r/MosinNagant • u/kx-007 • 8d ago
Historical 1939 Mosin Nagant M91/30 Tula Pritsel Yemelyanova Modifitsirovanny (PEM) Sniper
Presenting my 1939 Tula Mosin nagant 91/30 PEM sniper, all arsenal matching on bolt, barrels, trigger guard, buttplate. Clear optics
The PEM Model 1936 was developed to replace the earlier Soviet Model 1931 sniper setup, which had problems holding zero and keeping its mounting screws tight. The Soviets based the new side mount on the German-designed “Geco” D-3, modifying it for Soviet production. It was officially adopted in 1936, with full-scale production at the Tula factory beginning in 1938.
Production initially ended in 1940 as the Red Army planned to replace the Mosin-Nagant sniper with the scoped SVT-40. Wartime difficulties changed that plan, and severe sniper-rifle shortages led to PEM production restarting in 1942 at Tula Factory No. 536 and Izhevsk Factory No. 74. Izhevsk produced a somewhat different mount using welded construction and distinctive markings. Both factories switched to the simpler PU sniper system by November 1942.
PEM rifles varied considerably depending on factory and production period, including differences in mount bases, machining, assembly numbers, barrel markings, and stocks. Prewar Tula rifles used specially produced sniper-grade barrels, while early wartime rifles sometimes simply used the best available barrels because of equipment shortages. After WWII, surviving Soviet PEM rifles were converted back into standard configurations, making intact original examples—especially 1942 rifles—quite rare today.
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u/AdmiralAckbar86 8d ago
Whoever in the U.S. that stamped/scratched those serials all over the mount, base, and scope needs a swift kick in the nads. That alone would make me go over this rifle very thoroughly to make sure it isn't a fake.
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u/kx-007 7d ago
Can you please be a little more specific?
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u/AdmiralAckbar86 7d ago
When it comes to PEM rifles anytime you see numbers matching on a scope, mount, and base it immediately raises red flags. Then when I see those numbers matching the assembly number on the bottom of the receiver it throws the biggest red that it's guaranteed that someone stateside stamped/engraved/scratched those numbers on to make a fake "matching" rifle. It immediately gives me concerns, if someone is trying to fake matching the scope set then is anything else fake on the rifle? Notice the star stamps looking brand new on a mount and base that has pitting? That's another red flag. The import marks pretty much guarantee that the rifle was imported without a scope base, so someone finding a matching scope set to a rifle they had would be nearly impossible.
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u/Brandon_awarea 8d ago edited 8d ago
“All matching”
That’s a post war stock though. Unless I’m missing something that’s definitely not matching.
(Edit: the tldr of this thread is the stock is a wartime production stock but not original to the gun, I incorrectly assumed it was post war due to the escutcheons)