My 'only scarce' milsurps...
Well I finally got around to putting something together...
Apologies for the poor quality photographs. In some cases I had to use pics from the person that sold me the milsurp. Here are my five; perhaps not rare but definitely scarce, some more than others.
Matching Kingdom of Yugoslavia M1924 Short Rifle.
(I forget the date but its in the 1930s and in cyrillic script)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia crest.
Matching 1927 Polish P.W.B. Radom Karabinek wz.1898, with the bent bolt handle as used by the cavalry.
1927 P.W.B. Radom stamp.
Matching German capture 1935 Polish F.B. Radom Karabinek wz.29. I have a German capture Polish wz.28 1939 'mobilization' bayonet with WaA77 on the spine of the blade to with it.
I also have a matching SCW wz.29e which is even more scarce.
(7,900 exported to Spain, all Polish stamps removed)
1935 F.B. Radom stamp.
Bolt handle with Polish Eagle on ball.
Serial # and model designation on left receiver.
1941 Sako m/39 straight stock unrefurbished.
Only 6000 made. This one looks like it came right off the battlefield, complete with scars.
1941 Sako m/39 shrapnel groove.
Wartime stock splice and carved A.H. initials.
(Adolf Hitler's personal Mosin Nagant)
Suomen Armeija (SA) M27. (borrowed pic)
1928 Tikkakoski SA (Suomen Armeija ) M27 receiver.
Pystykorva 'spitz ears' and popsicle stick nose cap reinforcements.
M27 bolt with the infamous 'wings' which would bind with snow and ice.
Forcing Finnish soldiers during the Winter War to scavenge bolts from Russian M91s.
Close up of the 'wings'.
Tikkakoski SY (Suojeluskunta - Civil Guard) M28. Refurbished M91 stock, SY in finger groove.
and finally...
S (lion) 6 stamp on 1940 Tikkakoski M91. Just a close up of the receiver but that's the point!
Karl-Heinz Wrobel, author of the Three Line Rifle said that while not rare, its definitely scarce to find a Mosin Nagant with a Czech property mark. With the Peter the Great proof mark intact and an Austro Hungarian AZF stamp as well (not shown). A well travel M91... if it could only talk.
I also have a m/91-24 'Lotta' with a Böhler Stahl barrel which is more scarce than the m/27 or m/28. Approximately 26,000 made according to the Jagear Platoon web site. As well I have a mint Polish Factory 11 .22 caliber Sportowy. What's really rare about this are the .22 caliber inserts. Whenever I shoot the thing, I scramble to find all 8!!
But I don't have any pics handy for either.
Well I finally got around to putting something together...
Apologies for the poor quality photographs. In some cases I had to use pics from the person that sold me the milsurp. Here are my five; perhaps not rare but definitely scarce, some more than others.
Matching Kingdom of Yugoslavia M1924 Short Rifle.
(I forget the date but its in the 1930s and in cyrillic script)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia crest.
Matching 1927 Polish P.W.B. Radom Karabinek wz.1898, with the bent bolt handle as used by the cavalry.
1927 P.W.B. Radom stamp.
Matching German capture 1935 Polish F.B. Radom Karabinek wz.29. I have a German capture Polish wz.28 1939 'mobilization' bayonet with WaA77 on the spine of the blade to with it.
I also have a matching SCW wz.29e which is even more scarce.
(7,900 exported to Spain, all Polish stamps removed)
1935 F.B. Radom stamp.
Bolt handle with Polish Eagle on ball.
Serial # and model designation on left receiver.
1941 Sako m/39 straight stock unrefurbished.
Only 6000 made. This one looks like it came right off the battlefield, complete with scars.
1941 Sako m/39 shrapnel groove.
Wartime stock splice and carved A.H. initials.
(Adolf Hitler's personal Mosin Nagant)
Suomen Armeija (SA) M27. (borrowed pic)
1928 Tikkakoski SA (Suomen Armeija ) M27 receiver.
Pystykorva 'spitz ears' and popsicle stick nose cap reinforcements.
M27 bolt with the infamous 'wings' which would bind with snow and ice.
Forcing Finnish soldiers during the Winter War to scavenge bolts from Russian M91s.
Close up of the 'wings'.
Tikkakoski SY (Suojeluskunta - Civil Guard) M28. Refurbished M91 stock, SY in finger groove.
and finally...
S (lion) 6 stamp on 1940 Tikkakoski M91. Just a close up of the receiver but that's the point!
Karl-Heinz Wrobel, author of the Three Line Rifle said that while not rare, its definitely scarce to find a Mosin Nagant with a Czech property mark. With the Peter the Great proof mark intact and an Austro Hungarian AZF stamp as well (not shown). A well travel M91... if it could only talk.
I also have a m/91-24 'Lotta' with a Böhler Stahl barrel which is more scarce than the m/27 or m/28. Approximately 26,000 made according to the Jagear Platoon web site. As well I have a mint Polish Factory 11 .22 caliber Sportowy. What's really rare about this are the .22 caliber inserts. Whenever I shoot the thing, I scramble to find all 8!!
But I don't have any pics handy for either.
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