Finn Captured M38 - "sotamies (private) Saloranta"

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Thank you to the Mystery Moderator for the proper edit to the OP.

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Ghosts in the machine..... :)
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Awesome pick-up! I'd never seen a Finn capture m38 in a second pattern stock.
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Awesome Martin, thanks for sharing that one. :thumbsup:
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People probably kept taking his rifle so he marked it. :D

The interesting part is in script writing versus a crude knife carve. Like he signed it then traced over it a couple times with something sharp. Maybe you'll be able to find out some info on the man. Like my all time favorite gun thread. A. Bierkle's 1917 S&W revolver
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Re: Finn Captured M38 - "sotamies (private) Saloranta"

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Wow, such a beautiful rifle! :o I had my eye on that one from the start but unfortunately my importer had reached the deadline :P
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This is a great carbine. Finnish carbines (other than the M38 Carcanos) really are quite difficult to find.

Where/how did you acquire this carbine?
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shmlnaaa wrote:This is a great carbine. Finnish carbines (other than the M38 Carcanos) really are quite difficult to find.

Where/how did you acquire this carbine?
It was listed on Gunbroker. Paid $660 with shipping.

And with some more help from Bugelson, and on a very somber note, there were nine fallen veterans of the Winter and Continuation Wars with the rank (private) Sotamies, who very well could have been Stm. Saloranta.

http://kronos.narc.fi/menehtyneet/index.php

(type in Finnish surname under "sukunimi" and click on "Hae")
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Thanks. I haven't been lurking gun broker much lately, but that's not usually the case. I also still need one of these carbines (along with so many others). It seems I have solidly missed the boat on the mismatched ones being sub $500 guns! They still aren't too expensive for what they are IMO, though the all matching ones have achieved some rather impressive prices lately without a doubt.
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CUT IT OUT MARTIN!! First I see the Cossack Finn and now this. I can't take it I tell you, I can't.........

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This is the second time I have looked this rifle over and I still can't stop the envy......... :Drool1:
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