It is technically not a part of the serial number although it is usually included in the serial number by US importers and FFL holders for record keeping purposes. It is not matched to the rifle and it is possible that it is not a serial number, but represents something else. They are most often encountered on rifles built in Finland from salvaged parts. Numbered cocking knobs are uncommon now and it is rare to find one that matches. Primary serial numbers on Mosin Nagant rifles, like most European firearms, are on the barrel, rather than the receiver as in the United States.īolt 3 Magazine floorplate 4 Buttplate 5 Cocking knobs were also numbered on the earliest Russian production and Remington M91s.
They represent a block of 9, rifles and were apparently assigned at random. A rifle with a mis-matched number on the bolt body, but the last few digits of the barrel number on the bolt knob would still be considered Finn matched. Although buttplate and floorplate numbers may or may not match it would still be considered Finn matched. Evident by the presence of a lined out number, signs that a previous number has been ground off, electropenciled numbers, or numbers without an alpha prefix when applicable. A matching rifle could be all stamped matching or f orce matched.
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