1944 PU Scope for your Scrutiny

[Trident5]

Having learned quite a lot about PU scopes during my brief interaction with this forum, I invite your feedback as I interpret my most recent purchase (pictures below), as follows;

1. Appears “authentic” and not butchered
2. Appears to have been produced in the #297 NKV plant in 1944
3. Proper screws, set-screws, barrels and knurling
4. Proper as-manufactured blued finish

Mount and base have ;

1. No discernible markings or alphanumeric characters
2. Machining/finish that’s inconsistent with the manufacturing (swirls) finish of the time
3. Mount is, in some areas, blued, and in others, parkerized.

Therefore, it’s either;
1. Original and significantly refurbed, or,
2. Aftermarket (whether it mean “commercial” or “manufactured by a Soviet arms depot and used to replace the original”

[Darryl]

Scope looks real
Mont looks questionable. I lean toward reproduction.
Base looks like a re-production to me.

Darryl

[Trident5]

Darryl,

Thank you for taking the time, the day after Christmas when you should be pouring through the new Mosin Nagant book Santa brought you, and assessing my scope. I agree entirely with your assessment, largely because I’ve read many of your assessments of other people’s items, and learned from you.

I have, therefore a question. What do you recommend I do? Should I remove the mount and simply wipe down the scope with a simple cotton cloth with Windex, or?

Again, thank you for taking the time to look at it.

[Miller Tyme]

Scope is legit, base and mount are repro's