Unissued Finnish M91 B barrel rifle

[Nestor]

Christmas gift for myself I guess Post war 1944/45 B barrel VKT made M91. Serialized receiver, bolt and barrel. Factory tag. 36VKT00 pressure proof. Like new bore. Full of dried cosmoline. No jam magazine. Wonderfully crisp trigger.

 

[Nestor]

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[skwerl]

Some Favorite Things to Enjoy..
Hey Happy Season.

 

[Brutus]

Very nice choice Nestor.
The only Slavic rifle that can turn my head.

 

[Alexei]

Beautiful piece.

 

[Nestor]

Thank You Gents. It's likely only partially Slavic, since the stock is Finnish, barrel is Belgian, but I'm Slavic myself, so I have no complaints about my favorite type of Mosin getting improved. I just cleaned the barrel (picture above shows how it looked before cleaning) and it's mirror clean. I just need some longer cleaning rod lol. It has better sights than 91/30 IMHO and the balance also feels a bit nicer. I will need to spend some serious time cleaning the cosmoline off soon.

 

[Desert_Fox]

OEWG Steyr marks too? Neat!

 

[Nestor]

OEWG Steyr marks too? Neat!

Indeed. I actually missed that mark. Thank you for bringing this up. So it travelled a bit before arriving in Finland. I am going to check the receiver to see if there are any marks suggesting the manufacturer.

 

[Brutus]

History lesson wrapped up in blued steel and nice bit of wood.

Edit: There's some kind of eye appeal those sleek and slopping magazines for Mosins and LE rifles.

 

[Trunnion]

Beautiful rifle! My favourite Mosin behind the carbines.

 

[sestroretsk]

The serial number on the receiver. Isn’t that part of old (pre-importer name) US import requirements?

I’ve seen that on some M91s and M39s before.

Seriously cool it still has its’ hang tag though.

 

[GUB]

Nice buy

 

[bb07]

Congratulations on that beauty.

 

[kjohn]

Yikes! That is one sweet old rifle. History dripping from it. Thanks for sharing those pics.

 

[A-zone]

Good looking rifle. Congratulations!

 

[Nestor]

Thank You Gents! May be my second, old school, favorite rifle after Swedish 1896. After cleaning I may be able to judge the trigger pull better. It may be actually a bit nicer than Swede. We will see I guess

 

[whitey07]

Where did you find it ? It’s perfect

 

[Nestor]

Where did you find it ? It’s perfect

Equipment exchange forum here

 

[polkey]

Certainly a nice one, I remember seeing it at Switzers last February, went a bit beyond my price range if I recall.

 

[whitey07]

Are you going to shoot it ?