M91/30 Sniper Rifle (Samco)
1944 Izhevsk (all Izhevsk parts)
All matching except bolt and hand guard (replaced bolt, and very old replacement hand guard).
The Russians supplied these rifles to Yugoslavia and they were part of the arsenals there for years. The scopes were removed by the Yugoslavian (for a different purpose) and later the rifles were sold to SAMCO. They were not "refurbished" like the other Russian PU snipers and remain in "original" configuration and condition.
Many people "re-scope these rifles with original base, mount and scopes and that is OK. The rifles have never been out of "sniper configuration". It is commonly understood that these rifles have been "re-scoped" if they have a scope on them. This rifle will probably remain in this condition for now unless I find a scope setup very cheap (I have other rifles to buy right now!
)More photo here http://www.thedolk.com/Samco/
First time I have seen a "sniper" with the serial # stamped under the butt plate on the stock (photo on right below)
If you like "grease", well this is the one for you! I can't see just taking "compressed air and a rag and wiping it off either! This will take some serious cleaning.
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It is in excellent shape and has not been refurbished. There is no remaining original finish on the stock (if it ever had shellac at all). It is mostly a bare wood stock which has had oil on it from either the cleaning process of the rifle over the years or from storage (maybe). It is fairly dark in color.
It is sniper correct in every manner and finish.
Everything matches except the bolt. The bolt has a different number on it then the rest. It looks brand new. Now I know it isn't because it has wear marks on the side. It is not just "polished up" like a refurb is (and you can tell they usually have some grind marks left or rounded edges). This thing is crisp clean.
No counter bore. Muzzle is in excellent shape. Barrel is shinny clean and has nice rifling. Not new, but very well taken care of and not even close to worn out.
It has a scope number on the side of the shank, but has no base, mount or scope (typical of all Samco snipers, the Yugoslavians removed the scopes). Has two "pins" still installed and two threaded holes.
Lots of "dark grease" under the stock on the metal.
All the parts are Izhevsk arsenal parts including the barrel, two barrel bands, front nose cap, cleaning rod, all the sight parts, butt plate, mag housing, front sight, trigger, trigger spring/sear. Yes, the nose cap is also marked. Have not checked some of the smaller parts like the interrupter.
The replacement bolt has all Izhevsk arsenal parts including the cocking piece.
The hand guard must be replaced because there is a "penciled in number" of a different serial number on the inside of it. This was done to the sniper rifles (my RGUNS snipers all have it also).
The barrel shank has all the "proof marks" high up to accommodate the scope numbers as a sniper should have.
This rifle has very little slack and a pretty light pull. Extremely smooth. Best of all I own on Mosins.
It has a late war stock on it which is appropriate for a 1944 M91/30.
Dolk
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). What we are talking about here is the PU sniper rifles.