Finn M91 markings

[Anzac15]

Have the opportunity to buy this Finnish M91..it has some markings that don't look exactly familiar. We have a kind of cockeyed '1916', above that on the receiver is a 'potted plant' (don't know how else to describe it, def not a 'PTG' eagle) then an 'SO' above that on the barrel.
Worth looking into?

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[Anzac15]

Got some more pics..I see now that's an Imperial eagle, and the barrel is marked '50'...other than the 'SA', that's the only marking on the barrel.

[Ridolpho]

Anzac: That's pretty unusual. Just off the top of my head the only Finn I recall seeing with a scrubbed barrel shank was a P26 (one of the relined barrels). Is there anything else distinctive about it?

Ridolpho

[Anzac15]

Three little 'pips' here, That's it. It also has a blued bolt.

[MJ1]

Blued bolt seems to have been a German thing as was the three pips. Potted plant was the Imperial Eagle ground out by the Reds.

I could be very wrong and usually am.

[airbornetrooper]

Three little 'pips' here, That's it. It also has a blued bolt.

My guess is that it was done here. The only legit blued bolt rifles I have ever seen in Finnish service were those that the Germans sent over in 1944 for parts. As for the rifle itself, its a mystery. Its not a P-Series unless it says P-25, P-26, or P-27 on the barrel. A lot of people like to say that rifles like this are unmarked P-25's, having seen a few P-25's in person, I can assure you they actually say P-25.

Congratulations on the find.

[Ridolpho]

My guess is that it was done here. The only legit blued bolt rifles I have ever seen in Finnish service were those that the Germans sent over in 1944 for parts. As for the rifle itself, its a mystery. Its not a P-Series unless it says P-25, P-26, or P-27 on the barrel. A lot of people like to say that rifles like this are unmarked P-25's, having seen a few P-25's in person, I can assure you they actually say P-25.

Congratulations on the find.

I have definitely seen one unmarked (scrubbed) P-type rifle. Best confirmation is, of course, seeing the relining tube at the muzzle. Anzac- maybe post a few more photos including markings below wood.

Ridolpho