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Tika assembled. The markings on this one are a bit different. I don't see any SA marks at all. I would assume that the Civil Guard turned over most of their rifles, but not ALL!? I also noticed that while the Finn SN is stamped on the left side of the barrel, there is another SN on the right....different numbers, different font.......might this be a re-used Russian barrel. Additionally, If you can make it out in the pictures, there seems to have been some heavy handed grinding on the right half of the back of the barrel. I don't know if they ground off some marks or something else. While I haven't looked "under the wood", there seems to be some evidence that the right side of the weapon may have been affected by rust? blood? There is metal roughness on the right, and discoloration of the metal. Speaking of finish......I would appreciate comments about that. Observe first of all, that the stock is exceptionally shiny.....a lacquer/varnish job? Is this typical for this model? If not, how would I go about getting it somewhat back to original? I don't want to risk damaging anything so I would only scale it back a bit. Also, if you check out the metal work, some of it is awful glossy. Do you think the "shine" job was done with all the parts still on the rifle? One more thing to look at is the rear barrel band. It looks painted, and the screw might not be the proper one, as it protrudes from the off side. Overall, I would say its in pretty good shape for 85 years or so! As for C&R"itis" I'm thinking of bidding on a 28/30 that ends in about half an hour!!!