New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
Hello, picked up my 2nd Finn and 3rd Mosin Nagant today at a local gun show. What can you tell me about it from Pics? Anywhere else I should look on it for marks? I thought I got a great deal. The dealer I don't think understood it was not just any old Mosin Nagant. I thought it was a M39, which is what I was looking for, but after getting it home and consulting the guides, it looks like it is a M91.
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
It's a Finn rebuilt M91 done by VKT in 1942. I have some of these and the barrels used were of exceptional quality, you will need a cleaning rod to complete the package.
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
I looked under the metal butt plate and it had "916". Any idea what that means? Neither of my other two had anything there.
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
Depends, you need to take the action and barrel out of the stock and see if there is a ny numbers stamped on the underside of the tang. 916 could mean 1916, the date the receiver was made.jwaller5 wrote:I looked under the metal butt plate and it had "916". Any idea what that means? Neither of my other two had anything there.
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
1916 is the date the stock was made. Some Russian stocks had the date stamped there.
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
I too believe the 916 is the date the stock was made. I have a m91 with the 3 numbers under butt plate.
Nice example of an older Finn Mosin.
Nice example of an older Finn Mosin.
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
Nice rifle. Imperial eagle stamp as well. Great find. Gotta get me a M91
Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
Indeed a nice find and as JYD said most of these are excellent shooters! 916 indeed is the year the Russians turned out the stock. You might see a partial stamping of a crown also under there. If my old memory is on track today I think that is a Tula marking but I am half asleep today so I could be wrong? Congrats! Around here that is a $300 rifle even minus the $60 cleaning rod if you can find it. Bill ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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Re: New Finn Mosin Nagant, please help ID
Thanks all. I got this one for $250. Thanks for the knowledge.