Finnish Mosins $$$???

[zedheadmc]

Man a guy just can't find a decent Finnish Mosin Model M27 through Model M39 for less than $250.00. I know, there really were just so many made and they really are very nice rifles.
I'll end up putting out the money thats being asked, I'm just whining a little bit thats all.

 

[PTK]

You really are whining. I want a nice condition 1911 Swiss rifle, but they go for more than I'm willing to spend now. $250 will seem like chump change for these rifles in a few years, for certain!

 

[JWarren]

I've got a Finn M28 that I may be inticed to part with. I've having trouble fitting it into my overall firearms "plan" and I really don't shoot it like I thought I would.

I'd have to get rid of about 1,600 rounds of Bulgarian ball if I got rid of it though.


-- John

 

[zedheadmc]

And have you seen what the K31's have been doing price wise over the last couple of years. Good for folks that just collect and or rarely shoot I guess. But I am more of a shooter. Oh well.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Buy it now. You will regret it later when you are conplaining that you should have bought it then.

 

[BamBam-31]

$250 is really not a lot of money. Next time you're holding one of those Finns, just think how much it'd cost if they made something like that today....

Get 'em while the gettin's good!

 

[Threejs]

www.gunsnammo.com

They routinely have some for less than $250

 

[mp510]

My M-39 cost $183, and I have seen others sell in the $200 to $225 range.

Basically, I watched Gunbroker, bidded on rifles I liked, and eventually found one I liked for a good price.

 

[DMK]

$250 is really not a lot of money. Next time you're holding one of those Finns, just think how much it'd cost if they made something like that today

I agree. I bought three M39s about 5 years ago. Two were in the $250 range, and one was closer to $200 but well used. I never regretted what I paid for them. They are very fine rifles that shoot well.

1942 SAKO Civil Guard(top) and 1942 Belgian Barreled (bottom)

1970 "Sneak"

 

[Cosmoline]

Man a guy just can't find a decent Finnish Mosin Model M27 through Model M39 for less than $250.00.

Wait till they're going for $500 or more.

 

[atblis]

Hmmm

Where do you live? Down here "Portugese mausers" can be had for $50 out the door and upon further inspection at home they turn out to be Finn MNs.

 

[PzGren]

My son just bought his first gun, a rifle. He is 18 and all the other guns he has, he got from me.
Well, today we checked a gunstore and they had one M39 for $139!!!!
I helped junior out with $`100 and he whipped out the money. We got a box of 20 rounds for free with it. He'll pick it up on Tuesday.

The steel looked really good ... and the bore? Man-o-man, crisp! I think that I am more excited than him.
Think I have to get him some dies, still have some cleaning kit from my Mosins......

 

[MRIman]

I only have one Finn M39 in my collection. Wish I
had many more of them. Picked mine up at a small
local show for $100 cash. Given the chance I'd buy 20 more
right now if I could. After getting one so cheap,find it hard to
drop 300 on the same thing.
Hope your son enjoys his new gun!!!!

MRI

 

[marlin1888]

They truly are sperior to the Russian models in fit and finish (pun intended). I have 3 of them (A Tika 91-30, A Sako M39, and a Tika 91). They are all in nice shape, but I really like the 91 (becasue of it's big rear site). Plus, they have a great history behind them. They are getting hard to find in very good or better shape.

Marlin1888

 

[Gustav]

Expect the prices on any Finnish Mosin Nagant to only go up higher
Back in 1986 these were no more than $80 or so now they are triple to five or more times that amount if and when one finds an example for sale.

The M-39s are among the last of the Mosin Nagants having been held in reserve up until recently along with some of the nicer captured and reconditioned SA stamped 91/30s

The older 1891s 24s 27s 28s 28-30s have pretty much all been sold off long ago starting in the mid 1980s being replaced by Valmets and AK's

Allot of history in these old classic battle rifles my advice is get one while you can as production totals never equaled the millions of Mausers Springfields Garands M1 Carbines and Russian 91/30s and 1944 Mosins.

Like the Swedish Mauser no milsurp collection is complete without one.

 

[PzGren]

Plus, they have a great history behind them

An uncle of mine fought in the winter war with the Suomis, even though he was by far my least favourite uncle, I still remember the stories.

Hope your son enjoys his new gun!!!!

Thanks MRI man, he really wanted an Uzi carbine, which has to wait a little while now, but the quality of the M39 is top and his has about 95% blue left. The stock will definitely nee cleaning!

We are reading up on all the different versions and markings to learn more about the history of this fine gun.

 

[Cosmoline]

That M-39 gives a great workout if you shoot offhand, as well!

 

[PzGren]

Here's the cleaned up piece, $153 out the door with 20 rounds of ammo. The stock is solid, the blueing strong. I don't think my son wasted his money.

 

[Vaarok]

Everyone acts surprised? They were made by Sako, Tikka, and Valmet. They were rejected if they didn't do 5cm at 200m from a mechanical rest. They fought the steepest odds and worst conditions of WW2 and won. Few were made. They're still under five hundred bucks. Go buy several and stop complaining.

 

[PzGren]

They fought the steepest odds and worst conditions of WW2 and won.

Did they win??? My disliked Onkel Kurt, who fought in the winter war with a K98k in a black tunicwas under the impression that the war had been lost. The Russian POW camp had convinced him of it.

The M39, however, is excellent!

 

[GD]

Actually, peace treaties between Russian and Finland were signed in 1940 to end the Winter War and again in 1944 to end the Continuation War. There weren't really any winners or losers in those wars - just survivors. You have to respect how the Finns conducted themselves against overwhelming odds.

 

[Ash]

That Finland did not go the way of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, or become a member of the Warsaw Pact (even if Finland did sign treaties of cooperation and friendship and adopted Soviet-based weapons), means they did indeed win. The Soviets did not conquer their nation like the others.

Ash

 

[atblis]

They were made by Sako, Tikka, and Valmet.

Didn't they also have barrels by SIG and FN?

 

[Ash]

SIG yes, but FN - perhaps. There is some belief that the "B" barrels from Belgium came from FN, but I'm not convinced they did. I believe they are Belgian, and they certainly can be from FN, but they could be from many Belgian producers.

In any case, the Finns did get SIG barrels, Bohler-Stahl barrels, and Belgian barrels in addition to relining their own in the Salerno method (and that oh-so rare SAT-made batch).

Ash

 

[TimboKhan]

And have you seen what the K31's have been doing price wise over the last couple of years. Good for folks that just collect and or rarely shoot I guess

Boy, you got that right. The overall quality of the rifles is going down too! I went to my local shop one day about a year ago just to wander around and I saw a K31 in decent shape with a decent price sitting there and I very literally ate ramen for a month in order to buy it. The prices have gone up about $75.00 around here, which doesn't sound like much but for me thats the public service bill, and a credit card payment. (luckily, my credit card has a very low limit, which is why 30-40 bucks isn't eating me alive in interest charges...)