INFO ONLY. NOT FOR SALE. P2-6
Overall Excellent Unissued condition. Includes sling, cleaning kit, scope action cover and leather lens cover. SER BC22XX. Rifle dated 1953 and scope dated 1954.
THE HUNGARIAN M/52
Hungarian M/52 sniper rifles are the rarest examples of the PU family, and, since standard Hungarian 91/30 rifles are even rarer than their scoped cousins, They are readily recognized by their higher standard of manufacture, a deeper blue/black finish of all metal, and a “02” stamps on just about every component of the weapon. The scope mount components – which also display finer attention to detail during manufacture - are generally unmarked except for the 02 markings.
The marking on the rifle’s chamber is an 02 above the year of manufacture and the the serial number below, which is generally two letters followed by four digits. To my knowledge, the M/52 rifles serial numbers begin with BC prefixes. Info from russian-mosin-nagant.net - "Stocks of M/52 rifles inspected by the author in Australia have the customary 02 marking on the right side of the butt and are coated in a durable dark brown finish. There is also evidence of “blonder’ – almost yellow – timber on unissued rifles in collections in the United States."
The rifles have the same style sling slots as the Russian Mosin Nagant Rifles and use dog-collar slings.
The Hungarian scopes are identical to the Russian PU optics except for the markings Most have a 41 over a 4 digit year of manufacture and also are marked with a serial number.
