The exact bayonet for this rifle has never been seen, however it would certainly have been a sabre type and not a socket type bayonet. This front barrel band used a machined, stock nose cap with a bayonet lug on the underside with a separate front barrel band that slide over the nose cap. It is fitted with the ultra rare very first "prototype" front barrel band/nose cap that was only used on the very first rifles and then discarded in favor of the later all stamped front nose cap that was used on the stock only. The right and left sides of the barrel are stamped with the various small factory inspection/acceptance proofs with NO rebuild proof marks anywhere. The top of the breech end of the barrel is stamped with the "Arrow inside a Star/1936/01" indicating that this was the first production rifle, that was manufacture at the Tula Arsenal in 1936. This fabulous example has its original all blue exterior metal finish with the inside of the receiver/action and bolt assembly still in the white as it left the TULA factory, with all original factory numbered parts. They could still be found in numerous Soviet block countries well into the 1970s.
The model 1891/30 was the main stay rifle for the Russian Army from 1891, throughout WWII and well into the early 1950s until the formal adoption of the AK47 and SKS rifles. This rifle appears to have been used handled sparingly as it currently retains ALL its original "matching" numbered part to include the original hardwood stock and handguard. This is an unbelievable find for the WWII military or Russian Arms collector. This is an absolutely ultra rare, "1936" dated, First Production/Prototype Model 1891/30 Mosin-Nagant bolt action rifle that is ALL original and unaltered.
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