TNW Suomi M31 Impressions
- Thread starter tiriaq
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Handled one, really like it aside from the hokey barrel. Looks grossly out of place.
Personally will definitely buy one, but will get a smith to cut the barrel down to the proper length. There's already an FRT for the proper barrel length so will just have to submit a verifiers report for it, and yeah it'll make it a Restricted, but I'll live with that to get it looking correct.
Personally will definitely buy one, but will get a smith to cut the barrel down to the proper length. There's already an FRT for the proper barrel length so will just have to submit a verifiers report for it, and yeah it'll make it a Restricted, but I'll live with that to get it looking correct.
killer1963daddy
Regular
- Location
- peace river country B.C.
i was drooling over the pick on sfrc website, then i saw one at our local store,...its wood, steel,with extra ugly thrown on top...i love it!
my concern would be the barrel lenth as well, not the asthetics, but how long of a barrel can a 9mm travel down before running out of oomph?
i was looking on some u.s. forum sites on the comparisons between the long barreld jrcarbines in 9mm and .45, concences seemed to be the 18.5 barrel was affecting performance adversly in 9mm, but improving it in .45
i wish i had somthin in 7.62x25 that wz that fugly/###y...
ps i put some cash down on the jr in .45
my concern would be the barrel lenth as well, not the asthetics, but how long of a barrel can a 9mm travel down before running out of oomph?
i was looking on some u.s. forum sites on the comparisons between the long barreld jrcarbines in 9mm and .45, concences seemed to be the 18.5 barrel was affecting performance adversly in 9mm, but improving it in .45
i wish i had somthin in 7.62x25 that wz that fugly/###y...
ps i put some cash down on the jr in .45
Put 164 rounds through mine yesterday with nary a problem of any sort. Ammo varied from 1943 DA to current American Eagle and it loved it all.
Despite the coarse sights and very heavy trigger mine still printed into a foot at 100 m. At 25 M this shrank to about 4 inches as expected. Acceptable for this kind of firearm in my book.
Biggest complaint? No spare mags yet and the position of the cocking handle (which is placed inconveniently. It's not an insurmountable problem when one becomes accustomed to it).
A short barrel of standard length would be make it look so much better.
Despite the coarse sights and very heavy trigger mine still printed into a foot at 100 m. At 25 M this shrank to about 4 inches as expected. Acceptable for this kind of firearm in my book.
Biggest complaint? No spare mags yet and the position of the cocking handle (which is placed inconveniently. It's not an insurmountable problem when one becomes accustomed to it).
A short barrel of standard length would be make it look so much better.
redbirddog
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Maple Syrup land Ontario
I do like how quick you can pull of the barrels in 15 sec. Nice if you have a NR and restricted barrel. Found that mags are hard to seat. Wish there were more available. It is a heavy little sucker. Something that would be a fun play toy buy not a long term keeper.
More spare mags are needed. I found the cocking handle easiest to use when the rifle was shouldered.
The rifle loved factory ammo and worked well even with truncated cone bullets. It didn't like Wolf reloads some rounds were loaded hot enough to cycle properly, while other rounds caused short cycling and didn't reset the trigger properly.
Magazine fit 5 rounds, but couldn't load it into the gun because of the closed bolt. I had to load only 4 rounds on my first trip out. I have since modified the magazine follower and it now fits 5.5 rounds of ammo and slips easily into the gun on a closed bolt.
Accuracy was just the same as Eos's gun.
The rifle loved factory ammo and worked well even with truncated cone bullets. It didn't like Wolf reloads some rounds were loaded hot enough to cycle properly, while other rounds caused short cycling and didn't reset the trigger properly.
Magazine fit 5 rounds, but couldn't load it into the gun because of the closed bolt. I had to load only 4 rounds on my first trip out. I have since modified the magazine follower and it now fits 5.5 rounds of ammo and slips easily into the gun on a closed bolt.
Accuracy was just the same as Eos's gun.
DJdeadlyDALEK
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Waterloo Region of Ontario
Ok, elaborate on the modification you did, please. With pictures would be wicked
Nobody has told much about the guns.
Are the stocks the original Arctic Birch or whatever wood the Finns used? Or brand new production of what kind of wood?
I'm guessing they fire from the closed bolt?
Will original Suomi mags fit or are these new proprietary mags?
Is the bolt a precision fit in the receiver tube so suction plays a part in the cycling, like the originals?
How about some pics?
Are the stocks the original Arctic Birch or whatever wood the Finns used? Or brand new production of what kind of wood?
I'm guessing they fire from the closed bolt?
Will original Suomi mags fit or are these new proprietary mags?
Is the bolt a precision fit in the receiver tube so suction plays a part in the cycling, like the originals?
How about some pics?
The stocks are original used wood. All the knocks and dings you'd expect from an old warhorse.
Gun fires from a closed bolt.
Original Suomi mags are used.
Bolt is a nice precision fit, not loose or sloppy.
I've modified my mag to take 5.5 rounds and it's back together...sorry no pictures. It's not a hard mod.
Gun fires from a closed bolt.
Original Suomi mags are used.
Bolt is a nice precision fit, not loose or sloppy.
I've modified my mag to take 5.5 rounds and it's back together...sorry no pictures. It's not a hard mod.
Do you have one? Can you remove the barrel in 15 seconds?
I know the originals had a quick barrel design, but I assumed for import TNW maybe changed this feature. Marstar was originally going to import these in the restricted format as the non-restricted would not get approved due to the quick barrel change system (Too easy to convert).
So when I saw these imports, I assumed that TNW modified the barrel change system so that someone could not make a non-restricted firearm into a restricted short barrel firearms in a matter of minutes (makes the RCMP happy - as we all know that short barrel firearms are 'evil' lol).
Mine is still in the post.
St1264,
How can you say the Skorpion is more fun? I have a good time shooting my 2 Skorpions, but the Suomi is equally fun to shoot...just different. Both the Skorpion and Suomi are only allowed 5 rounds in the mag, so that cancels each other out. I'm gonna use my Suomi in the woods once I get more mags for it. I'll let you shoot mine if your ever up my way.
How can you say the Skorpion is more fun? I have a good time shooting my 2 Skorpions, but the Suomi is equally fun to shoot...just different. Both the Skorpion and Suomi are only allowed 5 rounds in the mag, so that cancels each other out. I'm gonna use my Suomi in the woods once I get more mags for it. I'll let you shoot mine if your ever up my way.
