My first Milsurp - Has it been throught WWII battles?

[PerversPépère]

I've never had it apart to look at the bedding and trigger, just to clean it and removed the bolt. It shoots very well and the bore is nice.
Should the Finn's have removed the dog collar? That's how I got it.

Usually (I say usually), the Finns replaced the dog collars by some wire hangers inserted through the slots or with escutcheons held by screws over the slots in which the wire hangers were pivoted. Yours has a wire hanger at the front and a dog collar at the rear, which is unusual.
But unusual is a Finn word...
Nice rifle.
PP.

 

[jimbubba]

Dropped once? well, yes, possibly when his bearer died on his feet while charging and yelling Hurrah... and there's a good chance the rifle didn't linger a long time on the ground: they usually were picked up by the guy just following, waiting for a weapon. That "dropped once" thing is beginning to get old...
PP.

I agree.At times,the Russians went to battle without guns,3 unarmed to 1 armed.As soon as the armed fell,the unarmed picked it up and resumed battle.
Let's not forget who singlehandedly kicked the s**t out of the german army on the eastern front.Let's also remember how many Russians died in that conflict.

 

[smellie]

Russians also sent in entire battalions armed only with knives.

Worked, once upon a time, with a guy who was there with the Waffen-SS. I asked him what you could do in a case like that and all he said was, "Wipe away the tears and put another belt in the machine-gun. They won't have any mercy on you."

 

[JacquesT]

I agree.At times,the Russians went to battle without guns,3 unarmed to 1 armed.As soon as the armed fell,the unarmed picked it up and resumed battle.
Let's not forget who singlehandedly kicked the s**t out of the german army on the eastern front.Let's also remember how many Russians died in that conflict.

I had the opportunity to visit the war museum in Kiev...they have a huge room ...sort of in a semi circular shape...they have a display which consist of a super long table measuring 26 meters long (sort of in an arc form so you do not see the end of it from the other end)...the table is set up with a mix of plates, cups, bottle, ustensils, all ready for a sort of banquet but with a very mixed assortment of dishes...the surrounding wall is covered with millions of pictures of all sort, family, school, group etc...very overwhelming feeling...the 26 meters table represent the 26 million human live lost on their side...so when you see this you get just a glimpse of the tragedy of warfare. One million live per meters of table setting...they won't be coming for that meal.