What's my Mosin PU worth

Value will first and foremost depend upon whether it's factory stamped matching or refurb matching. If it's a refurb value will also depend upon the bore condition- many were nearly perfect at time of import. My guess would be $1200 on EE or god only knows at auction (a refurb just went for 1,955, all in at Switzers auction).

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Thanks. It has a crossed-off serial on the left-side of the receiver which appears nowhere else and another serial on top of the receiver which matches the only serial on the bolt and the same serial on the butt plate so I'm thinking it's factory matched and the crossed-off serial maybe belonged to a different scope? In fact there's a third serial on the receiver left-side above the crossed-off one which matches that on the scope so maybe my thoughts are correct. The bore is excellent. It's a great shooter.
 
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Is the scope serial number on the side of the receiver? Is the scope base matched to the rifle? Is it numbers matching We cannot see by the photos the scope. you cannot get a reliable appraisals with photos from 4 feet away could be 800 to 2000.
 
It looks like a postwar stock which means the rifle is refurbished. With that stock it is period incorrect. So, it's not really a collector item. Still, at an auction who knows?
 
Is it a Tula or Izzy?
Tulas are not as common as the Izzy so they go for more money
I sold one a couple years ago for 1200 but have no idea on current pricing
 
Also, guessing by it's scope, which is made by Krasnogorsk plant as far as I can see, I can risk to say that the rifle is from Tula armory...But Tula never stamped scope numbers on the left side of the shank originally though. It will be very odd to see an Izhevsk rifle fitted with Krasnogorsk scope, especially after refurb.

Scope alone worth a bit of money since they(Krasnogorsk scopes) are not very common these days. It was a 649.99 rifle back in the day, but you can easily double this price.
 
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The only issue I see with that rifle is the stock has obviously been refinished at some point.

There should be a refurb stamp on it somewhere.

I don't see anything to indicate the stock isn't original, other than it's in such great condition.

When International first brought in those rifles, I went to look at them. There wasn't one of them that didn't look like they had been dragged through field and stream. Most of the post reticles were crooked and not because the scope was canted.

Most had zero finish on the metal, above the stock lines.

All had been stripped down indidvidually and reassembled with their original parts, unless a replacement part was indicated.

There were variations to the scopes and mounts. PU mounted scopes/mounts were interchangeable with each other, PE type scopes had a couple of different types of bases/rings, at least three if memory serves.

All of them had dark, oil soaked but cleaned stocks, covered in scratches and dents. Most of them still had excellent bores and good triggers.

There were at least 500 of them there at the time and half of them were slated for shipment to the US.

A few years later, and slow sales, a new lot was released from storage.

All of them went through the FTR process, where stocks were stripped from the rifles and all of the parts were refinished.

They took some care to keep most of the original parts together with this lot, but many of them had mismatched floor plates a trigger housings.

These rifles sold fast and most of them went to the US, where they would bring a much better price.

It looks like the second lot of those rifles I saw, which had oil, rather than shellac on their stocks.

The give away on that stock for a refurb is the darker finger grooves, where the original finish is difficult to get out.

Molot copies will fetch $1000+

The OP's rifle should bring $1750-$2500, depending on how long he wants to hold onto it.
 
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It looks like a postwar stock which means the rifle is refurbished. With that stock it is period incorrect. So, it's not really a collector item. Still, at an auction who knows?
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The stock is of the late war Tula production. Look at small dimples by it's rear band.
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Could be but still the stock has stamped sling inserts which look very post war. In the mid 1944-1947 period, Izhevsk made stocks with stamped inserts for sniper rifles. So, what is it? Tula or Izhevsk? I'd like to see some good pictures of the receiver with all markings.
 
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Could be but still the stock has stamped sling inserts which look very post war. In the mid 1944-1947 period, Izhevsk made stocks with stamped inserts for sniper rifles. So, what is it? Tula or Izhevsk? I'd like to see some good pictures of the receiver with all markings.
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Here is some info on war time stocks: https://www.m9130.info/pu-snipers

I have a 2012 Molot import 1944 Tula sniper dressed in the same type of stock which is clearly stamped with Tula star and year 1944. Thus I can safely say it is a war time Tula stock, but can't say for sure whether it's Tula or Izhevsk rifle sitting in that stock:)
 
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Could be but still the stock has stamped sling inserts which look very post war. In the mid 1944-1947 period, Izhevsk made stocks with stamped inserts for sniper rifles. So, what is it? Tula or Izhevsk? I'd like to see some good pictures of the receiver with all markings.
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Here is some info on war time stocks: https://www.m9130.info/pu-snipers I have a 2012 Molot import 1944 Tula sniper dressed in the same type of stock which is clearly stamped with Tula star and year 1944. Thus I can safely say it is a war time Tula stock, but can't say for sure whether it's Tula or Izhevsk rifle sitting in that stock:)
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I did not refer in my post #15 to your Molot rifle. I did not even know that you had one. I am still referring to the OP (PanzerSchreck) Mosin in the original post#1. The stock on the OP's rifle looks quite new and from these two pictures I'm still not sure if it is a postwar stock or not. The OP did not provide any picture that would show the date on the receiver. If the date on the receiver correlates with the date of the stock production, which one could infer from the "m9130.info" (I know this reference quite well), then his rifle would have a real collector's value. It is not to say that if the barreled action does not fit the stock, his rifle would not attract a high price at an auction. These days with the prices of milsurp skyrocketing a lot of people, who are not real collectors, buy milsurp like an investment or whatever.
There is also some issue with originality of the scope in post #10.
 
This is a nice, refurbished original Izhevsk sniper. Sits in 1943 Tula stock and fitted with Krasnogorsk scope. While, of course it, doesn’t have as near much of the value as all original non refurbished sniper, but nonetheless, it is still a legit sniper… I’d rather keep it, because I doubt that we’d ever see these coming into this country again. Unless you possess several of these:)
 
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This is a nice, refurbished original Izhevsk sniper. Sits in 1943 Tula stock and fitted with Krasnogorsk scope. While, of course it, doesn’t have as near much of the value as all original non refurbished sniper, but nonetheless, it is still a legit sniper… I’d rather keep it, because I doubt that we’d ever see these coming into this country again. Unless you possess several of these:)
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Thank you, dimon. I do appreciate your time educating me on this rifle. I think I'll take your advice and hold on to it since it's a pleasure to shoot from time to time. Alas no, I only have the one.
 
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