The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Greetings, I am a new MN 91/30 owner. The rifle was produced in Izhevsk, 1943. All matching SN with the exception of the PU scope which is stamped 1942, the serial number and date on the scope is forward of the elevation and windage adjustments between the two "rings."
After reading multiple articles, I am trying to figure out if this was an original arsenal manufactured sniper. The serial number starts with "BK", the scope mount is stamped with the same SN as the rest of the rifle, and there is no numbering on the left side of the barrel/receiver. Any input would be appreciated.

Welcome to the forum, your first post is counted. Good pictures would probably help with the ID, I will leave that to the sniper experts

Welcome to the Forum

Now that, that is out of the way.........

Welcome and what they said.

Any electro penciles serials on the scope? I read if the scope has electro penciled serial to match the rifle that means the rifle and scope did not belong together from birth. But yes show us pictures please.

Pictures will be posted very soon. Apologies.

Looking forward to your picture. We love to see what you have. I like to make photocopies and keep them in a scrap book.Many of our members have more than one gun so I get to make lots of cool copies. I have eight different MN's in my collection since I joined back in FEB. I got A C&R FFL 03 permit to collect more. So far I have over two dozen different gu ns. We call it Mosintus when you start to get lots of guns and can't wait till you can get another one. I'm always looking for a deal. Good Luck and again welcome to the club. JGC

i do not know what you have. i know they sell good repro scopes with year markings on the scope 42-43-44. my pw arms [ big 5] FAKE sniper is the proper replacemt scope without a year on it. the scope number is electrolyzed on the scope mount. the scope number should be stamped onto the left side of the barrel if it is a Izhevsk sniper. others here know more about this than i do.sounds like a nice sniper ENJOY

What is the arsenal marking and serial number on the scope?

What does the import marking on the rifle say, and where is it located?

It looks like hcswatsniper has forgotten to check back in over 2 weeks. I hope he bookmarked the forum when he joined. I forgot to do that a long time ago and it took me months to find my way back.

Oh well, he will remember when he remembers I guess.