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I made a trade, with a little cash thrown in,with a member of a collector's group on facebook for this antique m91. It looked good in the photos, even better when it showed up. I took a few pics outside before the rain chased me back in and I had to finish there.
I haven't had the rifle apart yet. It looks like a typical Finn rebuild/reblue, and aside from a few handling marks and dings its in great shape. The back half of the spliced stock is dated 1910 and shows a faint German WW1 capture stamp. Type one bands, double SA and two D stamps, Finn matched bolt. Bore looks good. No import marks at all. The sling is interesting. It looks to be a close match to a leather 91/30 sling. thoughts?
Enjoy the pics.
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Very nice. An antique m91 is on my list. Haven't found one locally yet. May need to bite the bullet and get one off Gun Broker.
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I have a couple of those slings. Can't remember where I got them and have no idea what rifle they were made for. They fit the Mosin carbines very well.
No sign of a wooden crossbolt. The general consensus on rhe sling seems to be a leather 91/30 sling. It fits, and has been there a long time so it shall stay.
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Longcolt44 wrote:I have a couple of those slings. Can't remember where I got them and have no idea what rifle they were made for. They fit the Mosin carbines very well.
They were made for my 1916 Izhevsk Finned Dragoon, can you send me one Chuck, please, pretty please?
Racer, this is a sweet package here buddy.
That was a great pickup for sure! Nice to see guys pickup on the wear marks from a past sling swivel on the mag. I am afraid I can't add much on the sling other than it may not be Finn. It lacks their usual X stitching across the sewn end. They didn't always do that but for the most part did. I have a couple of slings that are very much like that on Finnish rifles. I have a couple like that with the oval brass buckles that are always attributed to the Finn's without the X stitching too. So it becomes a good guess I would say whether it is really a Finn used sling and proper or not. In those cases I just put them on there and don't worry too much.
There was years ago a guy on the west coast who sold many slings over the years and I bought so many slings from him but I forget his handle and he had a great variety of Finnish slings for great prices. I haven't seen hide nor hair of him in many years now. He did have connections in Finland and he got many nice old and well used slings which is what I prefer. I got the brass buckle Oval slings from him I know for a fact. I remember questioning them from him and he said they didn't always have the X stitching like I mentioned. So the end result I would say is who really knows? Very Nice Rifle! Congrats! Bill
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