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    Finnish Bayonets

    Hi all,
    I've encountered some bayonets one of which i may be interested in pursuing and would like to ask your opinions on them, the distance and my situation at the moment make travel to inspect in person any time soon impossible so all i have are these photographs, said to be Finnishicon m39 bayonets, something i haven't had any contact with myself nor ever expected too.

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    One of the most heavily faked bayonets out there. Impossible to give a good opinion without seeing closeups of the markings. I think they also had a reissue of these which are worth more than repros but not as much as originals. Considering they sell between $400-$600 with Repros bringing $200, a hard call from just photos.

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    I can tell you for sure if they are legit with better photos of markings. As previous poster stated they are one of the most faked Bayonets out there. The reissue is clearly marked as such. It is dated 1999 on the Ricasso and was commissioned by Doug Bowser.

    They are not a rare bayonet. In fact they are the 3rd most common Finnishicon Bayonet. However the demand is high because there were 110,000+ M39 rifles made, but only 10,000 M/39 Bayonets made, of which 8,200 survived. Everyone wants a M/39 bayonet for their M/39 rifle, but they are only correct for M/39 Sky Rifles. VKT and SAKO M/39 the correct bayonet would be M/27, M/29, or M/35 Army Bayonets for Army Rifle. M/39 Bayonets are Civil Guard Bayonets for Civil Guard Rifles.


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    Quote Originally Posted by capt14k View Post
    Doug Bowser.
    Seems I have heard that name associated with the crates of M-39s Classic Firearms had a while back. Is my memory correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY View Post
    Seems I have heard that name associated with the crates of M-39s Classic Firearms had a while back. Is my memory correct?
    No. Doug had nothing to do with that. Doug is in MS and wrote Rifles of the White Death. The M/39 Classic had were sold to them by Burns. The Burns brothers bought almost all the M/39 the Finns had left which was around 14,000. Then the wife and sons were basically forced to sell due to pressure from NY/NJ/CT AGs and AGs crying to ATF.


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    Thanks a lot for the info guys, sounds to me like it's well worth waiting until such a time as i can personally inspect them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oysters View Post
    Thanks a lot for the info guys, sounds to me like it's well worth waiting until such a time as i can personally inspect them
    I will say this. On preliminary inspection they look ok. If I knew who was consigning the lot I would be willing to buy but not on just those pics.

    Looking closer the roughest one it looks as if the screws are not original. Can't see the back side of the other two.

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