The US government cancelled all contracts for war supplies to the Communists, and bought 300,000 or more Mosins directly from Remington and New England Westinghouse. You should also know that many Remingtons were never sent overseas but were purchased by the US government for use by the US Army and National Guard, after the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in 1917. Yes, it is possible that a worker took a rifle home. Remington restarted serial numbers at #1 beginning every year of production, 1916, 19, as did the Russian factories making the M1891 pattern, so your rifle could fall in any of those years, check the date.
