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by Miller Tyme » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:39 pm
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by DuncaninFrance » Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:58 pm
Now that is
NICE Thanks Walt
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by Niner » Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:32 pm
Looks like the receiver, bolt, magazine and butt plate have matching numbers that are not force match....right? That's a good thing. Looks like it had a matching scope at one time by the barrel side serial numbers suggesting it really was accepted as a sniper rifle. The stock with the patch behind the bolt handle is interesting. If it is post war as you note.... what caused the damage that caused the need for repari? If it's replacement stock someone either matched the butt plate or numbered it to match.
I don't know as much about such things as you but I can see it is an interesting rifle to add to the collection.
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by Miller Tyme » Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:40 pm
Thanks Duncan, it's finds like this that make it all worth while
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by Niner » Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:25 pm
It's got a No. 5 scope...not war period. I got a No. 4 not sniper rifle war time either. Wonder what the Numbers... mean as to time built? Any difference between a No. 4 and a No. 5?
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by Dutch Mosin » Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:09 pm
I know I asked you this before but I still wonder how you manage to find these gems.
Very nice looking PU sniper Walt.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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by dhtaxi » Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:07 pm
Very nice I need one of those.
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by Miller Tyme » Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:06 pm
Dutch Mosin wrote:I know I asked you this before but I still wonder how you manage to find these gems.
Very nice looking PU sniper Walt.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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I found this one at a collectors gun show Martin. I saw it earlier in the day and I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I thought it might be a Yugoslavian refurb. Well 5 hours latter it was still for sale, and I figured it was all legit parts so once I got the seller down to $800.00 it was hard to go wrong. We talked for a while afterwards and I told him I thought it was a Yugo refurb that just didn't get the /124\ stamp, that's when he told me it was a Polish refurb and came in through Canada ( not import marked). Well after posting it up on some other forums I found another collector with a mirror image gun, and a collector in Italy confirmed it as being indeed a Polish Refurb. Guess I can scratch another sniper off my want list.
Sometimes it pays to be lucky.
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