SOLD - 1915 New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant M91

Description

12/5/22 - In 1915 the Imperial Russian government ordered 1,500,000 M1891 infantry rifles & bayonets plus 100,000,000 rounds of 7.62?ó54 mm ammunition from the American firm Remington-UMC & an additional 1,800,000 of the rifles & bayonets from another American company, New England Westinghouse. The New England Westinghouse company was founded in 1915 in East Springfield, Massachusetts. Its primary purpose was to fulfill a contract to produce Mosin‚ÄìNagant rifles for Czar Nicholas II of Russia during World War I. In order to produce the rifles, they purchased the J Stevens Arms & Tool Company in Chicopee Falls, MA on 1 July 1916 & acquired all its holdings which included firearms & tool manufacturing facilities. The Stevens firearms facility was renamed the J Stevens Arms Company & its machinery was retooled to meet the Mosin‚ÄìNagant contract. In 1917 the Czar was deposed in the Russian Revolution & the Russian government defaulted on the contract so New England Westinghouse did not receive payment. This one is mismatched and has an import mark on the barrel. This one was reworked by the Finnish, as evidenced by the Finnish "SA" marking on the left side of the receiver. There is also what appears to be a US military cross-canon cartouche on the right side of the butt stock. The bolt was arsenal-re-numbered to match. The metal parts have only retained about half of their bluing. There is general high edge wear, spotty wear along the whole barrel, and obvious finish loss on the magazine. There is no major damage to the stock, but there are obvious dings, bruises, and scratches throughout. It also appears to have been lightly sanded. The bore has decent rifling, but there is pin-pricking throughout.