Re: 1942 PEM Re-Sniper
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BasraBoy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can recommend Hide member "saddler" in the UK for the scope covers...here's the ones he made for me:
Also have his work on my Enfield No4T:
Great historically accurate repros, hand-made
http://www.mooreleather.co.uk/ On your scope mounts...do you have any links to the guys you mention?
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Thanks for the information on the lens covers. From what I found out if you want to build one of these the best parts are obviously the real soviet pieces. However, they are hard to come by and are quite expensive. So if you are looking at reproduction parts the highest quality was made by a guy known as Dmitry or Feldscher on Gunboards.com. Good luck tracking one down, very high quality and he doesnt make them any more so they are almost as rare as an original. Second in reproduction quality is Igor, he goes by the seller name mikesqb on ebay. Very nice pieces individually numbered, but not cheap. Third place is accumounts, good stuff but there is better available. I do believe that accumounts has the ability to number their mounts if you want it to match the gun.
As far as the scopes go, its a similar situation. Original stuff is always the best, but I consider those more for collector pieces and not something you can beat on at the range. Coles Distributing on gunbroker has the Ukranian PE reproduction scope which is supposed to be most like the original. This is because the reticle adjusts with your windage and elevation knobs. However, you cannot buy it without a PE mount included in the auction (I just sold mine to a forum member on the side). The accumounts version is also quality, however the lens moves with windage and elevation adjustments unlike the originals. Please research if you try to use an igor mount with an accumount scope or accumount mount with a Ukranian scope. If I remember right there is a slight difference in how they are cast and some scopes dont fit certain mounts.
If you are interested in building one, I would stay on the lookout for pre 43 ex-sniper mosins that have the PEM (not PU) plugs visible on the receiver when you open the bolt. You may also be able to identify an ex-PEM by a scope number on the receiver near the barrel which will most likely be crossed out. Once, you get a candidate I would shoot it to see how it groups before dumping all of the scope and mount money into it (unless you just want one regardless).
Lastly you can contact Frank Robertson (Tankdriver) or Tigeran on Gunboards.com. They are the community "snipersmiths". Be advised though there is usually a very long wait with these guys because thier work is well known. Let me know if you have any other questions.
