P.S. No idea why my phone likes to capitalize "arshini". That's plural, though. Singular is "arshin". About 28"; a soldier's stride length. Rgds, JS
Yep, it's a "step", a "stride", the distance between two feet when walking, etc. or whatever you want to call it but it is about 28" and is the measurement of range settings on MNs pre'28. After 1930 and the adoption of the metric system by the Soviets most of the rear sights were either replaced during rebuild or restamped with meter range designations.
"So we're on the same page, what is a 91/28? I assumed it was a typo, but you've used it since. Do you mean a Finnish M28?"
No it was not a typo, I was just dating myself on discussions of MN sights. Back in the day M91/28 referred to those Tsarist/Soviet MNs (models '91 through M28s) with sights marked in arshins pre adoption of the metric system by the Soviets and adoption of the metric correct rear sight on the M91/30, sometimes referred to in older books as the M18191/30. I should have said M91 through M28s.....just showed my age is all, my bad.......sorry.
Got my 1st M91 Dragoon in November of '65 (still have it) when the previous owner didn't need it anymore. Been shooting cast bullets in it and other MNs since '69. These days I mostly shoot my Finn M39 with cast in CBA Military Rifle matches. I shoot my M91/30 Sniper with 174 MKs replication the "D" load out to 1000 yards. My M91 Dragoon and Chinese made M1953 I shoot cast in now and then just for fun. Used to shoot a lot of the cheap milsurp in the M91 Dragoon but, alas, it has dried up and I've shot up most of what I had. Only got a couple hundred rounds left.
Larry Gibson
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