I'm new to the Nagant rifles and have a book on them at least which gives me a good deal of information but am curious if there are any hard rules to tell if one of the "sniper" rifles out there is original or not.

I looked at one today. From my basic knowledge I don't believe it to be original but a pieced together rifle from a standard infantry rifle.

1943 manufacture date, no scope serial number on the barrel, rough finished receiver, no date on the scope.

In my readings, and from personal experience of owning a decomissioned sniper rifle, the receivers on the originals should be of better quality finish and most but not all will have an additional serial number stamped onto the barrel just forward of the receiver for the scope.

Price was $460 which seems typical for one of these.
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