I believe the scope is a 1940-dated NKV Plant No.357 "Progress" produced SVT scope (it also has a 1959-dated 2nd GRAU Arsenal refurb mark).The elevation drum hasn't got a CB mark on it, is there a way of telling if it has a SVT drum or a Mosin PU drum?.Here is a pic of the elevation drum......
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Not sure if it is correct but there are no stop pins on the turrets, there is also "203", a letter "K" and "2X" stamped between the elevation and windage turrets.The scope mount has a couple of Izhevsk Arsenal stamps and the rifle serial number electro-pencilled on it.
On the barrel shank just above the wood line is what appears to be a number 4 and traces of the tip of a number 1 but the rest is indistinguishable, would this have been the scope serial number? (No. 04651)
The barrel bands and cleaning rod have what appears to be very old black paint on them, is this common on refurbed rifles?, could it have been done sometime later and should I leave it on???.....I want to say yes by the way!
Marks on the stock that I can make out are;
28 in a circle
18 in a circle x2
28 in a circle
62 in a circle
A letter P
A number 5
3 in a square
5 in a square
Cyrillic letter Я x2
C over 13 in a "tombstone"
Number 2 in a trapezium
And on the receiver/barrel shank, as well as the date/serial number/Soviet crest;
7 (?) in a square x2
Two very small number 3's, on receiver and one opposite on barrel shank
Letter "m" in a square
X in a square (2nd GRAU Kiev?)
Cyrillic у in a circle
3 in a trapezium on trigger guard.
Izhevsk Arsenal stamps on just about everything!.
There are also a couple of stamps on the barrel shank I can't make out, plus a modern-ish German proofmark, 7.62 RUSS and what looks like a chequered shield with 8AH stamped next to it.
Basically I'm wondering how original is my sniper?, here's a pic of her with my other Mosin which is a 1926 Izhevsk ex-Dragoon
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