1942 Izhevsk PEM Ex-Sniper

[hellsreach]

I picked on of these up at a gun show a couple months back and wanted to re-sniper this ex-sniper. I know, some purists are against it, but I'm not trying to fool anybody. The history of a gun is not just the past, but also everything that has happened since. It was a sniper -- that's history, it was un-snipered later on, that is history, and whatever I do with it is also a part of it's history. I digress.

Anyway, I was planning to pick up a repro PEM mount and scope, probably from Accumounts, until I can find/afford and original mount and scope (why are PE/PEM scopes and mounts SOOOoo, much more expensive than PU, anyway?). Accumounts specifies the default mounting screws are 6Mx0.5, but will also ship with 6Mx0.75 or 6Mx1.0 on request. Since I want to be 1) as original as possible, 2) be able to easily drop in an original mount when found, and 3) dont want to run into problems when tapping the screws, should the new screw pitch interacts with only threads, should the weld not be perfect (and it looks like it is not), I was wondering what the original mounting screw pitch was 0.5, 0.75, or 1.0 (I know this one is not the case). I ask because I was under the understanding that the original pitch was 0.75 (at least for the PU), but then why would Accumounts ship it with 0.5? Makes me think that, possibly, the PU and the PE/PEM mounts used different screws?

Any help is much appreciated.

[Junk Yard Dog]

You are welcome to the forum Eric, however topics dealing with resnipering ex snipers , are contrary to the forum rules The only snipers we recommend here are the real ones, no fakes, or recommissioned PU's with repop mounts put back on them.

[hellsreach]

I'm sorry. I meant no offensive, I was merely ignorant of the forum rules. I trust posting this question in the regular (non-sniper) forum would be fine?

[Junk Yard Dog]

Sorry Eric, you will find that preservation oriented boards like this one, or 7.62x54r, or even gunboards will not allow discussions about resnipering ex snipers. It's a very touchy subject with many collectors who advocate that the rifle once decommissioned is no longer a sniper, all it's sniper parts and qualities are gone, and resnipering them just creates a fake sniper ( another touchy subject) To avoid the arguments these discussions seem to bring out we just added them to the no-no topic list along with politics. The consensus on this board and many others is that the only real sniper is the real deal, a genuine PU sniper from R Guns, authenticated, and recommended by the sniper collectors who visit the board. I am no expert on snipers myself, I have one Hungarian made M52 captured in Vietnam that I keep in the closet and never shoot ( there are reasons for that) It's obviously the real thing and I left the sniper collecting at that. There are some with far greater knowledge of Soviet snipers here on the board, but they will look with a jaundiced eye on any topic dealing with resnipering an ex sniper.