M39 Review...........Post Your m39's We have some new one's on the forums!!!

[Fledge]

Finally got around to cleaning up this 43' Sk.Y. Most of the bluing its gone, and it has some well done stock repairs. I got it for under current retail, so I am quite happy with it.

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Partially scrubbed tang. Maybe a Sestro 1916?

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Arsenal repair

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Another arsenal repair

[Fledge]

1944 VKT with a pretty stock.

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[ksbanker]

Those are beautiful stocks! My 1943 Sk.Y. has virtually all bluing gone and is in a boring post war stock. I wasn't thrilled when it showed up from Classic Firearms. However, it has an very light trigger, which I am happy about. I'm looking forward to getting it out and shooting it!

[airbornetrooper]

Finally got around to cleaning up this 43' Sk.Y. Most of the bluing its gone, and it has some well done stock repairs. I got it for under current retail, so I am quite happy with it.

Yep you sure did, you won that one for $350 which is a steal!

[Fledge]

Yup $350 Buy it now price. It is actually a lot nicer than I could have hoped for.

[capt14k]

1941 SAKO matching bolt, barrel, receiver with non-matching magazine. This one came from Burns directly before they sold to Classic. In correct SAKO war time stock.












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[TnBuckeye]

1941 SAKO matching bolt, barrel, receiver with non-matching magazine. This one came from Burns directly before they sold to Classic. In correct SAKO war time stock.












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That is a nice one. There is just something about the m39!


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[locomotiveguy]

I have two 1944's a VKT and a Sako Under the receiver shank on the Sako is either a 9 arrow up 9 or a 6 arrow down 6, can anyone interpret?

[StagrhandShooter]

What are people's experience with a "D" vs non-"D" barrel in the accuracy Dept? Is 54r ammo safe in a non-"D" barrel?

[capt14k]

What are people's experience with a "D" vs non-"D" barrel in the accuracy Dept? Is 54r ammo safe in a non-"D" barrel?

Probably the wrong thread for your question. Start new thread.

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[HughMunguz]

Gotta love the wartime stock though

Apologize in advance for crappy pictures.. Cameramanship is not my forte :\

[STG58]

1944 made on a 1896 receiver.

[Junk Yard Dog]

One of these days we will have to do a count and see how many M39's we have on the board. I have between 14-17, too much trouble to dig them all out of storage, but that number is close, I know some here have many more than that. The M39, highest form of the Mosin infantry rifle.

[McAlistor]

Hello, new to the forums! Just picked up my first Mosin, an M39. Looking forward to researching on how to properly care for it with the help of the forums here. It's not in the greatest shape, but at least it's a place for me to start and maybe pick up a new hobby

Hopefully I'll be able to post some before and after pictures early next year when I have some free time to work on it. In the meantime, here are some photos of the markings. The only one I'm confused on is the crest with the PK letters under it, I'm guessing it's a variation of the emblem for the Proof Commission, Probaya Komissiya, just haven't seen it before.

[ffuries]

Hello, new to the forums! Just picked up my first Mosin, an M39. Looking forward to researching on how to properly care for it with the help of the forums here. It's not in the greatest shape, but at least it's a place for me to start and maybe pick up a new hobby

Hopefully I'll be able to post some before and after pictures early next year when I have some free time to work on it. In the meantime, here are some photos of the markings. The only one I'm confused on is the crest with the PK letters under it, I'm guessing it's a variation of the emblem for the Proof Commission, Probaya Komissiya, just haven't seen it before.

Yeap, Imperial Eagle from Russia "Probaya Komissiya" -- Proof Commission marking, if you scroll down a little bit on the link below it shows a picture of one.

http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/mis ... index.html

[steelbuttplate]

My 4 Sako's, hhmmm, something's not right.

[capt14k]

I will continue the group shot maybe we can start a trend.

Top to bottom

1943 Sky
1942 SAKO
1941 VKT
1943 Sky

Top 3 check off all the boxes for me. Original Finish on metal and stock. 90%+ bluing remains. Matching barrel, receiver, bolt, and magazine floor plate. The receiver is stamped matching, not dot matrix. The Sky has correct 43 Civil Guard Stock Cartouche. All have excellent bores.

Bottom one checks all the same boxes except it has dot matrix serial on receiver and little finish left on the metal. However it has something the others don't, a flame handguard.

[J0h1F]

Very nice rifles indeed, I've begun to think that FDF made the right decision to export most of the Mosins to the US, as Finns generally respect the original quality rifles a lot less, there's a whole lot of modified (=destroyed) Finnish Mosins in Finland. In the US, proportionally a lot more seem to be kept in the original condition.

1941 SAKO matching bolt, barrel, receiver with non-matching magazine. This one came from Burns directly before they sold to Classic. In correct SAKO war time stock.












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About the magazine mismatch, it isn't a real mismatch as the magazines weren't usually marked by Finns (I can't say never as I'm not completely sure, but AFAIK none were), so the markings are matched to the rifle the magazines were take-offs from (and some were grinded out completely, there's a lot of unmarked magazines on Finnish Mosins). So that's a rifle with perfectly matching numbers as in the Finnish configuration.

[capt14k]

Very nice rifles indeed, I've begun to think that FDF made the right decision to export most of the Mosins to the US, as Finns generally respect the original quality rifles a lot less, there's a whole lot of modified (=destroyed) Finnish Mosins in Finland. In the US, proportionally a lot more seem to be kept in the original condition.

1941 SAKO matching bolt, barrel, receiver with non-matching magazine. This one came from Burns directly before they sold to Classic. In correct SAKO war time stock.












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About the magazine mismatch, it isn't a real mismatch as the magazines weren't usually marked by Finns (I can't say never as I'm not completely sure, but AFAIK none were), so the markings are matched to the rifle the magazines were take-offs from (and some were grinded out completely, there's a lot of unmarked magazines on Finnish Mosins). So that's a rifle with perfectly matching numbers as in the Finnish configuration.

Actually on the M/39 the magazines were matched, but the butt plates were not. On the M/28-30 the magazines weren't matched, but the butt plates were.

Many Finnish Rifles are sporterized in Finland because that is what they had and they used them for hunting rifles. Here it was Mausers, Enfields, and Springfields. Most M/39 didn't come here til Burns imported them in 1982. By that time people were seeing the collectible value. That is why most M/39 are in original condition. As for earlier Finns they weren't sporterized here because 7.62x54R wasn't a popular hunting cartridge in the 1960s.

Today Finns do not destroy the rifles just as much as we don't. The collectible value is seen in both countries.

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[Junk Yard Dog]

That and Ol' man Burns got busted and lost the FFL causing his stock of milsurps to sit in limbo for some years before his wife and kid got permission to sell them off.