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This interesting M91 was made in 1909 at Tula.  Although Russia adopted the new curved Konovalov rear sight in 1908 there was a time of transition and this rifle has the old flat rear sight, graduated up to 2700 Arshinii only.  The stock has a 1909 dated cartouche and sling slots with escutcheons, yet lacks the crossbolt at the recoil lug. The overall condition of the rifle is like new with all matching numbers and no additional marks besides the original ones.  This rifle is owned by Karl-Heinz Wrobel, author of Drei Linien, Die Gewehre Mosin-Nagant, who was kind enough to take the pictures and allow them to be used on 7.62x54r.net.

The sight graduation marks are in arshins, a Russian measurement that is approximately 28 inches, and are on the left side of the rear sight base only.

The simple flat leaf more closely resembles the post-1930 M91/30 leaf, as does the slide, than it does the later curved Konovalov leaf.  The early features of this rifle are seldom seen outside of museums and it would have a prominent place in any Mosin collection.