The carbine was introduced as an interim weapon in the 1920s but continued in use until Poland fell at the start of World War II. Thereafter some were used by Germany. Although in the early 1920s the army decided to adopt the Mauser-based Model 98a carbine as the standard weapon, their supply was initially low and it was decided to convert Polish rifles in the same way, shortening them to carbines in the process. Between 1924 and 1927 the Centralna Składnica Broni of Warsaw and ARMA Ltd. of Lwów (modern Lviv) modified roughly 77,000 Mosin rifles to the new standard.

As you can see in the picture the rifle shows heavy wear traces from outside, it was kept in the loft covered with clothes for 70 years, but the inside it is in good conditions. The mechanism works perfectly well and the rifle shoots very good.