamped by the importer as the original guns were not numbered on the receiver only the barrel/chamber, federal law requires the receiver have a serial number so the importers stamped the rifles serial number on the receiver. Some later imports have completely different numbers atamped on the receiver (that are not the same as the original serial on the barrel/chamber) on these guns the number stamped on the receiver is the correct/legal serial number of the rifle per Federal law.
Triggerguard marking Romanian arrowhead in triangle marking on the triggerguard.
Detail view of the marking A closeup of the Romanian marking on the triggerguard.
Magazine base marking The full serial # is stamped onto the magazine base.
Left side, buttstock
Markings on stock & buttplate 2 in a circle stamped in wood, Romanian triangle & full serial number stamped on buttplate. Note the sharpness of the markings & the edges of the wood.
Marking stamped on the sling This is a pic of the marking on the Romanian SKS sling pictured on this M44 in the album.
Left view w/bayonet extended Sling pictured is a Romanian SKS type
Romanian M44 left side Sling pictured is a Romanian SKS type.
Romanian m44 w/M44 sling left view This picture shows the Romanian M44 w/the Romanian brown leather M44 sling.
Romanian slings, M44 & SKS Shown here are the Romanian M44 (top) & SKS (bottom) slings, both were used w/the Romanian M44's: The M44 sling is a leather copy of the Soviet M44 canvas sling w/2 seperate stock loops. The SKS sling is thinner, the bottom loop is permanently affixed to the sling & the upper loop is attached by a metal D-ring.
Romanian M44 & SKS slings Side view of the M44 (top) & SKS (bottom) slings for comparison.
Romanian SKS sling This sling has been identified as the "correct" sling for the Romanian SKS, note the attached rear loop & the front loop attached w/a metal D-ring, these slings were also used on the Romanian 91/30, M44 & AK rifles.
M44 & SKS slings, lower ends Top: M44 sling Bottom: SKS sling This is the lower ends of the slings that attaches to the buttstock.
M44 & SKS slings, upper ends Top: M44 sling Bottom: SKS sling This is the upper end that attaches thru the forend, note the SKS sling loop is attached thru a D-ring.
