**PU Mosin Nagant's from Westrifle**

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ok so i was thinking of buying a mosin nagant PU sniper from westrifle. i know that all mosin snipers were based off the high wall round receiver. i just want to know if westrifle is worth trusting, and that these snipers are the real deal. i know that they come with a repo scope and mount but is the rifle itself an authentic 91/30 sniper or is it a reg infantry rifle converted to a sniper by the dealer??? can anyone help me out it will be greatly appreciated.. :confused:
 
nickolby said:
ok so i was thinking of buying a mosin nagant PU sniper from westrifle. i know that all mosin snipers were based off the high wall round receiver. i just want to know if westrifle is worth trusting, and that these snipers are the real deal. i know that they come with a repo scope and mount but is the rifle itself an authentic 91/30 sniper or is it a reg infantry rifle converted to a sniper by the dealer??? can anyone help me out it will be greatly appreciated.. :confused:
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Usually, any Mosin sniper sold in canada by various dealers are regular infantry rifle converted to sniper,likely done in ukraine. Many nutz have bought from Westrifle and totally pleased. You wont find better price then the ones at Westrifle. I did business with Westrifle for others rifles and was totally pleased,they will do their best for you.
Joce
 
I purchased a PU Sniper from them. I LOVE IT! It is a reproduction sniper (not an original), as is the optic. A true original is extremely rare I read, as most of the sniper rifles from the war were put back to original condition (no optics) to be stored.

Westrifle is a great company that takes a lot of care with each order.


My Mosin Sniper.
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Westrile Caveat on adjusting scope/mount???

what does their warning about not adjusting scope mean? Can you adjust reticle to zero rifle?
 
Me, and a friend bought two Mosin Nagant from Westrifle.
The service and shipping was excellent, however the rifling on both
of the rifles is very weak.
Now I don't have another Mosin to compare it to, therefore I don't know
if it is normal or not.

Just something to consider asking before you buy.

BTW, cant complain for the price I paid.
 
BC604 said:
Me, and a friend bought two Mosin Nagant from Westrifle.
The service and shipping was excellent, however the rifling on both
of the rifles is very weak.
Now I don't have another Mosin to compare it to, therefore I don't know
if it is normal or not.

Just something to consider asking before you buy.

BTW, cant complain for the price I paid.
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you probably purchased the cheaper "shooters grade" rifle (That was probably used heavily during the war), the more expensive ones ("collector grade") have crisper rifling and bright bores.
 
BC604 said:
Me, and a friend bought two Mosin Nagant from Westrifle.
The service and shipping was excellent, however the rifling on both
of the rifles is very weak.
Now I don't have another Mosin to compare it to, therefore I don't know
if it is normal or not.

Just something to consider asking before you buy.

BTW, cant complain for the price I paid.
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Depend how you paid for. Since they saw service, somes are well used than others. Did you shoot it? Somes rifles may have a so so looking bore but are very good shooter.
Joce
 
big bear said:
what does their warning about not adjusting scope mean? Can you adjust reticle to zero rifle?
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Sure you can adjust the reticle. The only thing i can think of is adjusting the mount for windage. For gross adjustment, you proceed with the mount. Elevation via screws and windage via grinding or chimming,after you fine tune with scope turrets.
Joce
 
thanks for the reply

svt1940 said:
Sure you can adjust the reticle. The only thing i can think of is adjusting the mount for windage. For gross adjustment, you proceed with the mount. Elevation via screws and windage via grinding or chimming,after you fine tune with scope turrets.
Joce
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Just reading their ad for these rifles.
 
nickolby said:
ok so i was thinking of buying a mosin nagant PU sniper from westrifle. i know that all mosin snipers were based off the high wall round receiver. i just want to know if westrifle is worth trusting, and that these snipers are the real deal. i know that they come with a repo scope and mount but is the rifle itself an authentic 91/30 sniper or is it a reg infantry rifle converted to a sniper by the dealer??? can anyone help me out it will be greatly appreciated.. :confused:
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Westrifle is great. The 'sniper' rifles they sell are NOT genuine snipe rifles though, and they acknowledge that by calling them 'reproductions'. A big part of what makes a Mosin sniper a sniper rifle is the sniper barrrel. The Westrifle repoductions are regular infantry barrels with a PU scope.

Some people prefer to restore an ex-sniper rifle back to sniper by adding an original vintage PU scope. A bit more expensive (not much), but worth it IMO.

I'd way rather have a restored sniper than a reproduction sniper.
 
I bought the sniper reproduction from Westrifle in April, and took it to the range for the first time today. Dealing with them is great - fast delivery and pictures of the rifle that you are buying. I will be buying accessories from them.

The rifle is great value. 1942 Ishvesk. The rifling on mine was relatively crisp for milsurp. Action very good. Stock needs some touch up, but shellac chips easy. The optics are new and very good quality. It looks like the warning on the website has some "lawyer" behind it. The PU scope is a reproduction but original technology. Old timey. When you adjust the knobs, the reticle moves. You could end up with the aiming point on the edge of the field of view. To avoid that, you have to adjust the mount. There are two screws to adjust the elevation. I had to shim the mount under the set screw a bit to zero windage. Much more work than a modern scope, but fun in itself! After adjustment, I had no problem hitting an 8" gong at 100 yards. I'm going to do some more work on the trigger to push the accuracy, but I believe the rifle has it in her.

These rifles are for folks who want to come close to the original and have some fun. Precision depends on how much work you want to put in.
 
i think they are sold out right now,P&S militira as a nice selection of ex snipers they run around 225 scope and mount and bent bolt avilable from westrifle .These are real sniper rifles purchased 3 of them from p&s excelant shape inside and out ,crisp bores
 
I bought my repro from West Rifle a few weeks ago. I haven't had time to shoot it yet, but am very happy with it's internal and external appearance. I told West Rifle my priorities of what I was looking for in a m91/30 and they looked hard through all their rifles to find me the best match. I got a 42 Izhevsk, with all matching numbers, shiny crisp bore and a excelent stock with lots of proofs/markings. The rifle looks like it's been around, but doesn't have any mangled parts and looks good where it counts.
I admit I was surprised and a bit disappointed with how little cosmoline there was to clean up.

The bent bolt handle where the old handle was chopped to be fused to the new bent handle isn't completely round, but is not that obvious and the whole thing is pollished to match the rest of the bolt body.

A few questions I still have as I'm still a beginner with these rifles:

Read somewhere that only Tula marked barrels of snipers with a special marking identifying the rifle as a sniper. If only Tula did that then is there a chance my Izhevsk could be an x-sniper?

The repro pu scope that comes with these rifles are based on which generation of pu scope and how accurate of a reproduction are they? From my research, the repro pu scope I have has the simble saying it was made by Npz, so are these repro scopes really made by npz, or is the factory logo part of making the replica more period correct?

I thought the body of mosin pu scopes had the same diameter from front to back, but mine has a larger diameter scope body before the windage nob.

If you managed to make it to the end of my post. You rock! I really appreciate it and hope you are able to answer my many many questions.

Thanks!
 
i picked up an original minus the scope ...are westrifles scopes chinese or made in europe
ive seen some on ebay in the past in the original russian packaging dating from the early 1950's..just wondering if i should just get it from westrifle instead...i just dont like chinese
 
The 'sniper' rifle from west rifle is the same crappy battle rifle that has been dragged here from Moscow then had a brand new reproduction scope installed.
What little value the gun has as a wartime Izzy M-N is lost when the receiver and stocks are modified for 'sniper duty'.
The bores are still a rough as sin battle rifle barrel and the triggers are as long as the Volga River and creepy as a morgue.
The bolts are crudely machined and are miss-matched to their original guns, thus making them as smooth as pavement or as loose as a $2 hooker.

They look like a PU sniper but do not function like one.

If you have an 'all matching number' gun, take a closer look again. Its probably a force match.
Things to look for are;
Do all the letters & numbers appear in a straight line? Are they all the same font?
Any crooked ones? Are the letters and numbers the same size?
 
I have one and I am shocked at how well it shoots considering the trigger is a bit heavy/creepy and the scope is only 4X.

I get groups at 100 around 1.3" to 1.6" with the Hornady 150gr 312" bullet over 45 gr of BLC2. Will try 46 gr next time.
 
Friend and myself tested several MNs over a period of about 5 years.

Best accuracy with every rifle tested was with a .312" bullet.

ONE rifle, with a perfect bore, shot very well with BTs.

Anything less than perfect, we got our best shooting with FLATBASE .312s.

This is not "one-off" testing; we shot one rifle for more than 4 years.
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