SAT barrel M91

[kjohn]

I don't recall if I posted anything on this forum or not regarding these rifles. Is anyone familiar with them? I have one in my collection. There are very few left in existence.



More info can be found here: h ttp://mosinnagant.net/finland/M91inFinland.asp

Take out the space after the first h. Scroll down to "The First Finnish M91s.

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[fernleaf]

You are extremely lucky to own that.

I am extremely envious.

Only around 200 made, and with the loose average Finnish rifle attrition rate during 1939-45 at roughly 30-50%, there aren't that many just sitting in anyones local gun shops rack.....

Virtually priceless, more rare than an M27rv....

Can we have some more photos please?

[kjohn]

I don't have too many real good pics. I need to take it out in the daylight for that. Here's a few:

[kjohn]

The old girl is on an 1894 Izhevsk receiver.

[fernleaf]

Very nice. I'm still envious.

I see you've posted the rifle on Gunboards a few years ago.... I probably noticed it at the time, but forgot about it....

[kjohn]

Yes. I've posted it on various gun forums, hoping to gather any other info available. So far, one fellow has said he also has one. Not exactly a glut on the market just yet. I tried to get a sense of the value of this rifle, but most suggestions were pretty vague. I do know one thing, though. I won't be posting it for sale on the local "Buy & Sell".

[fernleaf]

I don't think you could easily put a price on it.

People who knew what it was could potentially give you a signed blank cheque, while to those who saw it as 'just another Mosin' you might not get CAD$300.....

You'd probably have to wait until you saw another on Gunbroker (or similar site) and base the value of your rifle on what that one would go for - but I doubt that will happen...

Looking at it another way, if M27rv's sell for around USD$3500, so if I HAD to put a value on an SAT M91 I'd vaguely estimate/guess/pick USD$4500+?

[kjohn]

fernleaf: Yes. I had one fellow suggest that it should be worth $3000-4000, but as my old Dad used to say when I would put up my dukes to him: "Ha! Talk is cheap! Takes money to buy whiskey!" So, bearing in mind that there so few declared, I would think that somewhere between $3000 and $5000 wouldn't be unrealistic.

There is a fellow on the CanadianGunnutz site who, whenever FN rifles come up in a topic, chimes in with something like, "Realistically, FN's are only worth about $100." Up here in Kanada, evil FN's and converted FN FAL's are all prohibs, but still sell for good money. More than $100.

[bearrowland]

Really sharp rifle!