Very soft clothe moistened with rubbing alcohol, scope body and lensesOh god that looks BEAUTIFUL! Can't wait till mine arrives! How are you guys removing the cosmoline from the scope?
Glad to see some detailed pics. In my opinion. Re-furb'd/forced matched snipers made up of WWII components (as advertised). Tula made more 91/30's (standard models) but made fewer Snipers (production during 1943/1944 only). Lots of debate over which maker is better. For some reason, people lean towards Tulas. I see Jean at PS changed his pricing and both makers are sold at $650 (via a price difference between makers). Weimar Jack sells his slightly higher but are "hand picked" with pics provided, tradex is random selection and PS has descriptions but no individual pics as the moment. I trust Jean's descriptions so I went with his rifles. Some of these do have mis-matched floor plates and post war stocks. I wanted matching forced matched rifles with original WWII wood.
Weimar Jack sells his slightly higher but are "hand picked" with pics provided,
The 2 Tula's arrived from Weimarjack yesterday and I have them apart. Barrel condition on both looks new. No rust or corrosion anywhere. Stocks are proper wartime issue. No import markings except for a small recently zapped diamond containing 3 characters just below the recoil lug. Lenses are perfect. The cuts in the stock look quite old and not of recent origin and the brown shellack appears to have been applied some time ago.
These are real Russian sniper rifles. I can't speak for the ones other people are getting but I'm pleased with mine. The barrels are quite distinct in appearance on the outside from that of a regular 91/30 in that they have been machined to be thicker at the end of the stock near where people normally bed them with cork for greater accuracy. They are also partially bedded with thin steel inserts similar to those I've seen on the Finnish Mosin Nagants.
The one has a matching serial number stamped on the mount and floorplate. The other is electropencilled on the mount with the original number crossed out on the floorplate and restamped with the new one.
The 2 Tula's arrived from Weimarjack yesterday and I have them apart. Barrel condition on both looks new. No rust or corrosion anywhere. Stocks are proper wartime issue. No import markings except for a small recently zapped diamond containing 3 characters just below the recoil lug. Lenses are perfect. The cuts in the stock look quite old and not of recent origin and the brown shellack appears to have been applied some time ago.
These are real Russian sniper rifles. I can't speak for the ones other people are getting but I'm pleased with mine. The barrels are quite distinct in appearance on the outside from that of a regular 91/30 in that they have been machined to be thicker at the end of the stock near where people normally bed them with cork for greater accuracy. They are also partially bedded with thin steel inserts similar to those I've seen on the Finnish Mosin Nagants.
The one has a matching serial number stamped on the mount and floorplate. The other is electropencilled on the mount with the original number crossed out on the floorplate and restamped with the new one.
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This morning,i took a close up pic from the left side of the barrel shank were they stamped the scope number. Maybe not evident on the pic but that area have been ground off and the new number was stamped. We can feel a slight depression were the old number have been ground off so in my opinion,thoses were original built sniper rifle and been refurb post war as JP said.
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My regular M91/30 and also my sniper clone have thicker barrel in that area,its not only for the sniper rifle.The 2 Tula's arrived from Weimarjack yesterday and I have them apart. Barrel condition on both looks new. No rust or corrosion anywhere. Stocks are proper wartime issue. No import markings except for a small recently zapped diamond containing 3 characters just below the recoil lug. Lenses are perfect. The cuts in the stock look quite old and not of recent origin and the brown shellack appears to have been applied some time ago.
These are real Russian sniper rifles. I can't speak for the ones other people are getting but I'm pleased with mine. The barrels are quite distinct in appearance on the outside from that of a regular 91/30 in that they have been machined to be thicker at the end of the stock near where people normally bed them with cork for greater accuracy. They are also partially bedded with thin steel inserts similar to those I've seen on the Finnish Mosin Nagants.
The one has a matching serial number stamped on the mount and floorplate. The other is electropencilled on the mount with the original number crossed out on the floorplate and restamped with the new one.
Dont have time to go shooting, its hay time at the farm,i can only hope for next weekendI wonder what a Chrome plated Russian Nagant Sniper would look like?
What would the inscriptions say? What would the tribute say?
Would it come in a wooden box with a glass lid?
Would it come with a brick from the Tractor Factory?
Could it be on par with the Pocketfisherman Band of Brothers (BoB) M1 Garand Tribute?
Maybe no one is shooting them because they are already in the plating tanks as we speak.
Desporterizer was shooting this at the Vintage Rifle shoot. I did not ask if it was one of the new ones, or an old clone.
Desporterizer was shooting this at the Vintage Rifle shoot. I did not ask if it was one of the new ones, or an old clone.
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Your SVT scope have the "CB" marking on the elevation turret, mean that the scope is calibrated for the longer barrel on the M91/30. Nice rifleI recieved mine today 1943 Izhevsk from Tradex. Happy so far, hope to get range this weekend. I believe it is a SVT scope but not sure. Has some rust on scope but will clean up. Found more lazer markings on bottom of reciever and on bolt under handle. The marking under bolt hard to see. The marking on the barrel is very faint on mine.
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