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1907 Carbines
Russia/USSR
Mosin Nagant
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Model M1907 Carbine : General
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Weight
-- 7.22 lbs.(3.28 kg)
Length (over all) -- 39.96" (101.5 cm)
Barrel Length -- 19.9" (50.8 cm)
Stock length -- 36 1/2" (92.7 cm)
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- Manufactured
from 1910 through 1917 at the Izhevsk arsenal
- Often
mistakenly referred to as the 1910 Carbine
- Rifling
is 4-groove, right hand twist
- 5
round integral magazine
- Features
a full length stock with no bayonet
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The Model
1907 Carbine is one of the most controversial models sought after by
collectors. The M1907 carbine is often mistakenly referred to as the
M1910 Carbine. There were a number of changes were made to the carbine
around 1910, but it was never designated M1910 . The M1891 was too long
and too heavy for engineers, artillerymen and signalers to carry and
the cavalry found the M1891 rifle awkward on horseback. As early as
1895 a carbine (karabin) prototype was developed, reportedly by
altering the dragoon rifle. Introduced in 1907 the carbine, at 40 in
and 7.6 Ibs, was 11.37 in shorter and 2. 1 lbs. lighter than the
infantry rifle Pekhotniya vintovka. The carbine was stocked almost to
the front sight and thus did not take a bayonet. The M1907 carbine has
a rear sight with graduations of 400 to 2,000 arshini (about 312 to
1,560 yards).
Production
of new carbines was undertaken at the Izhevsk factory, and existing
Dragoon and Cossack rifles were altered to carbines at Sestroryetsk
using a system developed by N. I. Yurov.
Soviet-era,
arsenal-reworked carbines are on the market which have tsarist-era
dated hexagonal receivers, and are advertised as M1907 or M1910
carbines. Genuine M1907s are rare finds at the local gun show should be
very carefully examined before buying. Make sure you check out the rear
sight, front sight, hand guard, and stock.
Production
numbers for the M1907 are estimated as:
1st
pattern: 44,000
2nd pattern: 300,000
General
Features:
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Rear sight, 400 to 2,000 arshini: |
Sight is hinged at the rear: |
Front sight is mounted near the muzzle: |
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Receiver (on right) is much more conical: |
Nearly full length stock and handguard: |
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1907
Carbine Variants
- 1st
pattern : No reinforcing bolt
- 2nd
pattern : A reinforcing bolt was required due to the
high recoil of the M1908 cartridge
Photos
courtesy of martin08, member, russian-mosin-nagant-forum.com and Karl
Heinz
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