SAKO 1944 M39 Civil Guard rifle
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:57 pm
Another one from about three years back, 1944 SAKO Sky with Civil Guard number. Note that the wartime stock is 1944 dated and there are some small dimples were someone pressed the tip of the firing pin into the wood to strip the bolt. The bore is spotless and while I don't recall how well it shot I know it was under 2 MOA as all of my M39's shoot at least that well.
I found the original post from early 2008, this was a late 2007 find.
Had this one for a few weeks, and am finally getting around to cleaning it up today, been a little busy lately. It's a 1944 SAKO SK.Y M39 in a 1943 SK.Y crack free wartime stock, The bore is brand new, no better way to describe it, bluing worn to about 70%, and the bolt along with the floorplate are Finn matched to the barrel. It's got a beautiful trigger pull, but then again it seems all of these rifles do. For some strange reason this rifle was import marked as a 98/22 Check Mauser, strangest looking Mauser I ever saw. There is a Civil Guard number on the side of the barrel on this one. The parts are all soaking in solvent this afternoon so it didn't make it down to the range this time. We have been having a January thaw that has melted some of the ice on my range so I drove a Dodge Ramcharger down into the slop, popped open the rear hatch, and fired some of the other M39's out the back over the top of the rear seat, worked out OK, the hatch didn't come down as I was firing, that would have caused problems. I could only manage 90 yards or so that way, but the 1941, and 1943 SAko's were delivering sub MOA performance with the Hungarian silver tip. So far these are the only M39's from my recent buys that have been range tested, they both outshoot my US M1903/A3's, prior to this the A3's were my most accurate milsurps, absolutely incredible performance, I am impressed with these rifles. Both cycle the bolt smoothly, have smooth (probably around 3-4 pound trigger pulls, maybe better that break very crisp) triggers, spotless bores, and sights a blind man could use without difficulty.
I found the original post from early 2008, this was a late 2007 find.
Had this one for a few weeks, and am finally getting around to cleaning it up today, been a little busy lately. It's a 1944 SAKO SK.Y M39 in a 1943 SK.Y crack free wartime stock, The bore is brand new, no better way to describe it, bluing worn to about 70%, and the bolt along with the floorplate are Finn matched to the barrel. It's got a beautiful trigger pull, but then again it seems all of these rifles do. For some strange reason this rifle was import marked as a 98/22 Check Mauser, strangest looking Mauser I ever saw. There is a Civil Guard number on the side of the barrel on this one. The parts are all soaking in solvent this afternoon so it didn't make it down to the range this time. We have been having a January thaw that has melted some of the ice on my range so I drove a Dodge Ramcharger down into the slop, popped open the rear hatch, and fired some of the other M39's out the back over the top of the rear seat, worked out OK, the hatch didn't come down as I was firing, that would have caused problems. I could only manage 90 yards or so that way, but the 1941, and 1943 SAko's were delivering sub MOA performance with the Hungarian silver tip. So far these are the only M39's from my recent buys that have been range tested, they both outshoot my US M1903/A3's, prior to this the A3's were my most accurate milsurps, absolutely incredible performance, I am impressed with these rifles. Both cycle the bolt smoothly, have smooth (probably around 3-4 pound trigger pulls, maybe better that break very crisp) triggers, spotless bores, and sights a blind man could use without difficulty.
must weigh three hundred pounds.