My first collectable:

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This is the rifle I started my collection with, a Mosin Nagant 91/30 PU sniper. This one was manufactured in 1944 at the Izhevsk arsenal. At some point in it's life it was refurbished and issued to the Polish army. During that service or at the end the Russian PU scope that would have been originally with the rifle was replaced by a Polish manufactured one. Since then I've replaced the scope with a 1943 dated Russian one.

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Receiver showing the number charastic of late war Izhevsk snipers:



Polish scope markings:



Polish scope next to the Russian one showing the distinctive matt finish on the Polish one. The original mount is still on the rifle.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Bas, nice rifle and great photos


Cheers, Ade.

[Ronnie Fry]

Great rifle, great presentation!!! Thanks Kiwi Guy!! I like you showing the diffeence in the scopes.. Good info---


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[P08]

Very very nice! Looks great. After trying one of these I went out and bought myself a Mosin Nagant, without scope though.

What does it say on the chamber under the 3 lines? BNO?

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Very very nice! Looks great. After trying one of these I went out and bought myself a Mosin Nagant, without scope though.

What does it say on the chamber under the 3 lines? BNO?

On the chamber above the 2nd serial number are British Nitro Proof marks. Since a lot of guns come to NZ via the UK these are common here.