"Made in Russia" marking on 1943 Tula PU Sniper

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"Made in Russia" marking on 1943 Tula PU Sniper

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I saw this strange "Made in Russia" marking on a 1943 Tula PU Sniper.
I have never seen it before. Does anyone know what it is/means?
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I'm not a sniper expert, but that looks like one of the Molot imports. That simply means what it says. Made in Russia.
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Scroll down to the Molot section of the link provided. It's the knowledge base section of the russian mosin nagant-forum, and will answer some of your questions for your rifle.

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Not a Molot sniper (I don't think").

It looks like a Tulsky Sniper. See the T in the circle inside the triangle.
That is Tulsky's mark.

"TULSKY PATRONNY ZAVOD", JSC
Imported by: PW Arms, IO
Sold by: SAMCO, AIM, Classic Arms, Royal Tiger Imports
Exported out of Russia.


At a certain point, Russian demanded that they put "made in Russia" on them.

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Darryl wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 5:48 pm Not a Molot sniper (I don't think").

It looks like a Tulsky Sniper. See the T in the circle inside the triangle.
That is Tulsky's mark.

"TULSKY PATRONNY ZAVOD", JSC
Imported by: PW Arms, IO
Sold by: SAMCO, AIM, Classic Arms, Royal Tiger Imports
Exported out of Russia.


At a certain point, Russian demanded that they put "made in Russia" on them.

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Duh, my brain got stuck on Molot for some unexplained reason......Not enough sleep!

Edit to add: Ah Millman made the initial Molot remark and I just followed in line.
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That is why I prefaced it with "I'm no expert".
Bottom line is... It means what it says.
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This is a pretty good video on the Tulsky. I had read some place that there was a Tula involvement with these rifles. Lots of information here that you can compare to your gun. This OP showed up several years ago and seems to have good knowledge.
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millman wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 10:24 pm That is why I prefaced it with "I'm no expert".
Bottom line is... It means what it says.
Neither am I....No harm no foul there boss!
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