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#Post#: 9064--------------------------------------------------
Balkan 1921 Tula M91 infantry rifle, uncommon RAF markings
By: racerguy00 Date: February 19, 2015, 5:48 pm
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Found this on ArmsList for a really good price and not far away
at all. The ad was for last month but for some reason he had no
takers. When I picked it up, he said he had intended to bubba it
but felt guilty doing it.
It is a typical Balkan mixmaster with a few unusual features.
It's a post-war 5-line Tula M91 infantry rifle which isn't
common. It also has the unusual RAF stock markings which is
attributed to Romania. That marking still has an unknown
meaning. This rifle was built during the Russian civil war, on
the side of the communists. The last line of the 5 lines of text
on the barrel shank translates to RFSFR or Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist Republic. These markings were changed soon
after to CCCP when the name Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
was formally adopted. These markings are partially scrubbed as
is typical with Balkan imports.
Other normal balkan features are a 'pinecone' stamp, a wedge
behind the rear sight spring and barrel band shims.
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#Post#: 9074--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balkan 1921 Tula M91 infantry rifle, uncommon RAF markings
By: clayshooter2 Date: February 24, 2015, 6:58 pm
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Remind me, did we ever figure out which of the Balkan states can
be attributed to using those barrel band shims?
#Post#: 9094--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balkan 1921 Tula M91 infantry rifle, uncommon RAF markings
By: racerguy00 Date: March 15, 2015, 4:30 pm
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Not so far. They are pretty standard so they are on m91s that
show use in just about every country in that region. Nothing to
pin it down to a specific country.
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