New Arrivals: the Holy Grail of Mosin Nagants !!! Finnish M39 Rifles in 7.62x54R

You're right. Typo. I meant VKT. But still possibly a sako. Would need to see the bbl.

Odd that every rifle they posted was a VKT. And also odd I'm missing a VKT...


pcvando said:
It's defnately not a Tikka, classic had less than 20 out of a lot of thousands. They didn't make many, and the price tag would be much higher ;)

However, it's likely a nice VKT in a Sako stock, which happened from time to time, especially during post war rebuilds from what I gather.

Some straight stock VKT's have also shown up, of course, in Sako marked stocks.
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Claven2 said:
You're right. Typo. I meant VKT. But still possibly a sako. Would need to see the bbl.

Odd that every rifle they posted was a VKT. And also odd I'm missing a VKT...
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I think it's because the Sako's classic has left are not the nicest.

The ones they are selling are bottom of the barrel. They have some Sako's left but they are holding them aside, and at a higher price of course. (I guess it's the name, even though Sako made more than VKT, making VKT's rarer)
 
pcvando said:
I think it's because the Sako's classic has left are not the nicest.

The ones they are selling are bottom of the barrel. They have some Sako's left but they are holding them aside, and at a higher price of course. (I guess it's the name, even though Sako made more than VKT, making VKT's rarer)
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Possibly true. I think some day VKTs will be worth more than all but the SkY and straight stocked SAKO guns. But we shall see.

I already have a Sako and a no-maker. Was hoping for a VKT or B gun, but plenty happy to snag the VKT.
 
I have a B gun but some clown bedded the action to the stock and floated the forend with a chisel. Breaks my heart.

I'd get a second one here if the first wasn't enough to put me in hock.

I guess that means I don't need a second one. Lol
 
Ha! I knew it! Weimarjack (Armurie du Lac) just posted a bunch of really nice hand selects on the EE, but the prices are considerably higher than Tradex is offering them for, presumably because Jacques sorts them and provides better detail about each gun.

Now to see if P&S got some inventory too...?
 
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Claven2 said:
Ha! I knew it! Weimarjack (Armoire du Lac) just posted a bunch of really nice hand selects on the EE, but the prices are considerably higher than Tradex is offering them for, presumably because Jacques sorts them and provides better detail about each gun.

Now to see if P&S got some inventory too...?
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Good call! Yea, M39's will only go up in value. A lot of guys bought them for $1500+ and now the EE ones are more than 1k plus tax and shipping.

Get them while you can ;)
 
pcvando said:
Good call! Yea, M39's will only go up in value. A lot of guys bought them for $1500+ and now the EE ones are more than 1k plus tax and shipping.

Get them while you can ;)
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The tradex VKT I picked up today came to $1010 after tax and ship - the most I've ever paid for an M39 and it's my 4th one (I still have two others, but stupidly sold a SkY marked refurb). I did maybe give over that value in trade value to get my unissued 1968 no-maker though.

These have been going up in value for a while and this small injection will boost collector interest IMHO.
 
Claven2 said:
The tradex VKT I picked up today came to $1010 after tax and ship - the most I've ever paid for an M39 and it's my 4th one (I still have two others, but stupidly sold a SkY marked refurb). I did maybe give over that value in trade value to get my unissued 1968 no-maker though.

These have been going up in value for a while and this small injection will boost collector interest IMHO.
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Nice! Mine didn't come cheap either. That being said, they are worth it IMO.

Now to find that Tikka, and Postolupolus marked one ;)
 
pcvando said:
I know the feeling! These things come up at the worst possible time haha ;)
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Honestly it was all I could do to not buy a second one, and I'm not that hard core of a collector. I just like Finn rifles and the whole candy store just opened up lol.
 
Mark-II said:
Honestly it was all I could do to not buy a second one, and I'm not that hard core of a collector. I just like Finn rifles and the whole candy store just opened up lol.
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Exactly haha! You got one at least, that's ahead of the game. M39's really weren't made in numbers compared to most milsurp, and these things are filled with history.

It's funny, mine shoot very well with all types of ammo too, even (dare I say) cheap surplus!

A lot of people used to thing they were just "another Mosin", however once they handled one, and learned about their history, as well as how they shoot, their minds are changed for good :)

I had a SkY M39, with the civil guard number placing it around Lake Ladoga. The rifle inernals were filled with sand from a lake when I disassembled it. The history behind that is so cool, to think it sat and fought on the shores of that lake, and carried that sand thousands of miles to me.

The soldiers are long gone, but their memories and rifles still remain for us to never forget.
 
If you bought one of these, please post many photos upon it's arrival....
So I may live through you.
Thank you in advance.
 
My two favourites both belonged to my uncle, and were bought again years after he sold them (small world). An M91 with an absolutely black stock that shoots wonderfully, and a 1935 M27 with a rear butt stock that shows German WW-I capture cartouches

I also like turning them over in my hands and just seeing how many different bits and pieces from over the decades went into a rifle. Even the refurb is part of the very tangible history - they BEGAN as refurbs and rebuilds!
 
7 left...I think that's a good prediction.

Looks like mine has a wartime stock. Really close zoom in shows one round splice tip...I think... It's pretty dark wood lol
 
The site isn't really anything close to real time for updating, unfortunately. I watched mine this morning take several minutes to change status.

But the credit card processing is new since I last bought something. That's a plus. Not that calling up and chatting was ever a minus :)
 
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