My New M91 Finn
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butcharoot
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My New M91 Finn
Got this at a gun show a couple of weeks ago. It has a great looking bore, it's a 1942 B barrel. It has some shiny finish applied to the stock and it looks like it has been re-blued. I prefer rifles that show their real history. I have not shot it yet. Thanks for looking, Butch
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tailgunner67
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Re: My New M91 Finn
Its a real shame that a very collectable rifle was completely refinished.
Re: My New M91 Finn
Pretty rifle (I love the butt stock), but it looks to have had the original finish removed and then refinished. But, enjoy it and welcome to the forum.
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Re: My New M91 Finn
re-finished (probably) by Finland.tailgunner67 wrote:Its a real shame that a very collectable rifle was completely refinished.
You can't tell like a Russian Mosin exactly who finished it. I can show Finn re-finished work that came straight out of the arsenals and it looks just like this.
Although, that stock finish looks a little too perfect (and no dents!!!)
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Re: My New M91 Finn
Congratulations on your new B Barrel butcharoot. It should be a joy to shoot as these rifles cans be very accurate. Good chance that it was refinished in the US but you never know. You can see a few blondes hanging on the wall in this SA_KUVA pic from the winter war. Denny
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Re: My New M91 Finn
Nice B, Finland built these rifles, rebluing and stock refinishing were part of that build. Everything I see here is within the range of what I see on the Finn built M91's in my own collection.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: My New M91 Finn
Looks like a beautiful rifle!
More than once, people have been misled by pictures taken indoors under artificial light.
I would love to see pictures of the rifle taken outdoors under natural light before I could pass judgement on the Finnish finish.
More than once, people have been misled by pictures taken indoors under artificial light.
I would love to see pictures of the rifle taken outdoors under natural light before I could pass judgement on the Finnish finish.
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Re: My New M91 Finn
Nice rifle! I'm a newb to mosin's and the forum for that matter, so I let me throw out a question for everyone; the estucheon's on this are solid. I've seen this in other rifles, so I know it's a "thing" ...what's the history / etiology on those?
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Longcolt44
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Re: My New M91 Finn
They just look solid, these are Finn estucheon's and hangers.
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Me too. Some pictures outside in the shade would be awesome!WWW wrote:Looks like a beautiful rifle!
More than once, people have been misled by pictures taken indoors under artificial light.
I would love to see pictures of the rifle taken outdoors under natural light before I could pass judgement on the Finnish finish.
To the OP, that is a damn nice looking Finn M91!
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