Finnish M-39 Mosin Rifle I have comein'

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I came up high bidder on a beautiful VKT 1941 M-39 Finnish Mosin this afternoon on Gunbroker. I finally found MY Mosin- after looking real hard at all sorts of Russian refurb 91/30's. After finding stuff I didn't like with all of them (I was being VERY picky), ended up finding this Finn on Gunbroker.

Sellers Description:
Finnish Nagant model 39, 7.62x54, dated 1941. Overall rifle is in very good condition, 85% or better blue, 0 rust or pitting. Bore is sharp and shiney, crown is very good. Bolt functions very smooth, even after extended firing. I am no expert but I can hit the 200yrd gong regularly with this. Wood is in very good condition with nice grain, and free of cracks or damage. Numbers match bolt, barrel, and receiver. Lower plate has same numbers just not in the same sequence. If you are gonna buy a Nagant this is the one you want.
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He said that the 200 yard steel target was manhole cover sized. He also mentioned that at 100 yards, he could reliably pulverize bowling pins. He also mentioned that the trigger break is crisp, and that the take-up is smoothe.

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Hopefully this rifle will be at my transfer dealer by the end of next week. Can't wait for this baby to arrive:):D:D:)
 
Sweet looker. Have you fired one yet? I hear the bark is sharp and the kick is wicked.
 
Sweet! I have an M44. Those Finns are supposed to be more accurate!
 
Those are good rifles. And relatively famous for a reason, since the weapon of choice for the world's most successful sniper was a Finnish variant of the Mosin-Nagant.
 
longbow50 said:
Sweet looker. Have you fired one yet? I hear the bark is sharp and the kick is wicked.
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I have shot Russian M-44 carbines (20" barrel, permenantly attahced bayonet), and a Russian 91/30, and I don't find the recoil to be intolerable. The rifles are in 9.5 pound range, which helps with the recoil (usually in the 13-15 ft. lb. range).

7.62x54r does give off a wicked fireball effect at the muzzle
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It has a lot of muzle blast in the carbine models also. If you feed it the right ammo and the bore is good you should be able to pop bowling pins at 200 yards.
 
Those Fin's were highly selective about their Nagants, you've got yourself a great rifle. I owned one briefly and miss it very much. The M39 is one of my favorite rifles of that era.

Re: The kick/muzzle blast. Like the man said, the report out of the carbine is pretty hearty. Try firing one at night! The recoil is not severe, and certainly much more manageable than something like the K98 even.

Nagants are a great example of functional simplicity. Good choice!
 
Nice looking Mosin.

The M1938 and M1944 carbines do have stout recoil and a lot of muzzle blast. The longer rifles like the 91/30 are much more pleasant to shoot. The m/39 Finns are the nicest to shoot of all due to their weight and barrel length. I find mine to be not bad at all with light ball (147 grain bullets). Heavy ball (182 grain) kicks a lot more but depending on your rifle may be more accurate.
 
Beautiful Mosin. I have a .303 that I'm about to put a sporter stock and scope mount on to test out this fall. I wanted to do a Mosin but I just couldn't force myself to put a good one through the stuff I'm going to do to my Enfield. I like to get a battle rifle now and then and see what all it can go through and still be accurate and reliable. It's not a torture test or anything, just not cleaning it and using it for wicked hiking and deep woods stuff. It's going to be one of my food getters. I've done this with several. So far between the SKS, AK, Cetme, AR15, Mini14, M1, M44, and several others, surprisingly the SKS came out on top. Just a standard Chinese factory 26 model. It took the most beating and always worked and maintained accuracy. Even the M44 gave up after a while which surprised me. The AK worked well as far as being reliable, but you couldn't hit a damn thing from a distance with open sights and most of what I was shooting at were smaller animals. I'll tell you the worst rifle in the world is that Cetme. That thing was without a doubt the biggest waste of time and money ever. Anyways, now that I've gotten waaaay off subject... Great rifle. Give us the skinny after you test it out. Also, get a C&R license. Best money I've ever spent.
 
Dylside said:
I have a .303 that I'm about to put a sporter stock and scope mount on to test out this fall. I wanted to do a Mosin but I just couldn't force myself to put a good one through the stuff I'm going to do to my Enfield. I like to get a battle rifle now and then and see what all it can go through and still be accurate and reliable.QUOTE]


Dylside, I have an Aussie Lithgow .303 that I have been playing with. What I did is strip off all the upper hardware and woodwork forward of the brass barrel band. I can still put it all back together as originaL. I thought that freeing the barrel, floating it, would make it more accurate. Not so. A friend of mine reminded me that the .303 is a combat weapon and it has combat tolerances that will never allow it to be a target rifle. You can load cast lead bullets that will allow you to achieve better accuracy. But that's another story.
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I got a 1942 91/30 and I love that fact the ammo is so cheap. Stocl up on the cheap ammonow or you'll pay for it later. The fireball in low light is wicked and sometime blinding if you look from the side!! The kick isn't all that bad, unless you are like me that shoots 200 rounds a session. Sometimes the FLAT metal butt plate has a tendency to slip out of the shoulder pocket and go on to your shoulder joint. Whatever you do, just like ever other heavy caliber rifle don't fire. It hurts like hell if you catch it just right.
Accuracy at a 100 yards is very good for something that was made to hit a man sized target at that range. You try to find the sniper model and try that out. My friend has one and talk about accurate. Enjoy and stay safe.
 
i have a m44 and every time i take it to the range heads perk up and want to know what all that noise is about. so i let them take a creak at it, they always leave with a big smile and hardy thanks.
 
I have an M-39 and I enjoy shooting it very much. I've found that it and my M-27 both shoot better with the light ball ammo, whereas my Mosin carbines fare better with the heavier bullets, such as the 200gr. Wolf. I think that any of the Mosins would benefit greatly in terms of accuracy with hand loads. One article I read reported sub-MOA groups with an M-91/59 carbine firing handloads with cast bullets.
 
I like my M39 better than my 91/30 or my son's M44 (but he prefers the M44 because it is louder and gives that nice flash). They are a pleasure to shoot, easier on the shoulder than my 8mm Mausers. And much more pleasant than a 1903.

After you get it, take the action out of the stock to determine when it was made. The Finns bought Russian M1891 rifles after WWI, and built the M39 on the M1891 action. The date on the receiver is on the tang. My M39 is dated 1942 (Sako), but the receiver date is 1906. The Finns used an old Russian rifle to build their own, and then used it against the Russians during WWII. And the M39 is a vast improvement over the M1891.
 
Coldwood said:
Dylside said:
I have a .303 that I'm about to put a sporter stock and scope mount on to test out this fall. I wanted to do a Mosin but I just couldn't force myself to put a good one through the stuff I'm going to do to my Enfield. I like to get a battle rifle now and then and see what all it can go through and still be accurate and reliable.QUOTE]


Dylside, I have an Aussie Lithgow .303 that I have been playing with. What I did is strip off all the upper hardware and woodwork forward of the brass barrel band. I can still put it all back together as originaL. I thought that freeing the barrel, floating it, would make it more accurate. Not so. A friend of mine reminded me that the .303 is a combat weapon and it has combat tolerances that will never allow it to be a target rifle. You can load cast lead bullets that will allow you to achieve better accuracy. But that's another story.
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Right on man. Last night I was talking with the Scottish guy I got the rifle from and he was telling me about another .303 that he did the sporter stock and mount on. He said the mount was great, but the stock he didn't care for. After we talked, now I'm not sure that i want to change the stock or not. He said he barely noticed the weight difference and the accuracy actually suffered do to the change. I don't know if it was just him effected by the change or what. I'll have to make a decision soon though.
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lambertiana said:
The Finns bought Russian M1891 rifles after WWI, and built the M39 on the M1891 action.
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That isn't quite correct. In fact, the Finns captured large stores of Mosins in the wake of the Finnish Civil War of 1918, when the Finns cast off Russian rule.
 
x39 said:
That isn't quite correct. In fact, the Finns captured large stores of Mosins in the wake of the Finnish Civil War of 1918, when the Finns cast off Russian rule.
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I recall reading that the Finns had also captured quite a few Russian rifles during the Winter and Continuation Wars as well.
 
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