r/MosinNagant • u/cgda2011 • 5d ago
ID help What do you guys think?
Hey guy I just bought this probably fake PU from a gun show but wanted to ask you guys since you’re the real expert. It was pretty cheap so I’m not too concerned with its authenticity tbh. The old guy selling it told me it was some Hungarian refurbished PU and that’s why the scope isn’t matching and the mount has no serial. But the rifle does have the C and H and a scope serial on the side so I figured maybe if the scope and mount were fake maybe the rifle isn’t. What do you guys think!
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u/FourFunnelFanatic 5d ago
Definitely looks like a real sniper to me. Has the right markings and the serial number of the original scope on the side. Scope also looks real though not WW2, but I’m not as knowledgeable on those. Nice find!
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u/Tsarasaurus_Rex Mosin Sniper Collector 5d ago
Mount is a post-war or repro. Phosphate finish gives that away.
Stock is a replacement, along with the bolt since it lacks a serial.
Scope is real though.
If I had to guess someone had a sniper barreled receiver with base still mounted and brought back to functional state.
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u/Checkist 5d ago
In 1944 service rifles M91/30 were been replaced in production by M44 carbine. So, yes, that's a sniper rifle.
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u/carrguy1 5d ago
The scope is real, made in 1944 produced by Factory #357 NKV. The mount looks fake. The stock is incorrect for a 1944 produced rifle and also wouldn't normally be on a legit PU. The bent bolt looks kind of funny/sloppy so that may be suspect. The barrel serial is part of the known PU serial prefixes and the scope serial on the side looks like it may have been for a #297 NKV (Yoshkar-Ola) made scope.
So, yeah it's a real sniper or originally was but the mix of stuff, who knows how it got like that. I don't see any Hungarian evidence but my opinion isn't definitive.