Darryl wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:07 pmYeah, no CH or CN. That is odd. It could be they were very faint to begin with, and the guy cleaning it during refurbishment got a little too much off.
Some one got real "frisky" cleaning up that barrel shank. That happens if they took too much "off the top". LOL
A bit unfortunate for a Tula since almost everybody around here swears by the CH marking to differentiate from the sniperized infantry rifles, regardless of any other clue you may find.
millman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:24 pmI'm not a sniper guy, but is it not curious that the replacement scope would have the same number as the crossed out number on the rifle? I would think they would be different, with a electro penned correction on one or the other.
Darryl wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:07 pmThe scope and mount were from another rifle. The electric pencil is how they "matched" them back up during refurbishment.
As millman said, I expected to see some hints that the scope was mounted on another rifle before.
But nothing I can see on what's available, and the scope number 25513, is also what I can read under the crossing of the "old" scope number. Did the armourer got lucky and found a later production scope with same number ?
I'm quite ill educated as far as scope goes, on the scope body there is marked N°
5-25513, does the first "5" indicates a batch number ?
tomaustin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:42 pm
looks like a good used car rebuilt with some spare parts......but, if you can zero and hit something with it, enjoy the hell out of it.......
Seller is asking the equivalent of $1650 for it. So it better shoot well indeed !
Thank you for your answers so far !
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