1936 Tula Ex-PE Sniper in Ex-PU stock

[professor9]

Acquired this 91/30 today.

My first Ex-Sniper and appears to be an Ex-PE Sniper. Both sides of the receiver appear to show grinding marks, but the rifle appears to be in an Ex-PU stock. Typical post-war stock so I didn’t show rest of the rifle.
All matching except for the bolt, which I’d expect was changed out and won’t match.

It was listed as a Hex Ex, and wasn’t expecting the PU stock. Am I seeing this rifle correctly?

Thanks.

[willyj73]

I've not focused much on the snipers--especially the PE and PEM as I've never expected to buy one. I think yours is a PE sniper. As for the stock, it's hard to tell if that is a repair for the scope mount cut out or just a regular repair. I think we'd need photos of the whole stock as well as the cartouche on the right side of the butt stock.

[professor9]

I’ve added more photos of the rifle. Any particular additional photos I’d be glad to show. Thanks. Prof

[SA1911a1]

For kicks and giggles, remove the bolt and photo the inside of the of the receiver, focusing on the right and left side.

[qz2026]

I've seen that type of repair on quite a few refurbs and I think I've got a couple of them. I originally thought that this was an ex-sniper repair too but when I posted that comment, I was severely chastised I guess, since then, when I see a repair like this, I assume it's just a repair. I like the looks of that stock though. Matter of fact the gun looks non-refurbished although I'm not sure what the stamp is to the right of the s/n on the shank. Never seen that one before and haven't seen it cataloged as a refurb stamp. Nice gun

[racerguy00]

Very nice Bill. I like it alot. The crossed hammer stamp by the serial number is a Riga, Latvia refurb mark iirc.

[willyj73]

It's a post war stock. Looks like there is a crack from the crossbolt. I'd guess it's a stock repair.