1944 Finn Mosin Nagant

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Picked this up a while ago. Finn built Mosin, Tikka made barrel, round action , high sidewall which I've read are harder to find most being hex action, low sidewall. Supposedly Tikka made around 15,000 in 43/44. This one is unissued and pretty minty. Bore is .3085 diameter compared to .310/ .312 like the Russian and earlier Finn barreled rifles. Bore is also superb with shiny crisp rifling. Finn sling swivels, Finn stacked blade front sight. Rounded finger jointed stock so wartime production later ones had square finger joints or so I've read. Supposed to be great shooters. It's a model 91/30 but apparently called an M30 in Finland. Bolt numbered to match barrel serial number. One lined out Russian serial number on magazine housing. Don't think you could find a nicer Finn Mosin Nagant.
 

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Mike Webb said:
Is yours round action, high side action as well?
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Round action same as yours. Same wood and finger joints. 1944 production Tikka.

I believe that it's a low wall receiver. I don't think you have a high wall. I may be wrong but I do have a Mosin sniper that is high wall and different looking.
 
hogie said:
Round action same as yours. Same wood and finger joints. 1944 production Tikka.

I believe that it's a low wall receiver. I don't think you have a high wall. I may be wrong but I do have a Mosin sniper that is high wall and different looking.
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Maybe so. I'm new to Finns.
 
Mike Webb said:
Picked this up a while ago. Finn built Mosin, Tikka made barrel, round action , high sidewall which I've read are harder to find most being hex action, low sidewall. Supposedly Tikka made around 15,000 in 43/44. This one is unissued and pretty minty. Bore is .3085 diameter compared to .310/ .312 like the Russian and earlier Finn barreled rifles. Bore is also superb with shiny crisp rifling. Finn sling swivels, Finn stacked blade front sight. Rounded finger jointed stock so wartime production later ones had square finger joints or so I've read. Supposed to be great shooters. It's a model 91/30 but apparently called an M30 in Finland. Bolt numbered to match barrel serial number. One lined out Russian serial number on magazine housing. Don't think you could find a nicer Finn Mosin Nagant.
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That’s majestic.
 
Nice rifle. It absolutely has a low wall receiver. There has been more recent data suggesting round receivers in general are more common than was thought decades ago. Personally I’ve seen many more round than hex (octagon) in Canada. Most we see are unissued or post war refurbs, they didn’t seem to see extensive field use during the Continuation War like other arms. Many came in from Century Int’l in the 1980’s iirc. Check the date on the receiver’s bottom tang for production year and arsenal. Mine have all shot very well especially cast. Enjoy it!
 
Is that a 91/30 or a 91? Typically 91/30 have sight hoods...shorter barrels.
If yours is original, all lack of a sight hood makes it a Dragoon, at least at a glance. Tape measure would be the final word on yhat.
Dragoon are way cooler IMO.
Got a PTG, 2 Remmys and a Westinghouse. Tough to get Bayo's IIRC.
Too far from my book to say much on the M30 topic sadly
 
My m30 is a beaver chewed 1943 izhevsk high wall receiver in a captured Soviet stock refinished by the Finns. Same 44 tikka barrel and an imperial era bolt.

Interesting guns to be sure, but they are not m39 rifles (!)
 
Claven2 said:
Interesting guns to be sure, but they are not m39 rifles (!)
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My '44 round receiver was as good as any M39! As with most it was a post-war build and virtually unused. You could argue that these were the best Finn rifles- improved over the Soviet 91/30 but without the complications of the M27, M28. M28/30, M39. I am surprised that the OP is getting a .3085" bore measurement. I've never heard of that being the case with these late rifles. Standard wisdom is that only a couple of earlier Finn models had bores of that size.

milsurpo
 
I've been reading a lot on 7.62x54R forum. Many on there have .308 and .309 bores on these same rifles or so they claim. The Finns seem to be sleepers in the milsurp collecting world as far as value goes. Much more rare than many Russian/Soviet/Polish rifles that go for higher prices as far as production numbers go.
 
Mike Webb said:
I've been reading a lot on 7.62x54R forum. Many on there have .308 and .309 bores on these same rifles or so they claim. The Finns seem to be sleepers in the milsurp collecting world as far as value goes. Much more rare than many Russian/Soviet/Polish rifles that go for higher prices as far as production numbers go.
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I’m not aware of soviet mosins (or polish) going higher than the Finnish equivalents.

I would say the opposite is true, except for maybe an imperial M91, which is rare in a non-Finn rifle.
 
Finn rifles are usually a glorious mix of parts. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the Finn actually manufactured Mosin Nagant rifles. They are wonderful old rifles. I have quite a few, and most are interesting, to say the least.
 
kjohn said:
Finn rifles are usually a glorious mix of parts. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the Finn actually manufactured Mosin Nagant rifles. They are wonderful old rifles. I have quite a few, and most are interesting, to say the least.
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They made stocks, extractors, sears, bolt heads, some types of sight assemblies and barrels. They seem to have never made bolt bodies, receivers or magazines.
 
Claven2 said:
They made stocks, extractors, sears, bolt heads, some types of sight assemblies and barrels. They seem to have never made bolt bodies, receivers or magazines.
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Right. I am well aware that they made lots of different parts for these rifles. The Finns put together some good rifles, always looking to improve. I have a fair assortment of various Finn rifles.
 
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