[@DepressedSoviet] Now, since you bring it up, I wasn't planning on my guy having any non-standard equipment... to my understanding, though, most variations of the Mosin-Nagant are reasonably usable as sniper rifles, with the Dragoon Rifle in particular sharing identical dimensions to the later M1891/30 that was used by snipers in WW2. My thinking is, if my guy is a defector, he'd probably have stolen his weapon as well, and if he took on the role of cavalry [s]sniper[/s] sharpshooter in both the Red Army and the Blackshirts, that gives perfect justification for him to have a Dragoon Rifle. (EDIT: Or he's just a mounted rifleman whatever.)

Whilst we're on the topic, what Russian pistols were around at the time? I may or may not give my character one of those as well, but I'd need to know what my options are.