Another Finn Mosin in the house
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TurtlePhish
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I love it. Gotta get myself one of these someday...
LJ-MosinFreak-Buck
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I'm still kicking myself for not buying for or five off the rack at a pawnshop in Omaha. They were priced right at $100 and had the money for about 8 of them at the time, yet I didn't.
jobu07
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I have to give it to you gunny, you always have the best Mosins. My first Mosin Nagant was a VKT M39. Great old rifle there. Nice Westinghouse cocking knob. Does that one have an antique receiver?
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GunnyUSMC
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Here are some more pics.
Looks like she's an old one.
Now what is this mark on the bottom side of the barrek shank?
The stock was in pretty bad shape when I first was it. My friend thought that he might have to replace it because, someone had cut out the inside of the action area. I guess they were trying to bed it. I was able to save the stock by rebuilding the inside. I didn't know that two years later I would be buying the gun.
Looks like she's an old one.
Now what is this mark on the bottom side of the barrek shank?
The stock was in pretty bad shape when I first was it. My friend thought that he might have to replace it because, someone had cut out the inside of the action area. I guess they were trying to bed it. I was able to save the stock by rebuilding the inside. I didn't know that two years later I would be buying the gun.
TurtlePhish
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The triangle T is a Tikkakoski arsenal mark. They're still around- Tikka.
I really love those pics.
Cosmoline
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Great stuff! I've got to get out with my M28 this summer.
toivo
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I feel obliged to comment here that Tikkakoski is Finnish for "Woodpecker Rapids." No joke.
Carry on.
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GunnyUSMC
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This appeares to be true but, if I remember right the Tikka symble is an upside tringla with a T in it.TurtlePhish said:
jlbpa said:
Belive it or not, pics were taken with a 5 year old Fuji A825 8.3 mega pixels. I bought it new for $160. I picked up a nice Kodak for about $250 and didn't care for it so, I treaded it for a Finn M91 and went back to using the old Fuji.
Been a little busey working on my house. Had a bad water leak and $5000 worth of damage.stan rose said:
I've picked up a few other guns and will make post on them as soon as I have time to take pics.
Today I picked up a Portuguese M1904/39 Mauser-Vergueiro Short Rifle.
Ditchtiger
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Sorry to see that the bluing has worn off, it would be a nice rifle.
Honestly, you have a nice looking rifle.
Honestly, you have a nice looking rifle.
Bentley4700
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I could look at finnish Mosins all day... Nice rifle.
shotgunjoel
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Not even a firearm legally. Nice.
TurtlePhish
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I think that's because that was the location of the arsenal- a waterfall or something of the sort with that name.
Look at the date on that thing
I'm sure it's changed several times since then.
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I love the war-torn look.
toivo
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Yeah, koski ("rapids") is fairly common in Finnish place names. English is similar: "Cedar Rapids," "Grand Rapids," etc.
Toivo, I have to ask if you have any family in MI? Haha. Us Finns are all over up there, I'm a Harvala which is family with Ruusis and many Koskis. I am in the process of collecting Finnish firearms because of my family's heritage and history. I can't get enough of em.
toivo
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Yes, I have a few relatives in the UP. My dad was born and raised there. I was born there, but we moved east in 1962.
I have a few Finn Mosins for the same reason as you -- also a few SAKO rimfires.
meanmrmustard
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I dare ask: What are the benefits of the Finnish Mosin over the Russian variant? I am not privy to MNs, and quite curious.
toivo
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If we're talking about M39s (there are other Finn Mosins): better barrel, better trigger, better sights, better wood. The Finns added those components to Russian receivers.meanmrmustard said:
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meanmrmustard
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Dang. Sounds as if they're better overall! Thanks for that info.
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