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I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« on: October 11, 2014, 11:25:09 PM »
Surfed the gun show today, stumbled on this Finn m27.
I'll admit it, I had no freaking clue what it was. I just knew it looked nothing like my m39.
So Mr. Dudeman behind the ropes tells me what it is, Finn m27, $275 OTD.
I start ****ing about the cracked stock, mismatching bolt, mismatching mag, and the fact that Mosins are the most overrated and inexplicably lauded surps in existence...even the Finns...so I offer $250, hoping he'd refuse.
"Give me the money" was his prompt reply.

Really, this is a neat rifle, and the guts are still packed in cosmo. I don't pretend to know jack about Mosins but I know this much:
Tikkakoski manufacture, Russian spliced stock, type 2 nose cap with the "popsicle stick", great bore, rates a 7 on the rarity scale according to 54.net, plugged sling slots, and "winged" bolt connector with the corresponding notches in the receiver. And that's about all I can rattle off. For the money, I think I made out like a champ.

















« Last Edit: October 12, 2014, 12:20:51 AM by Blicero »
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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2014, 11:35:04 PM »
What an overrated piece of **** mosin.

lol kidding. Nice steal
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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2014, 11:48:17 PM »
Don't know about "stinking", I can't smell it from here but I say it looks pretty danged good Blicero!
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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2014, 01:01:02 AM »
Nice! And you can shoot x54 out of it, being "D" marked.
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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2014, 02:57:36 AM »
The "D" stamp means it was modified to allow the Finnish D166 round or use standard Russian capture heavy ball ammo..
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I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse......

Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2014, 11:54:54 AM »
Very nice.  So when does the other gun safe arrive?
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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2014, 04:34:36 PM »
Quote from: Worm on October 11, 2014, 11:35:04 PM
What an overrated piece of **** mosin.

My sentiments exactly!  I thought you only bought nice guns Blicero?  That canoe paddle is black mark on your reputation as a snobbish collector!
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Re: I went to the gun show and all I got was this stinking Finn Mosin Nagant
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2014, 10:35:54 PM »
Nice score!  thumb1 I've never seen an M27 but I like the look--the Finnish finish is more interesting.  I also have a soft spot for the underdogs that fought off Stalin in WWII.

The hinged upper barrel band reminds me a bit of the K98a band.

Don't let RM paddle his kayak/canoe/Kon-Tiki papyrus raft down the Rio Grande with that beautiful rifle.  bat1   :))
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