explain this?
its a very earlier like 1893 but it has a crossbolt? crude at that would this be a stock that was changed out or did the finns do this?
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Wood crossbolt early stock, the Finns swapped parts around in most rifles.
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Re: hmmm
For one they usually make great shooters. The Finns knew how to make one shoot where you wanted. And two the history behind them. Against all odds they stood their ground against a Soviet onslaught for the most part.
Read the book, "Frozen Hell" and you will gain some appreciation for the history in these rifles.
Read the book, "Frozen Hell" and you will gain some appreciation for the history in these rifles.
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Re: hmmm
Sometimes they changed nothing. Slapped an SA on it and issued it. Sometimes they changed everything. They were putting rifles into service anyway they could.mitch5690 wrote:so what makes a SA rifle so special, what exactly did they change? sorry noob question.
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1893? I hope we see more pictures!
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What a storied history these rifles can tell if you listen. If corporations are people, when will we see one executed?
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Tiny Finland with virtually no tank or air support and little artillery. Fought off the largest nation on the planet for months. According to some reports the casualties were: 25,000 Finns dead, 1,000,000 Soviets dead.
One quote from 'A Frozen Hell': "We gained 57,000 km² [22,000 square miles] of territory. Just enough to bury our dead." – a Soviet General
One quote from 'A Frozen Hell': "We gained 57,000 km² [22,000 square miles] of territory. Just enough to bury our dead." – a Soviet General
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Some are just rifles, little changed from when the Soviets had them, others have been transformed into precision killing machines. Accurate rifles are not unusual, most army's have them, but when you think they took a collection of used 50 year old parts, added a barrel, and sometimes a stock, and created a rifle that shoots in the same class as a US M1903, that's were it gets impressive.mitch5690 wrote:so what makes a SA rifle so special, what exactly did they change? sorry noob question.
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
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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What makes them special is finding one on a rack at your lgs thats marked "Russian rifle $100" and you know its a 28/30 and are still able to walk out with it for $100 otd. True story, happened to me. I have found the best deals on Finn rifles several times because people wont do there homework but thats "Finn" with me.mitch5690 wrote:so what makes a SA rifle so special, what exactly did they change? sorry noob question.
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Im still waiting for that day Gurn 
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