Somewhat unusual Finnish 91/30 Mosin.

[jjjxlr8]

Does your rifle have any of the Spanish Civil War features? Like the "USSR" marking on the rear sight base?


Check out this thread on Gunboards...
SCW find.

Your rifle looks very similar to the SCW rifle that this guy found. Even has the same type of bedding. Very unusual - and cool!

I hope you don't mind that I posted some of your photos in the thread above for comparison of the bedding.

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[nirvana]

Here's another relative of your Finnish rifle:





My rifle, also a 1939 Izhevsk production piece was captured by the Finns, only to be recaptured and rebuilt by the Soviets during one of their postwar overhaul programs. Its a recent import, is all matching, and has all of the standard hallmarks of being just another refurb...

[roy45]

Does your rifle have any of the Spanish Civil War features? Like the "USSR" marking on the rear sight base?


Check out this thread on Gunboards...
SCW find.

Your rifle looks very similar to the SCW rifle that this guy found. Even has the same type of bedding. Very unusual - and cool!

I hope you don't mind that I posted some of your photos in the thread above for comparison of the bedding.

Manufacture date of 1939 is too late for SCW as arms shipments from USSR ended before 1939. The [SA] marking is a positive indication of Finnish use.

[barbarossa]

Stock is defintely a Soviet made stock. It is not Finnish. Likely a Continuation War 1941-1944 capture 91/30 donated its stock to this action. In fact, it is very likely a 1941 production stock the Finns have retro'd onto this particular action. Reason? It still has the early screwed escutcheon but has the notches behind the lower band to ease removal. This feature begins to show up on late 1941 production Soviet made rifles and carbines.

As far as the thinned buttstock is concerned, I'd be willing to wager it was thinned by the Finns at the time of issue so the Finn horseshoe swivels could be attached--a lot of Soviet rifle stocks are both too thick and too deep for these swivels to fit properly and so the natural solution would be to thin the lower portion of the stock so they'll slip into place.

My two cent's worth....