Name these Rifles
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Brady
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Name these Rifles
Are these Russian Riffles ? Mosin–Nagant ?
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LineDoggie
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Re: Name these Rifles
Going by the bayonets, likely Lebels Mle 1886
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Brady
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Re: Name these Rifles
O, right, ok, Thanks
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Poot
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Re: Name these Rifles
Correct, Mle. 1886. I'm a bit surprised the bayonets haven't been shortened, like many surviving examples. There was an order specifying how short they were to be, along with modification of the scabbard.
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