AIM PU Snipers First Look

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:15 pm

kermit wrote:Happy Belated birthday Weldon.

Thanks Kermit but it's not belated. It's today the 12th.

Thanks Jim.

pacanis · Post by **pacanis** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:37 pm

That sniper rifle will make a nice present to yourself!

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:17 pm

pacanis wrote:That sniper rifle will make a nice present to yourself!

Yes it will. Here's some more pictures of one of these. It's post number 269 and is one purchased today at AIM by a forum user with pictures of the paperwork from Molot for the specific rifle. http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread. ... pers/page6

kermit · Post by **kermit** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:42 pm

well it appears they are real. maybe i can borrow $600 ???

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:31 pm

kermit wrote:well it appears they are real. maybe i can borrow $600 ???

I'm still reserving judgment but I'm leaning more and more to them being authentic. I just don't know enough about them and snipers in general to make any judgements. Time will tell. Lots of these will be in the hands of people within the week. That will tell the tail hopefully.

Fred_G · Post by **Fred_G** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:38 pm

Jeez, if it is authentic, Weldon might not let me shoot it.

Looking forward to seeing what you get Weldon. The sniper is a slot in my tiny collection I would like to fill one day.

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:59 pm

Fred_G wrote:Jeez, if it is authentic, Weldon might not let me shoot it.

Looking forward to seeing what you get Weldon. The sniper is a slot in my tiny collection I would like to fill one day.

Oh we're gonna shoot it no matter what. That's why I'm getting it. What good is it hanging on the wall? I'm just afraid I might run out of ammo. I might need to pick up some more.

Tuc was just asked this:
"Tuco:

Were these rifles assembled/refurbed for the collectors' market?"

This was his response:
tuco
Founder/Administrator/Gunboards OG

"No they were not"

Izhevsk762 · Post by **Izhevsk762** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:26 pm

Tuco also said that he tried to by these rifles a year ago when they were sitting in a military storage facility in Bryansk. Considering he personally saw them in Russia, I think they're legit.

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:48 pm

Izhevsk762 wrote:Tuco also said that he tried to by these rifles a year ago when they were sitting in a military storage facility in Bryansk. Considering he personally saw them in Russia, I think they're legit.

Yeah I saw that. He was bidding against InterOrdnance. When I saw Bryansk I thought "Ok they're pulling our legs here. I thought it was a play on Bryan at AIMs name but after a quick google search I found out it's a real place. a real huge place that they store this stuff at.

Izhevsk762 · Post by **Izhevsk762** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:45 am

WeldonHunter wrote:
Izhevsk762 wrote:Tuco also said that he tried to by these rifles a year ago when they were sitting in a military storage facility in Bryansk. Considering he personally saw them in Russia, I think they're legit.
Yeah I saw that. He was bidding against InterOrdnance. When I saw Bryansk I thought "Ok they're pulling our legs here. I thought it was a play on Bryan at AIMs name but after a quick google search I found out it's a real place. a real huge place that they store this stuff at.

Yeah, I bet the Russians are getting rid of these to make room for SVDs...

JTheBigJay · Post by **JTheBigJay** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:02 am

Classic looks to have a crate of them too.

Post by **Rongo** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:08 am

I expect to see these flowing in for a while... & as they do the quality will nose-dive as they burn their way through the inventory right down to the last part. With the demand these are having they will milk this goose for all it's worth.

Post by **Rongo** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:28 pm

AIM is down to 96 now... Expect them to be sold out by no later than Tuesday.

Post by **Rongo** » Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:56 pm

A reminder... If you want to talk about these this thread is the place to do it. Let's keep the conversation in one place rather than posting all over the forum. Any new threads for discussing the AIM PU will be locked & diverted here. Posting of your newly acquired AIM PU (If you just bought one) not included... Go ahead & post a new thread to present it for us to see.

Thank you

Post by **Darryl** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:41 am

Take a look

Are these the other 500?

http://www.classicfirearms.com/m91-30-w-scope-and-mount

WeldonHunter · Post by **WeldonHunter** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:38 am

dolk wrote:Take a look

Are these the other 500?

http://www.classicfirearms.com/m91-30-w-scope-and-mount

Sure looks like it. Hope they stay away from the chroming vat.

Post by **Rongo** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:44 pm

Agreed.

desdem12 · Post by **desdem12** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:30 pm

$.50 to a $1 says that they sent 5-10 to the chromer. Just bettin they could not resist. I also read their description and it seems they are still up to their old tricks.

Knuckledragger · Post by **Knuckledragger** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:27 am

Was pretty much one of the first to order one when available. Got it yesterday.
Rifle is a 1944 Tula with force-matched bolt and mag plate-no line outs.
My first sniper essentially (have a scopeless Samco example). They've never done anything for me, but I needed one to fill the hole. I don't plan on shooting it-I don't even plan on cleaning the cosmo off of this one as its all set for storage.

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:53 am

dolk wrote:Take a look

Are these the other 500?

http://www.classicfirearms.com/m91-30-w-scope-and-mount

This fills me with so much more confidence in their originality.

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