mosin nagant hex rec ex-sniper

[worksalot]

Just wonder with all of the mosinophiles on here how many of you guys have seen one of them. I have had several round receiver ex-snipers but lucked into a hex receivered one today at MC sports in Bloomington(thanks Eric) I have probaly handled 200 mosin looking for interesting ones but never seen one....have I been living in a box or are these few and far between??

 

[38special]

Plenty of hex mosins around, though not as many as round ones. Sure it's an ex sniper? Does it have the taps for the old sniper scope?

The ex snipers are rarer - I haven't heard of a hex ex sniper.

 

[Smoke]

There is one in a shop here in Michigan City. Or at least he claims it is.

 

[Miller Tyme]

The only Mosin snipers with hex recievers where PE snipers. All other hex recievers that are configured as snipers,or have here there scopes removed are repro's

 

[steif]

hex

yes, the hex had some pe snipers, the clue would be holes on both sides of the reciever.
see this article and it will show in good detail how they were attatched.
Rifles Of The Red Star

 

[worksalot]

tula hex ex-pe sniper

I can't imagine it being a fake. It was in with a bunch of run of the mill mosins at MC sports...kind of a luck of the draw type thing. When I removed it from the box I noticed the "C N" on the barrel above the tula star that sits above the 1936 date, but it didn't fully register until I got home and started cleaning it up. Thats when it hit me and then I noticed the hex receiver had a weld mark on one side...upon further inspection I could see where they welded the other side and the hex shape is not perfect like my other hex receivers. For $84.99 I am really happy...hell I would be happy at twice that price. Another mosinophile told me he thought 1936 was about the year tula switched to the round receivers if thats true it makes it even neater. When i figure out how to post pics I will put a pic up and you can judge for yourself. Thanks for the help .

 

[Miller Tyme]

I can't imagine it being a fake. It was in with a bunch of run of the mill mosins at MC sports...kind of a luck of the draw type thing. When I removed it from the box I noticed the "C N" on the barrel above the tula star that sits above the 1936 date, but it didn't fully register until I got home and started cleaning it up. Thats when it hit me and then I noticed the hex receiver had a weld mark on one side...upon further inspection I could see where they welded the other side and the hex shape is not perfect like my other hex receivers. For $84.99 I am really happy...hell I would be happy at twice that price. Another mosinophile told me he thought 1936 was about the year tula switched to the round receivers if thats true it makes it even neater. When i figure out how to post pics I will put a pic up and you can judge for yourself. Thanks for the help .

That is a ex-PE sniper you have, It was the only Mosin Nagant sniper that was based on a hex reciever. 1936 was the last year for hex reciever production @ Tula, mid year they switched over to the round reciever like Izhevsk did in 1935. PE snipers where made useing both hex and round recievers.

 

[worksalot]

thanks Miller Tyme

Thanks for the info. Here is a pic..Maybe

 

[worksalot]

trying again on the pics

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[Miller Tyme]

Nice looking PE you got there worksalot, definetly a keeper.

 

[johntheplinker]

Yep, the pics just confirm what you said on the phone. Are you sure you don't want to get rid of it?

 

[worksalot]

sorry John...think I better keep this one. I may not be a high dollar mosin but It has quickly become one of my favorites in my collection

 

[manygunsmike]

Oh that is a NICE ONE!!

manygunsmike

 

[Richwon4]

I have done a bit of research after purchasing two mosins, you can learn a great deal about them online, they have so many different yet significant markings. The question I have for the more experienced mosin collectors is this....right now they are surplus, but how long before they are no longer surplus and eventually dry up and the the price climbs?