Yes

Sooner or later everyone sells something, I am not yet broke or sick so nothing is pushing me to sell. For now I will keep the collection I have, but I don't add to it like I used to, not at todays prices, I am way to cheap to pay them.

1943, not every rifle made in 1943 will have the rough look, when the press was off they returned to building rifles in the normal fusion. I see this with the 91/30's also, some rough, some smooth, all 1943 production. Both of my 1943 M44 trials rifles have smooth receivers and 43 tang dates. Far more rare will be a 1942 dated rifle with a smooth receiver, 1942 was not a fun year for the USSR, and the push would have been non stop that year.

WHat you have is the 1891/38, these were made from M1891 rifles cut down to M38 size post WW2, probably in Czechoslovakia, but could have been Russia. Not to be confused with the 1891/59, these were M1891/30 rifles cut down to M38 size during the same period, mid to late 1950's. Why they were made still hasn't been answered, none appear to have been issued, they were imported here in the 1990's. Actual M38's were made by Izhevsk 1939-1945, and by Tula in 1944 only. The 91/38 is much harder to find, and easily double the cost of a war years M38 due to it's rarity. 1939, and 1945, as well as the one year Tula are hard to find low production years and will be more expensive M38's. 91/38's will have earlier dates from 1890's to 1920's. Accuracy tends to be better with these as the barrel blank for the M1891 rifle is thicker than the M38, and the cut back eliminated at least muzzle erosion from the original full length bore, and that tends to be the worst area for wear in a Mosin barrel. You have a very nice find that is sought after by many Mosin collectors.

@@RockIsland1913 THANK' YOU, It is a TULA An i just checked the barrel has not been has not been reamed out like you said in your video.I guess this one never saw action in WW2 cause the stock is like new . The date on the receiver 1895. ser. # 163100 an in Russian it says ,,HMNEPATOPCKIN ? OK thank's again ,i subed your channel,. I am going to make a short video of the rifle here in a few days. I will try an find you an give you the link.👍

They didn't ream the barrels out, they cut the front of the barrel down until it was M38 size. Think sawed off shotgun, they sawed off the first foot of the barrel, and made a new crown and front sight. Being an 1895 dated barrel the original M1891 rifle they took the action out of would have been used in many conflicts ( possibly) Russo-Japanese war, 1905 Rebellion, First World War, Russian revolution of 1917, Winter War with Finland 1939-40, World War II, use in any of these conflicts is possible. Tula made M1891 rifles for many decades in the hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions. Once the action was cut down and put in the M38 style stock it's military use was over except as a reserve weapon in storage. I am sure the communists had a plan for the carbines, but whatever it was never came about. Instead the carbines were sold to collectors.