The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Having learned quite a lot about PU scopes during my brief interaction with this forum, I invite your feedback as I interpret my most recent purchase (pictures below), as follows;

1. Appears “authentic” and not butchered
2. Appears to have been produced in the #297 NKV plant in 1944
3. Proper screws, set-screws, barrels and knurling
4. Proper as-manufactured blued finish

Mount and base have ;

1. No discernible markings or alphanumeric characters
2. Machining/finish that’s inconsistent with the manufacturing (swirls) finish of the time
3. Mount is, in some areas, blued, and in others, parkerized.

Therefore, it’s either;
1. Original and significantly refurbed, or,
2. Aftermarket (whether it mean “commercial” or “manufactured by a Soviet arms depot and used to replace the original”

Scope looks real
Mont looks questionable. I lean toward reproduction.
Base looks like a re-production to me.

Darryl

Darryl,

Thank you for taking the time, the day after Christmas when you should be pouring through the new Mosin Nagant book Santa brought you, and assessing my scope. I agree entirely with your assessment, largely because I’ve read many of your assessments of other people’s items, and learned from you.

I have, therefore a question. What do you recommend I do? Should I remove the mount and simply wipe down the scope with a simple cotton cloth with Windex, or?

Again, thank you for taking the time to look at it.

Scope is legit, base and mount are repro's