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10-31-2011 06:55 AM
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I have recently acquired this nice piece of history. I have no pretense of saying that it served in the Pacific or anything. Buy the rifle not the story they say. The seller considered it a piece of metal fit for the scapyard but tried to inflate the price by telling a story to the effect that it had belonged to an uncle who had been to... you know the rest. We met in a truck stop. Nice fellow. Really did not know what he had in his hands. A marvel of mechanical art. Melvin Johnson was a visionnary but had no practical sense. I can just imagine myself agaion as a recruit trying to take-down this rifle and clean it ! It took all my senses and patience to learn the FN FAL ( C-1 ) . Anyhow, here it is in it's final resting place : My collection .
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Major Bob
N.B Am i allowed to show a published book ? I did it anyway to help others. No ill intent.
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As found Johnson Rifle and while i was in the process of dissassembly and cleaning.
Hard work !
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End result once complete dissassembly completed.
I used the excellent reference book by Canfield. Nice fellow.
Putting it back together was another story for another day.
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Earlier this month, I won an auction on Gunbroker for this Finnish captured M91/30. The barrel and receiver were originally from an 1936 Tula round receiver M91/30. The Finnish replaced the original stock with their two piece potbelly stock. The standard Finnish sling swivels are present.
What I found interesting was the Finnish modified the original hooded front sight into a winged sight. I haven't seen too many Finnish M91/30's with that modification. The work looks like it was done at the time the rifle was rebuilt.
In regards to the markings, I see the SA stamp, but not a 41. I'm hoping that this one might have been a Winter War capture. The barrel is not counterbored.Attachment 28502Attachment 28503Attachment 28504Attachment 28505Attachment 28506Attachment 28507
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