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This is the most unusual of my Mosin collection, a 1928 Finn Mosin M28
by serial number, this is one of the first 5000 delivered to the Finn Home Guard, not the Finn Army
this rifle has a Swiss Sig heavy barrel, re-used 1917 Mosin receiver and a Remington bolt
Finn 2 stage trigger
russian style Konovalov rear sight
receiver marked SY for Home Guard
then stamped in WW2 with SA for the Finn Army and rechambered for the Finn Army D166 round and marked with the acceptance "D" on the reciever - known as a D shank M28
the D shank Sig barreled Mosins were the most accurate combat rifles of WW2
the stock is a mid '30s Finn M28-30 with metal shanks in the stock and dual crossbolts
know as a Finn potbelly stock - the splice is intentional to keep the stock from warping in the sub zero Finn Winter
typical of an armory rebuild during the Winter War of 1939
not a lot of M28 survived the Winter War and Extension War in tact
for those interested, read the book "Rifles of the White Death"
rjmt
by serial number, this is one of the first 5000 delivered to the Finn Home Guard, not the Finn Army
this rifle has a Swiss Sig heavy barrel, re-used 1917 Mosin receiver and a Remington bolt
Finn 2 stage trigger
russian style Konovalov rear sight
receiver marked SY for Home Guard
then stamped in WW2 with SA for the Finn Army and rechambered for the Finn Army D166 round and marked with the acceptance "D" on the reciever - known as a D shank M28
the D shank Sig barreled Mosins were the most accurate combat rifles of WW2
the stock is a mid '30s Finn M28-30 with metal shanks in the stock and dual crossbolts
know as a Finn potbelly stock - the splice is intentional to keep the stock from warping in the sub zero Finn Winter
typical of an armory rebuild during the Winter War of 1939
not a lot of M28 survived the Winter War and Extension War in tact
for those interested, read the book "Rifles of the White Death"
rjmt
