Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M44 – 7.62x54r – MFG 1946 – Bayonet – Hungarian Minta

This is a no reserve penny auction for an Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M44 in 7.62x54r. Serial number – Y01475. This M44 features an attached, folding bayonet and comes with a sling. Originally manufactured in 1946 in Russia before being sent to Hungry. Note the rear sight has been replaced with a Picatinny rail.

After the end of WW2 Hungary was limited to a 25,000 member military. They were restricted to certian weapons, many of which were German. The Hungarian military then purchased a limited number of Soviet firearms, including M91/30 and M44 Mosin Nagants, PPSh41 machine pistols and TT33 pistols. By 1948 Hungary was pressured through the Warsaw Pact to purchase the license from the Soviet Union for the manufacture of Mosin Nagant and other Soviet weapons. Production seems to have been confined to good-quality copies of the Soviet Model 1944 carbine, known as 48.M (48 Minta) in Hungary.