Finns Still Using Mosin Nagants as DMR (the TAK-85)

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I was doing a short interview with a Finnish shooter this morning, and he told me to take a look at the TAK-85.

Turns out, the Finns kind of liked all those Mosin Nagants they "picked up" during the Winter War, but did some work to improve them.

The TAK-85 is an accurized Mosin Nagant that they're still using today. The thing looks like fun!

Beyond the obvious stock and scope mount, apparently they also do a hell of a trigger job on the guns to make them "DMR ready."

I guess some Americans have built clones, but I asked if new guns are available in Finland for export. Anyone looked into this before?

Take a look at some of the photos. I'd be really tempted by one of these:

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This one's way too big to post in here: http://www.gunslot.com/files/gunslot/images/57698.jpeg
 
That'd surely be something to add to the collection. Any idea if they're using a particular receiver or just whatever was lying around?
 
kennymo said:
That'd surely be something to add to the collection. Any idea if they're using a particular receiver or just whatever was lying around?
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Apparently some of them are new made receivers, while others are retrofit over the antique Russian ones.

From what I understood, Valmet has done runs of both over the years, which is also why you see some with irons and some without.

The only forecast price I could find was $900 US, but that was total hearsay.

Seems high for a Mosin until you compare it to the $600 M44s floating around?
 
Not really that terrible if you compare it to a decent quality hunting rifle either. I'd certainly be tempted to save my pennies. A very cool variant, kind of remniscent of the later No.4 Enfield snipers.
 
I have a Finnish neighbor who's father used to re-arsenal captured Soviet arms back home at the Tikkakoski arsenal, and still does today as a hobby (avid hunter and precision shooter). Fin gunsmiths are masters in steel and wood, very high quality.
 
I'd buy one, just as a postscript in a collection of a rifle with a career spanning over 120 years.
 
When the Finns were looking for a new sniper rifle, they tested what was available at the time, and then decided to make up their own, rather than purchasing. The rifles are built up using selected hex top Mosin Nagant receivers, not round tops. The receivers are therefore quite elderly.
 
I remember reading an article about the Lapua sniper competition (Now called Finn sniper competition) where one competitor used a highly modified Mosin like this one.
 
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