Why is a mosin nagant sniper have a bent bolt?

[Nelson84]

What is the purpose of the bent bolt on a mosin nagant sniper rifle?

 

[skoal]

Clear the scope

 

[Stevebot-7]

Yeah, a straight bolt handle will smack into the scope. For the same reason you can also get hammer extensions for guns with different actions where a scope would block the hammer.

 

[Nelson84]

Oh that makes sense thanks it was bugging me.

 

[ghostntheshell]

Clear the scope

This.