Help me identify my M39 receiver

[wizdumb]

Hey guys,

A fellow calgunner was interested in the M39 I have for sale, and he wanted to know if the receiver was pre-1899 (antique status). I disassembled the rifle to check the underside of the tang for markings, and there were none. The only receiver marking I could see is this was on top of the tang.

Tang bottom
Tang top

I checked the 7.62x54r.net Marking reference site to no avail. Have any of you come across a receiver like this before?

[jthesby]

Yup, the m27 I bought had no tang mark underneath, and just a small mark on top... Not sure as to manufacture

[NOTABIKER]

my 1944 SAKO only has a # 5 under the tang. no help at all. you are not alone.

[wizdumb]

Interesting. Is there any way to identify the year the receiver was manufactured?

[Flyin Brian]

OP, your receiver is a New England Westinghouse, so made between 1915-1918. The <-E is a mark of one of the n.e.w. factories.

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[wizdumb]

OP, your receiver is a New England Westinghouse, so made between 1915-1918. The <-E is a mark of one of the n.e.w. factories.

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Maybe I'll take a better photo of the receiver mark. It doesn't look like an "E" to me; it looks like two Cyrillic symbols inside a circle with an arrow.

[Flyin Brian]

Maybe I'll take a better photo of the receiver mark. It doesn't look like an "E" to me; it looks like two Cyrillic symbols inside a circle with an arrow.

it looks to me like that's a Russian acceptance of nk in a circle stamped over the top of the <-E

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