Need help identifying my Finnish m91!!! Please help!

[SteveEndureFort]

Hey guys I have had this rifle for a while and everytime I try and research this rifle I get frustrated and give up. What I do know is that the receiver and is a 1904 Izhevsk, the bolt is also Izhevsk, the magazine is Tula and at some point the Finns got a hold of it and made it gorgeous but stripped most of it's identity. It has NO makers marks or date codes on the barrel shank. It looks like the barrel has a 2 digit number (75) that matches (75) on the side of the bolt but nothing else. Ive never seen a Finnish m91 from 1975 so it probably isn't that. The barrel is counter bored and not stepped. Also not sleeved. Could you guys help me?

[Rongo]

Welcome to the forum!!!!

First off... Nice Mosin. It's not uncommon for Finn rifles to have odd stampings or lack of stampings. they were mainly cobbling parts together to make a functional weapon & had little concern with having pretty crest's on the barrel. The stamping on the underside of the barrel is interesting.... I feel if I should know it's meaning but can't recall. It's always possible the barrel isn't original to the receiver... But with it being counterbored I would guess it is original & the barrel was just scrubbed at some point.
I don't see an import stamp on the receiver.... Is there a faint import mark near the Muzzle?
I've found that a lot of what we see in stampings (Or lack thereof) in the Mosin Nagant rifles are a mystery & probably always will be. That's what makes it fun in collecting them, & the Finn versions are by far the cream of the crop.

Either way... You have a fine Finn M91 that you don't see everyday. Enjoy!

[SteveEndureFort]

Thanks Rongo for your reply!

As an update, it was hard to discern whether the barrel was sleeved originally but I believe it has. Also I haven't found any import marks at all on this rifle. A few other people on different forums are convinced this is an unmarked P series rifle. (perhaps before they started marking them). At this point im not even sure what I have here.

[millman]

I have one like it. I have not found out very much about it in the 14 years I have had it.

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