Mosin Nagant Sniper markings

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I just bought a repro mosin sniper last week. I am curious to know if it is just a regular infantry rifle that was drilled and tapped, or if it was an ex sniper that had a post war scope and mount added. What markings on the rifle would suggest that this was at one point an actual soviet factory sniper?
 
cote_b said:
I just bought a repro mosin sniper last week. I am curious to know if it is just a regular infantry rifle that was drilled and tapped, or if it was an ex sniper that had a post war scope and mount added. What markings on the rifle would suggest that this was at one point an actual soviet factory sniper?
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The Tula factory snipers had a CN or similar marking up on the receiver ring. The 43 and later Izhevsk snipers had a number over on the left side of the barrel. I've seen several repro snipers that had that number but most don't.

http://www.snipersparadise.com/equipment/rifles/M91.htm
 
Generally speaking, if it's a so-called "high wall" 91/30 receiver, it most likely would have been a sniper at one point or another. Keep in mind that most of those snipers were converted back to regular infantry rifles after the war however.
 
RobSmith said:
Generally speaking, if it's a so-called "high wall" 91/30 receiver, it most likely would have been a sniper at one point or another. Keep in mind that most of those snipers were converted back to regular infantry rifles after the war however.
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Sorry Rob, I believe that to be incorrect.

The ex snipers are easy to spot...look inside the receiver on the left wall...the former holes are visible on the inside.
 
My mosin is a 1944 Izhevsk with a repro PU scope and mount. Chances are that it isnt an ex sniper, but I'll check for the number on the reciever.
 
The closest thing to that I can find is the number 3 in what appears to be a square just above and to the left of the hammer/sickle marking.
 
The book "The Mosin-Nagant Rifle by Terence W. Lapin” does not mention any special. Just the Russian selected good shooters and replaced the bolt with the turned down bolt. Russian manufactured from 1932-1947, after the war most were broken down to standard rifles. That’s why an ordinal is almost impossible to find, inly 185,000 made and should be expensive.
 
I just discovered my '43 Tula is an ex sniper! It’s got the holes on the inside of the action which are clear as day. On the outside below the "high wall" you can see very faint discoloration where the holes were welded, ground, and buffed to match. Something I found interesting though is that the stock was not rebuilt where the scope mount was. It looks like it was replaced completely. On top of the Tula star (with no arrow) it has the letters Ch or Cn
I am getting a repro M91/30 in the next couple days can't friggin wait!
 
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