Finnish M39 Rifle

I own one, a straight-stocked Sako with a very nice wood and really clean barrel.
I'm looking for another one, the pistol-gripped model.
They are great, accurate rifles with a very practical sight arrangement.
But my preferred Mosin is still my Tikka barreled M-91 with a 1895 Chatellerault action.
This one has the right tuning and it tends to lob its bullets in very small groups.
It was my very first Mosin.
PP.:)
 
I have one and I'm quite pleased with it. It's still a mosin, but it's been refined quite a bit, really it's what the mosin nagant should have been in the first place:

good sights
good trigger
more comfortable and heavier duty stock

I figure if you're going to get a mosin for a shooter then you should get a m39.
 
I own a couple. They are real accurate. (for a nagant ;) )

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I plan on only buying one M39, since they don't interest me THAT much.
What should I be looking for, for a particularly rare peace? I'd want something that was a tack driver, and super collectible, but collectible first and foremost.
 
ilovepotatos said:
I plan on only buying one M39, since they don't interest me THAT much.
What should I be looking for, for a particularly rare peace? I'd want something that was a tack driver, and super collectible, but collectible first and foremost.
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for rare look one marked "Sk.Y", "PUOLUSTUSLAITOS", or a 1941 Sako.
 
I have a pistol gripped Sako 1944. Worn finish but shoots like the dickens! Always tops every Mosin I have. And the neat thing is that for some reason it seems as if I don't have to "work" at shooting well, it just does it. Nice.
 
I've got a Finn M27-The heavy free floated barrel, tuned trigger, and whatever other magic the Finn's worked sure make it a treat.
 
MiG25 said:
for rare look one marked "Sk.Y", "PUOLUSTUSLAITOS", or a 1941 Sako.
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So why is the 1941 Sako special?

I just bought a 1941 Finnish M/39 "Ukko-Pekka" with pistol grip in good shape from a gunshow here in Thunder Bay yesterday. It has the marks for Sako, the Finnish Army (SA) and the spot where the Russian eagles have been ground off. There is also a 'D'. Does anyone know what the 'D' indicates?

Pics to follow.

Cheers,

O'Kelly's Boys
 
O'Kelly's Boys said:
So why is the 1941 Sako special?

I just bought a 1941 Finnish M/39 "Ukko-Pekka" with pistol grip in good shape from a gunshow here in Thunder Bay yesterday. It has the marks for Sako, the Finnish Army (SA) and the spot where the Russian eagles have been ground off. There is also a 'D'. Does anyone know what the 'D' indicates?

O'Kelly's Boys
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Finding a 1941 Sako M-39 with its original straight grip is quite rare. There were about 6500 rifles originally issued with straight grips.
Many of these stocks were replaced by pistol gripped ones during factory refurbishing and very few of the 1941 rifles kept their original wood.
As for the "D" marking, it indicates that the throat has been slightly opened to accomodate the "D" round's bullets.
PP.:)
 
My M39 SA has been to the range twice, but I have only fired a few rounds:
180 gr Sierra at 2700 fps
The best it ever did was with a 40X scope and got a 3 shot group at 100m at 0.4"

I am pretty sure I could get that rifle to average between 1" and 1.5" 5 shot groups at 100y, but it is too heavy to hunt with.
 
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