Here are a couple pictures of carving on my rifle. Is that a name on[/ATTACH]M1899C-1.jpgm1899C-2.jpgn the stock? big fingers on date keys Model 1899C
Here are a couple pictures of carving on my rifle. Is that a name on[/ATTACH]M1899C-1.jpgm1899C-2.jpgn the stock? big fingers on date keys Model 1899C
Last edited by musketshooter; 02-11-2019 at 09:13.
I believe that "Zu" means "To". Therefore it MIGHT be a destination or military objective.
Looks like Russian. The Russian G-from the Greek letter Gamma-after the date is the Russian abbreviation for year-god-in Russian.
blackhawknj is correct - Russian genitive case for "year of 1941." The carving, however, is for xxxx. I read/speak crappy Russian and cannot make heads or tails of it. "Zil'komnenizya?" Perhaps poorly-educated and lacking in handwriting skills.
"Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace." - T.R.