A List of Spanish Civil War Rifle Features:
Within the field of Spanish Civil War Mosin Nagants there are several features that help to show a rifle’s provenance towards this conflict and region. These features include:
In order to provide a definitive link for your rifle to the Spanish Civil War, there should be several of these features on the rifle being examined. However, there are a few features listed that will prove the link without having any others present. This will be discussed more in depth within the individual sections of this website. Before going in depth into each of these individual features be sure to check out the section titled Disqualifying Features. This page lists several features which will very likely disqualify your rifle from the possibility of being a rifle of Spanish origin.
- The rifle’s date range [1937 and prior dates only]
- The “Made in USSR/URRS” stamp
- Lack of modern import stamps
- “MP8” Flaming Bomb cartouche
- Wire sling swivels
- Spanish made stock and/or hand guard
- A heavily sanded stock
- Blade front site on a rifle that otherwise wouldn’t have one
- Various types of Spanish cleaning rods
In order to provide a definitive link for your rifle to the Spanish Civil War, there should be several of these features on the rifle being examined. However, there are a few features listed that will prove the link without having any others present. This will be discussed more in depth within the individual sections of this website. Before going in depth into each of these individual features be sure to check out the section titled Disqualifying Features. This page lists several features which will very likely disqualify your rifle from the possibility of being a rifle of Spanish origin.
