Non-import, non-refurb PUs are like same condition M1icon carbines, Garands, etc. High end collectors will pay huge $$ for them. But, the reality is that almost all WWII vintage US and Soviet rifles were re-furbed...so the vast majority of collectors collect them. Of course, they will never demand the high prices of the "correct" rifles...but they sure seem to fly out of the racks when they go up for sale.

It's interesting to hear the reactions to the quality of Soviet rifles - I hear Russianicon junk all the time. But, in reality they are simple and solid. They stand up to tremendous abuse but were easy and fast to produce. The optics of the PU scope are rock solid and not prone to the drifting in US, Britishicon and Germanicon scopes. And, Mosin PUs perform well against O3A4s, M1Cs and Ds, Enfields, and any other Vintage class sniper. It brings a smile to my face every time my competition partner and I compete in a VS match....and even us old retired colonels beat more than 1/2 of the field using these pieces of Russian junk.