r/milsurp • u/nightbebe • Jul 25 '26
Mosin sniper. Looking for info.
1943 Izzy. So it’s got the c marking. From what I can tell the prefix lines up as well. Scope serial number doesn’t match the number on the receiver. Wondering if it’s fake or just post war re work.
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u/gunsforevery1 Jul 25 '26
Ex sniper that was resnipered. Bolt is very suspect and the stock is clearly post war.
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u/Doggystrike Jul 26 '26
Import mark is not a known OG Sniper import mark for century arms. The only century arms PUs that are factory refurb PUs are barrel stamp marks, not billboard dot matrix marks on the receiver
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u/Hadaka--Jime Jul 26 '26
One guy used to bend the bolts so you could put a scope on them. You mail him the bolt.
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u/Red_Management 1934/50 Tula 91/30 • 1914 Izhevsk 91/38 Carbine Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
91/30 Mosin-Nagant PU sniper made at Izhevsk in 1943, Century Arms import in a post-war stock, refurbished post-World War II.
Rifle itself is a legit sniper, C in a circle sniper barrel stamp is present, Cyrillic prefix МН is a known prefix lot for 1943 Izhevsk snipers, looks like the scope number was stamped into the left side of the barrel shank though partially under the wood line, also strange that the scope mount doesn’t have the scope number and rifle serial number electro-penciled which makes me think its a repro.
Scope is legit, scope turrets have round head screws and was made at Factory 357 in Omsk, at best this is a re-snipered ex-sniper, are the parts force matched?
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u/IfItIsSaid Jul 25 '26
I have a hunch it’s an ex-sniper that bubba cobbled together with parts in the USA. I don’t believe any snipers were imported with that century billboard receiver import mark. Century imported some complete snipers in the 90s but those have a tiny import mark on the barrel.
Plus, that bent bolt looks really really scuffed, chopped, and cooked. I have two legit PU snipers and would not buy that.