Do you have to remove the scopemount to clean the rifle? I have a non sniper but it’s an early one so it has the rails. I read where a guy put some lock tight on the rails and it held the scope fine with no top bold on the dust cover. If I go this route just wondering about the rifle cleaning part.
Svt-40 scope mount.
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Cool thanks I think I will get a mount and scope. Is yours a real sniper does it have the notch? I’m hoping to install without the notch
When I first mounted a scope on mine with a repro mount, cleaning (more specifically, bolt/cover/spring re-assembly) was a major PITA, but one I got the hang of it, it wasn't that bad. I also found using a bore snake instead of a cleaning rod helped as well.
Brookwood
Brookwood
I made my own notch exactly to the size of the pin so there is zero movement.
Cool do you have a close up pic? But doesn’t the dust cover bump it a bit?
Mosin: Be aware that you may find scope mount axis alignment with the bore poor on a random non-sniper. The mechanics of these old scopes is such that if alignment isn't good you may find the cross-hairs (post) well outside of the middle of field of view when zeroed. I suspect this was one of the prime considerations when original snipers were assembled. A non-sniper '41 Tula that I filed a notch into required considerable adjustment of the repro mount to get it set up. Works fine now but the mount will never go on another SVT.
milsurpo
milsurpo
