New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant M91

Manufacturer: New England Westinghouse
Caliber: 7.62x54r
Barrel: 31.5
Bore Condition: Excellent
This is a no reserve penny auction for a New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant M91 bolt-action rifle in 7.62x54r. Serial number- 852953. This rifle is in great condition for its age and was manufactured in 1915. In 1915 the Imperial Russian government ordered 1,500,000 M1891 infantry rifles & bayonets plus 100,000,000 rounds of 7.62×54 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–Nagant 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–Nagant 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.
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<br />This particular model 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.