~*~*precious snowflake*~*~
Dust and insects are nothing, and they really aren't likely to hit your face that often. If they are I'm not entirely sure what you are doing but it is probably not the correct thing.
e/ The real thing is cheaper because they were made in the tens of millions during a time of war. The new ones had to have new machinery tooled up, had to have materials purchased, had to be assembled by workers who are more concerned about their dinner being on the table than the Nazis kicking down the door and shooting their children, and then there is the fact that they also have to be imported. The only surprise here is that they don't cost even more.
You would be lucky to find a halfway decent reproduction PU scope for less than $250, by the way, and originals run between $350-400, more for Krasnogorsk silium alloy types. An original 91/30 PU sniper will cost upwards of $7-800 in the US, double or triple that anywhere else.
e2/ Additionally, I can't shoot people with my real 91/30 PU and not cause them permanent and usually fatal damage.
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