Finnish M39 Production Numbers?

[Sam Adams]

Does anyone know the production numbers for the M39's major variants? I know that this is an area shrouded in some mystery, and that total production numbers were in the area of 130,000. There was an excellent attempt to analyze the relative rarity of various Mosin-Nagant variations (ALL of them, Russian, Finnish, Polish, etc.), on a 1-to-10 scale (10 being the most rare), at http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinRarity.htm However, this gives no numbers.

The major manufacturers/variations of the M39 are:

Sako
VKT
Sk.Y
Tikka
"B" barrel
No maker, late date (as in 1967-70, some reported 1972s and '73s)
No maker, no date

I ask because I just ordered a "no maker, no date" from Wholesale Guns & Ammo http://www.gunsnammo.com./ I know that the "no maker" guns are quite rare, probably numbering less than 6,000, but having no date is a rarity within a rarity. On top of that, the receiver is a pre-1899 antique (maybe that's a 3rd rarity, but I'm sure that no one could possibly know the production numbers of pre-1899 rifles vs. those made post-1898).

Thanks for any help or information.

 

[ocabj]

http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/finnish_mosin_nagantm39.asp

Quote from mosinnagant.net:

"There are also a small lot of barrels that carry no marking other than the serial number. I refer to these rifles as "no maker/no date" m/39’s. The serial numbers of these guns follow no pattern and appear to be random overhauls or built from existing barrel blanks and all of the markings removed."

 

[Sam Adams]

ocabj

There's some more interesting information from the same article you quoted from. It indicates that wartime production was 96,800 rifles, of which Sakos numbered 66,500 and VKTs 30,300. The "B" barrels were made by VKT, though not marked as such, and are thought to number somewhere between 9,000 and 10,000. The SK.Y barrels were apparently part of the wartime rifle production, so while they're rare, they don't add to the total number made. Total production is thought to be roughly 102,000, leaving roughly 5,200 non-Sako, non-VKT, non "B" barrel and non-SK.Y rifles. The "no maker" production from 1967-70 appears to be about 3,000, leaving about 2,200 of the oddball rifles, to wit:

1) No name, no maker;
2) "48";
3) Round receivers (very rare); or
4) "Polustuslaitos" marked (another way of saying "government property," which is marked on most of the other rifles as "SA" inside a box); this was used for only 2 months in 1942.

Note that Tikka made 5,000 barrels, but these only replaced existing barrels that were worn or damaged.

In conclusion, the "no maker, no date" M39s appear to be limited to 2,200 at maximum, but the figure must be less because of the other 3 variants. Probably it is in the neighborhood of 1,000, but who knows?

I would be very grateful if anyone who knows more than I do about this could analyze it or provide specific numbers.