Finnish Capture Mosin Sniper

[MJ1]

PE, PEM or PU?

It's pretty well know that only six PU rifles are recorded in Finn records so they would bring $2k~$3K or more.

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[tower06]

Is this a 91/30 rifle?

Does it have a scope?

Finland did capture a lot of true Soviet snipers, used some, but primarily de-snipered them after the war. As far as I know, no rifles were exported from Finland in sniper configuration with scopes. Some folks have re-snipered Finn captured snipers, but I think most Finn captured snipers were PEMs.

Also, IO made a bunch of snipers with real or repro Soviet scopes out of M39 rifles. Century made some PE/PU snipers out of Finn 91/30 rifles that came out of Finland in the 90's before there were any rifles coming out of Ukraine.

Not trying to rain on your parade. I personally shy away from Mosin snipers due to the high percentage of fakes out there and the high cost.

PE, PEM or PU?

It's pretty well know that only six PU rifles are recorded in Finn records so they would bring $2k~$3K or more.

It is a 91/30, no scope or base. If I am not mistaken (correct me if I am wrong) the Soviets transitioned between the PE and PEM around 1935 or 1936. Mine is from this period, so difficult for me to say which it is.