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The 1907 carbine is one of the rarest Mosin Nagant variants. This particular rifle is in the wrong stock, it is in a 1894 Chatellerault M91 stock which has been cut down. They were produced exclusively by the Izhevsk factory from 1908 to at least 1913, and it was adopted in response to the findings during the Russo-Japanese War that the Russian army needed compact carbines for mobile troops such as machine gun crews.
Several sources state that over 300,000 of these rifles were produced, but the scarcity of these rifles, even by the end of WW1, brings that number into question. According to Chumak, the Russians had ~180,000 1907 carbines at the beginning of WW1. Finland only had around 50 of these rifles by the end of WW2, and reports state that the vast majority of those were made in either 1912 or 1913
Helsinki White Guard Scouts
The Helsinki White Guard marches on Pohjoisesplanadi in Helsinki in 1918. Photo courtesy of the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museoviratso) via finna.fi and used with CC BY 4.0
Red Guard on horse in Riihimäki
Notice some of the soldiers on the right have 1907 carbines. Photo courtesy of the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museoviratso) via finna.fi and used with CC BY 4.0
95th Krasnoyarsky Infantry Regiment Automobile Company
Three 1907 Carbines can be seen in this photograph
Landing tracks of the broad-gauge armored train "Kapten Irv"
From left, the third commander of the train's landing battalion, Sub-Captain Hans Raudsepp. Armoured train "Captain Irv" No. 1 Tapal, PM F 2038:1, Järvamaa Museum, http://www.muis.ee/museaalview/238940
Imperial guard with 1907 carbine
Notice this 1907 carbine has a front sight hood. Preparation for the meeting of the emperor of the emperor in the 1st Army. Vitebsk Gubernia, the village of Gornye Dyadinki. The arrival of the Emperor Nicholas II in the location of the 1st Army. January 30, 1916
Soldier with 1907 carbine training to shoot aerial targets
Training shooting on air targets. Aerodrome. Radom province, station Konsk. February 1915
A Czecho-Slovak scout with a 1907 carbine
Taken in Siberia
Polish Rifle Division, 2nd Squadron - 1917
Notice the 1907 carbine on the front row, third from the right. A pair of Lewis guns are also present
Austro-Hungarian War Museum
Most likely in Vienna, notice the 1907 carbine on the bottom left of the cabinet
Imperial Russian Solider in Estonia with 1907 Carbine