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So after seeing a guy shoot his mosin last month at my local outdoor range and learning the history I've been wanting one.I told my wife I wanted one for christmas but we couldn't find any for sale locally.There is a local gun show next weekend that I was going to try to pick one up at.
Anyways me and my wife went to her mothers house for Christmas.I got into a conversation with my mother in law about guns and she said that she had a old rifle that belonged to her late husband that I could have if I wanted it.I said sure let me see what it is and then she brought out a finnish m91 Talk about excited I thought it was a mosin untill I got home and on this site to do some research and discovered it was a Finn.Needless to say I love this gun.The funny thing is my mother in law didn't even know that I was wanting a mosin and my wife forgot her late father even had the gun or what kind it was.My wife says that her father had the gun for as long as she could remember and shot it all the time.Needless to say I'm keeping it in the family.It's a 1940 VKT D barrel with SA stamp and has VK3 number stamp on the stock.I cleaned it real good and the bore looks to be in excellent condition.So now I just need order me some surplus ammo
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Beautiful! It is perfect. There is only one thing you need. A sling would be nice. You are so fortunate that he had the good sense to keep it original. These have been ruined too many time with a 50 cent piece of sandpaper. The torch has been passed to you. Run with it and savor the opportunity.8-)8-):P
That is a pretty safe bet Drew. How about nailin it down some?
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Just remember that if you tear it down for cleaning the barrel band screws turn the opposite way from normal.
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Welcome to the board, very nice gift, when you pull the action out of the stock be careful of any small metal shims that might be between the action screws and the wood. These were placed in some rifles to adjust the action for accuracy, keep them in their proper places and in order. Not every Finn had, or needed them . I have a '40 VKT also and it is a great shooter.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
"Talk about excited I thought it was a mosin untill I got home and on this site to do some research and discovered it was a Finn"
A Mosin is still a Mosin no matter who made it, here in the US, Finland, France, China, Eastern Europe, or Russia itself.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Thanks for the comments and suggestions.I took the gun apart to clean it this morning and yes it did have 2 small shims under the receiver that I will put back in the same spot.I'm going to leave the gun as is except for getting a sling for it.I'm not sure what year or origin of the receiver is.I took some pics of the markings on it.The one on the top of the receiver looks looks a Russia imperial eagle and I'm not sure what the other marks mean.I have a feeling this won't be my only mosin,I think I have caught the mosin bug.I love the history of these guns.
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The markings on your receiver tang show it is a Tula made in 1899. The Tula hammer is above the 99 date.
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I'm sorry...this thing reads too much like a "Penthouse Forum" entry...this could never happen in real life, could it? I'm expecting to read the story about the grandma selling the old chevy under the tarp for 500 bucks, and it turns out to be a pristine 62 'vette...
Talk about excited 
I thought it was a mosin untill I got home and on this site to do some research and discovered it was a Finn.Needless to say I love this gun.The funny thing is my mother in law didn't even know that I was wanting a mosin and my wife forgot her late father even had the gun or what kind it was.My wife says that her father had the gun for as long as she could remember and shot it all the time.Needless to say I'm keeping it in the family.It's a 1940 VKT D barrel with SA stamp and has VK3 number stamp on the stock.I cleaned it real good and the bore looks to be in excellent condition.So now I just need order me some surplus ammo 
I have a '40 VKT also and it is a great shooter.
