I got my Mosin at a Roses department store in Mississippi in about 1987. They had hundreds of them there for $29.95 each and for another $29.95 you could get 1000 rounds of crappy Russian ammo with it. For poor college kids it was a cheap “plinking” gun. Mine is a Model 1915 made by “New England Westinghouse Company.” Apparently it was made under contract for the Tsar government.
“Model 1915 made by “New England Westinghouse’
Those are very collectable in original configuration. Remington also made contract rifles.
http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinMarks01.htm