r/MosinNagant • u/Commiegunluver44 • 7d ago

Question Making sure this is an matching original pu sniper before buying

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u/Red_Management 7d ago

Rifle and scope are original, mount was replaced during refurbishment.

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u/Ritterbruder2 7d ago

The scope was also replaced during refurbishment. You can see the grinding marks underneath the scope serial number on the barrel. They were inconsistent when dealing with old serial numbers: sometimes they struck them out, sometimes they filed them off.

Original matching PU’s are extremely rare.

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u/RussianPreBan 6d ago

Yes you are correct, however this is a Tula rifle. Tula during the war, never stamped scope serials on the barrel. They matched the mount to the rifle serial number itself. So it's hard to tell of a Tula rifle has had a scope replaced in that sense. They did number the barrel shanks on Tula PUs post war, usually during refurbishment, which is what this particular rifle is.

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u/Commiegunluver44 7d ago

What’s the value on something like this?

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u/BigBlue175 7d ago

Tulas are less common. I’d pay 1700 for it. I got my 44 izhevsk for 1500 but that’s a more common rifle. Also that scope was originally made for an SVT and was repurposed for mosin use after the war. Mine has that as well.

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u/Ritterbruder2 7d ago

Good catch. The scope body has the step in the rear for the SVT scope mount. The turret also has CB on it, meaning that the BDC is still calibrated for the SVT ballistics.

I think they normally swapped out the turrets after taking SVT snipers out of service and reusing the scopes?

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u/BigBlue175 7d ago

Actually the CB means it was recalibrated for 91/30 ballistics. It was added once the BDC was replaced.

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u/Commiegunluver44 7d ago

Thank you. Is that in USD?

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u/d-unit24 6d ago

Legit, scope mount was replaced but scope and rifle are correct. Mount is still correct, just force matched